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PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-002
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 29 JUN 2016

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Identifying the cause of Oyster Oedema Disease (OOD) in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima), and developing diagnostic tests for OOD

1. OYSTER OEDEMA DISEASE (OOD): Oyster Oedema Disease (OOD) was first reported during October 2006 among silver-lipped pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) farmed in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia (WA) (Madin, 2007). More than 2.8 million P. maxima died during the initial outbreak. Mortality...
ORGANISATION:
Macquarie University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-004
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2013 - 20 FEB 2014

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: the Neptune Project- a comprehensive database of Australian aquatic animal pathogens and diseases

Compared to their terrestrial counterparts, the pathogens and diseases of Australia’s aquatic species are in general poorly understood. Aquatic diseases can decimate aquatic animal populations and threaten fisheries and aquaculture, the sustainability of which is an FRDC strategic challenge. To...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland Museum
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-006
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 9 JUL 2016

The impact of habitat loss and rehabilitation on recruitment to the NSW eastern king prawn fishery

This proposal addresses the FRDC RD&E Theme 2 objective “Minimise the effects of fishing, aquaculture, pollution, habitat destruction and land-based activities, and non-fishing occurrences, on fish, aquatic habitats and ecosystems” by identifying juvenile eastern king prawn nursery habitats in NSW,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-008
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 30 OCT 2015

Movement, habitat utilisation and population status of the endangered Maugean skate and implications for fishing and aquaculture operations in Macquarie Harbour

The Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) was first discovered scientifically in 1988 and is known only from two localities, Macquarie Harbour (western Tasmania) and Bathurst Harbour (southwestern Tasmania). The total range of the species is thought to be no more than 100 km² and the population size has...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-009
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2013 - 29 SEP 2015

Shark Futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays

Australia has one of the most diverse and distinctive shark and ray faunas in the world. With more than 320 species occurring in Australian waters, about a quarter of them endemic, effectively managing these species is important for the sustainable use of marine resources as well maintenance of...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-010
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2013 - 26 FEB 2015

Giant Australian Cuttlefish in South Australian waters

Why and how this application was developed: Giant Australian cuttlefish, Sepia apama, is the largest cuttlefish species in the world, and whilst it is distributed and breeds in waters around the southern coastline of Australia, it forms an extraordinarily large breeding aggregation on a small...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-011
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 31 MAY 2016

Assessment of the impacts of seal populations on the seafood industry in South Australia

Why and how this application was developed: In most marine systems, marine mammals are major consumers of production from a range of trophic levels, and because of their large body size are considered to be important in structuring the trophic interactions in many marine systems (Katona and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-014
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 19 DEC 2015

Research to underpin better understanding and management of western gemfish stocks in the Great Australian Bight

Western gemfish (western stock of gemfish) are caught predominantly in the Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) and Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF). Western gemfish have historically been an important stock for both fisheries and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-015
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 2 OCT 2015

Developing improved methods for stock assessment in spatially complex fisheries using Blue-eye Trevalla as a case study

This proposal was developed because there is a need, and an opportunity, to improve the management of Blue-Eye Trevalla – one of Australia’s premium commercial scalefish, and an iconic species of south eastern regions including Tasmania. Blue-eye Trevalla is currently managed as a single stock,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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