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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-051
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 11 DEC 2018

Seafood CRC: Extending biotoxin capability and research in Australia through development of an experimental biotoxin contamination facility to target industry relevant issues

This project was developed in consultation with the abalone, oyster and rock lobster industries in response to a call for project proposals from the ASCRC. Investments made through the ASCRC have had a considerable impact in developing capacity in the area of biotoxins including the development of...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-054
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

NCCP: Social, economic, and ecological risk assessment for use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

The European carp (Cyprinus carpio - hereafter, carp) is one of the Australia's most significant introduced pest species. Carp have a substantial negative impact on water quality and the amenity value of our freshwater rivers and lakes. This affects all water users, including irrigators and regional...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-055
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

NCCP: Expanded modelling to determine anoxia risk in main river channel and shallow wetlands

Carp herpesvirus CyHV-3 is proposed as a biocontrol agent of carp which has infested Australian waterways with implications for water and native fish. FRDC have been charged with investigating the risks and benefits associated with CyHV3 release and identifying what actions are possible to mitigate...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-056
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

NCCP: Investigation of nutrient interception pathways to enable circumvention of cyanobacterial blooms following carp mortality events

Cyprinid herpesvirus (CyHV-3) is proposed as a potential biocontrol agent of carp in Australia. An extensive consultation and risk assessment process is being conducted by FRDC to under stand the risk, identify potential benefits and inform planning of the release and clean up strategy. Water...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-057
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

Stock predictions and spatial population indicators for Australia's east coast saucer scallop fishery

The Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti, formerly Amusium balloti) trawl fishery used to be the state’s most valuable commercially-fished species, with annual landings that peaked at just under 2000 t (adductor muscle meat-weight tonnes) in 1993 valued at about $30 million (Kailola et al....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
Industry
Communities
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

In February 2017, FRDC and the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) hosted a workshop (FRDC 2016/057) of fishing-gear experts and representatives from the prawn-trawl fisheries of Australia to explore priorities for future work to develop ways to reduce bycatch, discards and habitat impacts...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-069
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2017 - 29 NOV 2019

Indigenous Capacity Building Program

The FRDC's Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) was formed to ensure that fishing and seafood industry focused RD&E delivers improved economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia’s indigenous people. Through their work over the last few years, they have established that there is a need to...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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