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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-031
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2009 - 30 JUL 2010

Taking female mud crabs (Scylla serrata): assessment of risks and benefits

This project has been developed as a direct result of approaches from industry about the need for a definitive answer to questions relating to one of the State's most controversial crab fishery management arrangements. An effective prohibition on harvesting female mud crabs in Queensland was...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

Direct approach to China

Traditional importers, hotels, restaurants, wet markets and e-commerce deliveries of live rock lobsters to consumers’ homes are all part of the mix for the Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative’s venture into China Story Catherine Norwood Photos Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative New markets...
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2017-06-01

The measure of success

Australia’s fisheries sector has improved its performance over the course of a decade, with a new analytical framework helping to target further gains Trawlers on Eden Harbour. By Catherine Norwood Sustainably making the most of Australia’s fisheries is the long-term aim of a new process...
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DATE:
2023-08-10

That’s not a waste, that’s a soil conditioner

Research on options to manage the invasive Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii), has identified using sea urchin waste as a soil conditioner. By Catherine Norwood Developing markets for the Longspined Sea Urchin is the leading strategy in Tasmania to control this...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-264
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2017 - 7 MAY 2026

Trans Tasman Rock Lobster Industry Congress - Locking in the Future: 2017-2025

The National Rock Lobster Conference was first held in 1999 and since then it has evolved into a very successful and important biennial event including the Australian and New Zealand Rock Lobster fisheries and associated post harvest sectors. Now titled, the Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Congress,...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-109
DATE START/END: 7 FEB 2023 - 30 DEC 2033

Trans Tasman Rock Lobster Industry Congress - Locking in the Future: 2023-2031

The National Rock Lobster Conference was first held in 1999 and since then it has evolved into a very successful and important biennial event including the Australian and New Zealand Rock Lobster fisheries and associated post harvest sectors. Now titled, the Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Congress,...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-005
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 20 DEC 2017

Determining the susceptibility of Australian Penaeus monodon and Penaeus merguiensis to newly identified enzootic (YHV7) and exotic (YHV8 and YHV10) Yellow head virus (YHV) genotypes

Yellow head virus genotype 1 (YHV1) emerged in the early 1990s as the cause of mass mortalities of giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) in Thailand. In Thailand YHV continues to cause production losses and has become established as a pathogen in Pacific white prawn (P. vannamei). YHV1 has...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Environment
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2014-03-01

Investigation success no fluke

Mysterious deaths and million-dollar losses brought together a highly focused team of experts and supporters to track down the culprits responsible for jeopardising the Southern Bluefin Tuna industry By Karin Derkley Rounding up the year’s quota of Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)...
Industry
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-073
DATE START/END: 20 OCT 2022 - 13 JUL 2023

Attracting the next generation - Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia Membership 2022-2023

The Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) is a unique collaboration between industry, government and education organisations. Its vision is an Australian community that understands and values its primary industries sector. To do this it engages with school, teachers, students and...
ORGANISATION:
Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-719
DATE START/END: 30 DEC 2007 - 30 JUN 2009

Seafood CRC: protecting the safety and quality of Australian oysters with integrated predictive tools

Innovations in Australian oyster production, processing and marketing are intrinsically linked to a final product that is wholesome and safe. While these key attributes are initially controlled by the producer, their carry-through to the customer depends on optimised transport, storage and handling...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-758
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2012 - 31 MAY 2014

Seafood CRC: increase sustainable use of crab fisheries resources by recovering revenue from crabs currently rejected at market

Financial losses on the live mud and spanner crab supply chain into Sydney Fish Market are significant. An analysis of data from the 2010/11 financial year demonstrated that:- Mud crabs that were downgraded due to being slow represented 2.8% (around 11 tonne) of product supplied worth $71,238...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
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DATE:
2022-07-12

Wild prawn sector shares its stories to build trust

Australia’s commercial prawn fishers are sharing their stories and engaging with communities to build trust and maintain their social license to operate. By Catherine Norwood Photo of an Australian prawn trawler at sunset. Photo: Garry Day The people, places and...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-742
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2008 - 29 JUN 2015

SCRC: PhD: Processing of Sea cucumber viscera for bioactive compounds

Project Description Overall aim and significance Overall aim: To identify bioactives from viscera of Australian sea cucumber species. The key components of the PhD project will be: 1. Develop extraction and fractionation protocols to obtain extracts and fractions of various polarity and...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-020
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2009 - 29 SEP 2012

Identification and evaluation of performance indicators for abalone fisheries

Challenge 1: Improve the sustainability of natural resources supporting wild-catch and aquaculture. • improve governance, policies, and methods in wild-catch management; in particular review and assess abalone fishery stock assessment performance indicators, assessments and management objectives,...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-051
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2024 - 30 MAY 2027

Ecologically sustainable aquaculture growth through Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) – Incorporating IMTA nutrient modelling into regulatory frameworks.

Overview In Australia, aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry to meet the ever-increasing global seafood demand. Growth is occurring through expansion of current sectors, value added products, and new and multispecies culture. Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) provides for...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-001
DATE START/END: 9 DEC 2021 - 27 MAR 2025

The emerging Billfish fishing grounds of northern Australia: fisheries description, movements, and hot-spots

Recreational billfish fisheries are predominantly catch-and-release and considered to be sustainable, but most stocks are also under pressure from incidental commercial harvest. This project was initiated because of ground-level stake-holder (e.g. NT recreational fishing community) interest in the...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-500
DATE START/END: 18 MAY 2014 - 31 JAN 2016

Australia's National Recreational Fishing Conference 2015

This project was developed in response to an ongoing need to engage the broader recreational fishing community in well informed discourse on issues key to the future of their favourite pastime. The value that can be derived from opportunities to encourage the recreational fishing community to come...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF)
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DATE:
2023-04-28

Trawl workshop ‘strikes gold’

1500+ years of fishing experience come face-to-face to discuss issues facing the East Coast trawl sector. By Dempsey Ward Trawl fishers from northern Queensland met in two workshops – in Cairns and Townsville – to discuss current issues relating to the East Coast Trawl...
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PUBLISHED:
2018-09-01

Tasty results for Cobia in consumer trials

The results of fish processing, preparation and consumer testing are part of the latest pond-to-plate research into Cobia aquaculture Crispy-skin Cobia by Colin Barker of The Boathouse, Sydney. Photo: Rob Locke By Rebecca Thyer With a senior seafood scientist acting as ‘head chef’,...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-020
DATE START/END: 28 AUG 2023 - 30 MAY 2025

Developing skills and capabilities of middle-management and supervisory staff on Australian prawn farms (pilot program)

This opportunity has been developed for APFA members in response to the identified leadership skills gap at the middle management and supervisory level. The intent of the pilot program is to further develop the skills and networks of the staff at these levels and by doing so, have a positive impact...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-068
DATE START/END: 25 SEP 2007 - 29 JUN 2009

National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CCRSPI)

At the Rural RDC Chairs meeting on 4 September 2007 unanimous support was given for National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries .This project is supported by the Council of Rural RDC Chairs, CSIRO and the Australian, State and Territory Governments provided through the Primary...
ORGANISATION:
Land and Water Australia
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