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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-728
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 1 MAR 2013

Seafood CRC: visiting Expert: Dr Standish Allen - enhancement of tetraploid and triploid production in the Australian Pacific Oyster industry

Dr Standish Allen is a world leader in polyploidy of shellfish and has been working with SCL on a commercial basis through 4C’s Breeding Technologies, Inc. for the past 10 years. Dr. Allen has assisted SCL in commercialising the production of Spawnless Pacific Oysters in Australia (natural...
ORGANISATION:
Shellfish Culture Ltd
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2019-05-31

Connecting health professionals with sustainable seafood

Combined information on the health benefits and sustainability of Australian fish stocks will help health professionals confidently recommend that clients eat more Australian seafood By Catherine Norwood Photo: Shutterstock Want to protect your brain, heart, eyesight and...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-061
DATE START/END: 1 DEC 2022 - 31 JAN 2025

Developing leadership and networking capability in Australian prawn farming

This opportunity has been developed by the Australian Prawn Farmer's Association (APFA) with the intent to provide professional development, training and networking opportunities to members to drive leadership skills development in the industry. These sponsorships and scholarships will have a...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-111
DATE START/END: 20 OCT 2022 - 12 FEB 2026

Addressing uncertainties in the assessment and management of Queensland east coast Spanish Mackerel

The recent stock assessment for Queensland East Coast Spanish mackerel estimated that the stock is at 17% (range from 14-27%) of unfished biomass (Tanimoto et al. 2021), which has resulted in a high level of concern from stakeholders and potential management responses which may cause economic and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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2020-07-01

COVID-19 impacts global seafood markets

Seafood is one of the world’s most traded commodities and Australia is a small cog in the huge wheel of international trade. However, it is clear that the impacts being felt across the globe have been similar to those facing our own seafood sector. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture...
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-062
DATE START/END: 1 JAN 2017 - 19 DEC 2020

Coordination of the National Priority 1 Subprogram: to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so

The FRDC's RD&E Plan 2015–20 is focused on maximising impacts by concentrating on knowledge development around three national priorities. National Priority 1 is defined as "to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so". The aim of National...
ORGANISATION:
Oceanomics Pty Ltd
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2021-09-14

Market in sight for farmed rock lobsters

Decades in development, rock lobster aquaculture in Australia is gathering pace with hatchery success followed by a new ocean grow-out trial in the west By Corrina Ridgway Efforts to commercially grow Ornate Rock Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) have been hitting development...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-237
DATE START/END: 30 MAY 2016 - 30 JUL 2016

WRL IPA: review and analysis of the risks associated with the sustainable development of the WA Rock Lobster industry

The rapid and enforced change from an input-controlled management regime to an output-controlled regime in the Western Rock Lobster fishery brought about significant challenges for the industry. While the quota management regime has now been largely embraced by fishermen, who have benefited from...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-170
DATE START/END: 19 MAR 2020 - 30 DEC 2021

Evaluating the Effects of Seismic Energy on Pinctada maxima Pearl Oysters

In recent years, the impacts of geophysical air-gun array/ seismic surveys on the sustainability of the Pinctada maxima wild stock fishery (mortality, physiology, reproductive output, recruitment) and the ability of exposed oysters to produce market quality pearls has been of increasing concern....
ORGANISATION:
Australian Institute Of Marine Science (AIMS)
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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-015
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 29 JUN 2015

RAC WA: Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay

The Shark Bay Crab Fishery (Portunus armatus, formerly Portunus pelagicus, Lai et al. 2010) has expanded rapidly in the last 10 years to become Australia’s highest producing blue swimmer crab fishery valued at over $10 million. This resource is harvested commercially by the Shark Bay Crab trap...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Adoption
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2021-11-30

Vale Noel Herbst

Noel Reginald Herbst (20/10/1941–5/11/2021) was a founding father of the Australian prawn farming industry and a great man. His service to the Australian prawn farming industry and his local community was recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2014. In 1986, Noel founded Gold...
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2018-11-02

Majestic game species inspires a champion’s mentality

Game fishers with a real passion for Southern Bluefin Tuna are being invited to become Tuna Champions – experts able to seamlessly interweave sport, innovation and a duty to care for this iconic species Photo: Sean Tracey By Gio Braidotti Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) populations are...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-708
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2009 - 29 NOV 2010

Seafood CRC: An abalone quality assurance program

Two years ago the Tasmanian Abalone Council (TAC) began developing a Quality Assurance Code of Practice (QACoP) for use with live abalone for export. The project was funded by DAFF and TAC. While the Tasmanian CoP was developed it has yet to be implemented by industry. The TAC has provided the QACoP...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-224
DATE START/END: 30 MAY 2004 - 28 FEB 2007

The dynamics and distribution of food supplies for the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) in southern NSW estuaries

GENERAL BACKGROUND Oyster farming worldwide has struggled to develop an adaptive management process that maximises oyster production in relation to the capacity of an environment to support that production. Traditional management has allowed oyster production to expand in a given location, and...
ORGANISATION:
Australian National University (ANU)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-222
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2013 - 14 JUN 2014

TSGA IPA: Tassal: Innovative Seal Exclusion Technology

Salmon aquaculture is an important contributor to the Tasmanian economy and is recognised as an important local industry by the State and Federal governments. As such, the sustainability of this industry is of keen interest to all its stakeholders. Tasmanians have strong environmental values and...
ORGANISATION:
Tassal Group
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-308
DATE START/END: 19 APR 2006 - 1 OCT 2007

Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries research & development and strategic plan

There are major commercial prawn fisheries in South Australia, Western Australia, the Comonwealth, New South Wales and Queensland as well as a minor fishery in Victoria. Total catches from these states being around 23 000t in 2003/04 with a total value of $300m making it the second most valuable...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
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2014-03-01

Fuel for the future

The diverse potential of algae across fuel and food production industries should make them a top priority for research and development globally Illustration: Paul Dickenson By Alexandra Roginski A dramatically expanded algal aquaculture industry could secure Australia’s transport...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-223
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2010 - 29 AUG 2010

Development of an Industry Partnership Agreement for the Southern Rocklobster Industry

In September 2001, the FRDC funded Project 2001/072 “IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHERN ROCK LOBSTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT”. The project undertaken by Dr Gary Morgan concluded the following: It is clear that, given the state of development of the southern rock lobster industry, a subprogram...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-183
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2020 - 29 NOV 2021

Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches on the order of 1000 tonnes per year and a landed value of about $65 million. The species also represents a traditional food source for the local Indigenous population as well as being a...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
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2019-09-01

POMS: where is the Pacific Oyster industry now?

As oyster production rebuilds to near normal following the devastation of disease in Tasmania, producers continue to focus on research and management that will improve the industry’s resilience By Bianca Nogrady Pacific Oyster farming in South Australia is returning to full capacity,...
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2018-11-02

Research reveals fishmeal alternatives

The search for more sustainable proteins in fishmeal has found some options for Yellowtail Kingfish feeds Researchers conduct post-mortems on Yellowtail Kingfish following trials to assess the success of different dietary formulae. Photo: Andrew Oxley By Catherine Norwood Research into...
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2015-09-01

Crop rotations in the zone

Research on the Great Barrier Reef has identified a sea cucumber harvesting strategy with global application CSIRO researcher Eva Plaganyi at a workshop with a focus on sea cucumbers in the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, east Africa. Photo: Tim Skewes, CSIRO By Clarisa...
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