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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-024
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 29 JUL 2009

Abalone Industry Development: local assessment and management by industry

Successful sustainable management of a common property resource requires a trio of crucial elements: a fixed set of resource harvesters with substantial long-term interests; an effective allocation and management regime; and sufficient biological knowledge of the resource dynamics (Grima & Berkes...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-771
DATE START/END: 15 JAN 2012 - 19 JAN 2014

Seafood CRC: genetic selection for Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) resilience in the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) breeding program

Amoebic gill disease (AGD) continues to have a significant economic impact upon production of sea-farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania. The disease is initiated by attachment of trophozoites of the marine ectoparasite Neoparamoeba perurans, causing a host gill tissue response that expresses grossly as...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2021-09-14

Under-catching makes economic sense

A demand analysis has identified the influences of farmed and imported seafood on Australia’s wildcatch pricing and fishers’ harvest strategies By Gio Braidotti The fact that commercial fishers are not catching as many fish as regulated limits allow has perplexed...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-038
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2006 - 30 OCT 2009

Evaluating how food webs and the fisheries they support are affected by fishing closures in Jurien Bay, temperate Western Australia

This proposal addresses Challenges 1 (“Maintain and improve the management and use of aquatic natural resources to ensure their sustainability”) and 2 (“Resource access and allocation) of the FRDC Research and Development Plan (2005-2010), by investigating the influence of closed areas on food webs...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
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2016-06-01

Health check to identify omega-3 gap

The newly developed Omega-3 Index can identify a nutritional shortfall that can be easily addressed – with seafood By Catherine Norwood The importance of omega-3s in our diets is poised for a major public awareness boost with the development of a simple blood test that can accurately...
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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-047
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2012 - 27 MAY 2014

Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: characterising benthic pelagic interactions in Macquarie Harbour - organic matter processing in sediments and the importance for nutrient dynamics

This project has arisen from discussions with industry and state government regarding the scientific understanding necessary to support ecologically sustainable development of fish farming operations in Macquarie Harbour. For many coastal systems it is well documented that sediment water column...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
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2016-03-01

Success tied to cultural priorities

History, culture and country come together in the Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation’s Aquaculture Knowledge Partnership Project The CDU researchers worked with the Warruwi community to document traditional ecological knowledge about target aquaculture species – specifically sea cucumbers, oysters...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-534
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2011 - 23 DEC 2012

FRDC-DCCEE: ensuring that the Australian Oyster Industry adapts to a changing climate: a natural resource and industry spatial information portal for knowledge action and informed adaptation frameworks

During the last decades, the oyster industry has been competing with increasing activity in the coastal catchment areas for space on land and in water, and has suffered from decreasing water quality and increasing extent of disease outbreaks. To date, the industry has persisted within the natural...
ORGANISATION:
University of Wollongong (UOW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-210
DATE START/END: 16 JUN 2004 - 30 JUN 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: use of immunomodulation to improve fish performance in Australian temperate water finfish aquaculture

Project background Finfish aquaculture has been a major success of primary industry in Australia in recent years. Driving this success has been the Atlantic salmon and Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) industries in Tasmania and South Australia respectively. Whilst finfish aquaculture is relatively young...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-742
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2009 - 20 NOV 2009

Seafood CRC: farmed prawns in Brisbane and Sydney - a consumer study

Key objectives within the APFA's 5 year strategic plan relate to increasing production output, price per kilogram and increasing industry GVP. To achieve these goals research activities are in place for methods to improve production outputs. There is a need for marketing research to underpin...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
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2018-03-01

Fish biology and freshwater science join forces

Improved science and greater collaboration in research and management can emerge from opportunities for scientists and managers from different fields to share their work By Catherine Norwood The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) will hold its 40th annual conference this year at the...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-049
DATE START/END: 23 FEB 2023 - 29 NOV 2024

Optimising the nutrition of farmed Murray Cod

The Australian Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) industry has grown substantially in recent years and is projected to continue this trend. The provision of high quality, formulated feeds are central to the successful expansion and growth aspirations. Feeds typically represent the most...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-068
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 11 MAR 2007

Effects of Trawl Subprogram: evaluation of the effectiveness of reducing dolphin catches with pingers and exclusion grids in the Pilbara trawl fishery

The Pilbara Trawl Fishery captures approximately 50 dolphins per year (Stephenson and Chidlow 2003), nearly always dead. Video footage taken with a digital camera mounted on the headrope, pointing towards the cod-end, revealed dolphins swimming in the pressure wave of the net and feeding on the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-097
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2022 - 30 OCT 2022

Environmental risk factors that may contribute to vibrio outbreaks - A South Australian case study

Vibrio species are naturally occurring bacteria that are widely distributed in marine and estuarine environments throughout the world. Although the majority of Vibrio species are considered non-pathogenic to humans, some have been associated with human illness. Globally, vibrios are the leading...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
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2021-09-14

For all the fish in the sea

As Australia prepares to host the World Fisheries Congress 2021 in September, eminent marine ecologist Keith Sainsbury reflects on key developments within fisheries management since Australia hosted the second world congress 25 years ago Words Chris Clark, Illustration Sonia...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-011
DATE START/END: 3 JUN 2012 - 29 MAR 2014

Revolutionising fish ageing: Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Age Fish

This project was developed because of preliminary data relating to the use of Near Infra Red Spectrometry (NIRS) to age saddletailed seaperch. This study found that it was possible to construct an NIRS algorithum which could be used to predict the age of fish from their otoliths with a high degree...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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2022-06-20

Winner to unlock seaweed benefits for aquaculture

The untapped potential of marine plants is being investigated by a growing number of researchers around the world – and, among them, the winner of a national award By Michelle Daw T he compounds that help seaweed defend itself against viruses, fungi and bacteria could hold the key to a...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-203
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 1 JUL 2012

SSA: The Next Generation (2007-2012)

SSA is an organisation totally focused on industry development – a first for the Australian seafood industry. In just over four years, Seafood Services Australia Ltd (SSA) has complemented FRDC investment by attracting additional seafood industry development investment both directly through SSA...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Services Australia Ltd
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-009
DATE START/END: 20 JUL 2023 - 11 DEC 2025

Reducing impacts on threatened, endangered, and protected species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

Background Approximately 55% of the catch from penaeid-trawl fisheries is discarded (Gilman et al., 2020; Perez Roda et al., 2019). This is due to the small mesh size used in the construction of penaeid-trawl nets, combined with the susceptibility to capture of the species with which penaeids...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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