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2013-03-01

Omega-3s for healthy ageing

Photo: iStockPhoto.com By Kevin Krail, executive director, The Omega-3 Centre Fish has an important role in providing omega-3s to older Australians, which will help them maintain their health and wellbeing. This was the conclusion of presentations from Australia’s leading scientists...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-774
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2011 - 31 MAR 2012

Seafood CRC: successful sardines - post-harvest optimisation and new product development for human consumption

The South Australian sardine fishery is Australia’s largest volume single species fishery. In 2008/09 26,692 tonnes of sardines were harvested with a value of $16.3M (Knight et al., 2009). The Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) is set bi-annually for the fishery. A baseline TACC of 30,000...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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2015-03-01

Crab app enhances fisheries monitoring

A new smartphone app that allows commercial crab fishers to collect detailed, near-real-time catch data is proving a cost-effective alternative to traditional monitoring By Natasha Prokop Take a pair of vernier callipers, add wireless bluetooth capacity and link it to a smartphone...
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2015-12-01

Student innovation addresses seal relations

Marine science students rise to the challenge of finding new ways to prevent interactions between seals and commercial fishers Winners in the seal-deterrent design competition, (from left) Tommy Cheo, Ben uit den Bogaard, Tana McCarthy and Jack Hauser. Photo: IMAS By Catherine...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-142
DATE START/END: 15 NOV 2017 - 30 DEC 2017

Travel bursary: Sustainable Ocean Summit 2017, Canada

Johnathon Davey (SIV) and Aaron Irving (NAC) have been asked to deliver a presentation at the Sustainable Ocean Summit that will draw on a number of aquatic environmental effects research project where Australia's fishing sectors were or are driving, policy innovations that we assisted in driving or...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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PUBLISHED:
2017-06-01

Road map for prawn recovery

International experience is helping Australia’s prawn farmers rebuild from the recent white spot disease outbreak. By Wayne Hutchison Francois Brenta visiting a Queensland prawn farm to assess potential bio-security improvements. Photo: Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture The detection and...
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2017-06-01

Oxygen engineer wins FRDC award

An innovation award recognises potential uses in aquaculture for new oxygen generation technology By Tom Bicknell Dr Kim Ritman (Chief Scientist, ABARES), Dr Patrick Hone (Executive Director, FRDC), Mr Kevin Rassool, Anne Ruston (Senator for South Australia and Assistant Minister for...
Environment
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DATE:
2024-02-27

A new energy future for aquaculture

A new research collaboration is investigating alternative energy options for the aquaculture sector to help operators reduce carbon emissions and save money By Catherine Norwood While the energy demands of the wildcatch fishing sector revolve largely around powering vessels, the...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-096
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2022 - 30 DEC 2025

Southern Rock Lobster Planning and Management for a National Research Development & Extension (RD&E) Program

Southern Rock Lobster Ltd (SRL) was formed in 2004 as the national industry research, development and extension (RD&E) body for the Southern Rock Lobster fishing sector in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. In December 2005 SRL and FRDC established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to guide...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-115
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2022 - 30 JUL 2025

Pipi hatchery production techniques and optimal restocking strategies

The ocean beaches of NSW support valuable commercial, recreational, and cultural pipi fisheries. The biomass available to a fishery depends on a combination of environmental, demographic and harvest conditions that determine recruitment success, and subsequent growth rates and mortality. Steeply...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) National Marine Science Centre
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DATE:
2021-06-24

Seafood Import and Export by Volume

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Information Consultancy Services, 2007, cat. no. 9920.0, Canberra Technical tips for viewing this map This map is best viewed on the desktop. For a better mobile phone viewing experience, turn the phone vertically (onto its side) to...
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DATE:
2021-06-24

Seafood Import and Export by Commodity

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Information Consultancy Services, 2007, cat. no. 9920.0, Canberra Technical tips for viewing this map This map is best viewed on the desktop. For a better mobile phone viewing experience, turn the phone vertically (onto its side) to...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-751
DATE START/END: 8 JUL 2008 - 24 JUL 2008

Seafood CRC: a business plan for the Australian barramundi industry

The FRDC previously funded the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association to develop a strategic plan. The plan identified a very large number of important issues and potential projects for the industry. However, it is now necessary to turn this into a business plan setting out the priorities for...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA)
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Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-193
DATE START/END: 26 JUN 2023 - 21 MAY 2026

Assessment of the sensitivity of Australia’s aquatic animal disease surveillance system using scenario tree modelling

Australia’s national surveillance system enables early detection of aquatic animal diseases and provides support for claims of freedom. Its success depends on an efficient and effective passive surveillance system, though there has never been a quantitative approach to describing the adequacy of the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-139
DATE START/END: 13 MAY 2017 - 28 NOV 2017

Decadal scale projection of changes in Australian fisheries stocks under climate change

The project builds on previous climate impact and adaptation programs invested in by FRDC – e.g. South-east Australia Program (SEAP) and the FRDC-NCCARF Marine National Adaptation Research Plan (1). The information generated by that suite of projects, in particular the physical (2) and biological...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-211
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2010 - 29 JUN 2013

Recfishing Research - addressing recreational fishing research priorities and improving extension

A joint initiative of Recfish Australia and FRDC, Recfishing Research was set up in 2005, following a national workshop in Hobart, to coordinate recreational fisheries R&D and promote the uptake of resulting information at a national level. From 2007/08 to 2009/10 Recfishing Research has worked to...
ORGANISATION:
Recfish Australia
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-026
DATE START/END: 23 JAN 2022 - 29 NOV 2022

Water disinfection for influent water biosecurity on prawn grow-out farms

Transmission of pathogens and potential vectors into farms via the intake of environmental seawater is a high biosecurity concern and prawn farms have commenced using fine filtration and chemical disinfection to reduce the biosecurity risk. The persistence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Bribie Island
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-061
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2018 - 31 JUL 2023

Abalone Council Australia Ltd Planning and Management for a National Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Program

Australian abalone (Haliotis spp) supports major commercial fisheries in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales with total catches from these States being around 2,890 t in 2017/18 (down from 4,450t in 2011/2012). Of this catch, Tasmania is the largest producer...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-760
DATE START/END: 19 OCT 2009 - 20 JAN 2013

SCRC: PhD 5.08 Development of vision and first feeding behaviour of Southern Bluefin Tuna and Yellowtail Kingfish larvae (Dr Jenny Cobcroft: Student Polyanna Hilder)

This project will improve first feeding and increase survival of larval Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in culture. The Seafood CRC has significant investment in SBT aquaculture, in support of Clean Seas Tuna (CST), to establish a sustainable aquacultured SBT industry projected to be valued at >$200...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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