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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-064
DATE START/END: 21 SEP 2006 - 30 JUN 2009

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: development of diagnostic tests to assess the impact of Haplosporidium infections in pearl oysters

Haplosporidium infect several invertebrate groups including a number of bivalves but infection generally does not result in mortality. However, two exotic species, Haplosporidium nelsoni and H. costale are associated with significant mortality. Both of these organisms are notifiable with the Office...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-246
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 16 DEC 2007

Australian Fisheries Statistics

ABARE commenced the collection and publication of statistics relating to the Australian fishing industry in 1991 in response to a DPIE request to develop detailed estimates of the value of fisheries production that could be used as the basis for new research arrangements. The publication...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-036
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2021 - 29 JUN 2026

Management and delivery of the Oysters Australia RD&E Plan 2020-2025

Established in 2011, Oysters Australia (OA) is the oyster industry’s national peak body. Guided by a Board of Directors, a Strategic Plan and an R&D Committee, the company’s role is to conduct activities on behalf of the industry, and to identify and direct research & development needs to support...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
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DATE:
2023-05-30

Measures to optimise Blue Swimmer Crab recreational catch compliance

Blue Swimmer Crabs (Portunus armatus) are highly prized among commercial and recreational fishers and new FRDC-funded research outlines strategies to support compliance and maintain the resource for all sectors. By Melissa Marino Western Australia’s Peel-Harvey Blue Swimmer...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-038
DATE START/END: 5 JAN 2020 - 30 DEC 2021

Abalone diver observation collection, analysis and reporting system for improved management decision making

During the development of the Draft Victorian abalone Harvest Strategy, the importance of diver observations as a tertiary indicator was recognised. Industry agreed to take a lead role in the development of a diver survey using an electronic capture and reporting system. Through an in-depth...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Victoria Inc (ACVI)
Adoption
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-231
DATE START/END: 14 JUN 2018 - 30 MAY 2021

To develop a national marine safety extension resource toolkit and to trial with all fisheries jurisdictions

The FRDC has taken the lead in developing a national strategy to address efforts and resources lacking the work health and safety space. This was due to an absence of an integrated effort into safety and health and minimal extension of previous projects conducted. A key driver was the current...
ORGANISATION:
Taylored Health and Safety Pty Ltd
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-300
DATE START/END: 13 MAY 2012 - 30 MAR 2015

Social Science Research Coordination Program (SSRCP) II

The background to the Social Sciences Coordination Program was the recognised need for the social science aspects of industry to be taken into consideration, as a result of the largely economic policy drive of the 1990s. While the last three years has begun to address this need, it has been...
ORGANISATION:
KAL Analysis
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-079
DATE START/END: 6 JAN 2019 - 28 JAN 2021

Ecological modelling of the impacts of water development in the Gulf of Carpentaria with particular reference to impacts on the Northern Prawn Fishery

An earlier proposal to develop dynamic integrated ecosystem models to explore ecological and economic trade-offs of the impacts of existing and proposed water resource development in Northern Australia, and specifically the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), was submitted to FRDC who commented as follows...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Crawley
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-035
DATE START/END: 16 FEB 2005 - 28 FEB 2008

Determining appropriate sizes at harvest for species shared by the commercial trap and recreational fisheries in New South Wales

There is concern that many species harvested by the NSW demersal trap and offshore recreational fisheries are in decline and there exists very little biological information on which to assess their stock status or base management decisions. The NSW demersal trap fishery, worth around $4 million a...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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