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DATE:

2022-06-02

Capturing the culture and science of an iconic fish

Work has begun on a project that will be the first to capture cultural and scientific knowledge about the iconic fish species of the Narungga people, traditional owners of Guuranda, South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. Gynburra provide food security, communal and medicinal health,...

PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-746

DATE START/END: 29 FEB 2012 - 30 JAN 2014

SCRC: Could harvests from abalone stocks be increased through better management of the size limit / quota interaction?

Abalone fishery assessments are very basic relative to other fisheries of comparable value and provide only general guidance for management. Consequently, management of the stock tends to evolve through adaptive management in response to year-to-year trends in catch and catch-rate trends, and...

ORGANISATION:

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

DATE:

2021-07-19

2018 Portfolio Assessments

BCA 16-17 Summary Aggregate Evaluations BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-042 Student PhDs BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-070 AGD BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-015 BSC in Shark Bay BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-024 INFORMD2 BCA 16-17 FRDC Project...

PUBLISHED:

2016-09-01

Community stake in skate survival

New information about the Maugean Skate’s life and habits has prompted changes to the management of Macquarie Harbour to protect this endangered species By Annabel Boyer Researcher Justin Bell examines a female Maugean Skate by using a portable ultrasound to assess the size of the eggs and...

PUBLISHED:

2014-06-01

Economics vital to fisheries health checks

With the health and wellbeing of fisheries, fishers and entire communities at stake, fisheries economists argue that more than a ‘gut feeling’ is needed when considering the financial and social implications of policy decisions Illustration: Paul Dickenson By Bianca Nogrady How do you...

PUBLISHED:

2021-06-01

Research to extract greater value from seafood

The twin goals of profit and sustainability are driving research into new products and value-adding processes for Australia’s seafood businesses Words Catherine Norwood Photos Alexis Wing Huen Chung Australia’s seafood and fisheries businesses are increasingly turning to product...

PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-155

DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2023 - 29 JUN 2027

Field based trials and risk assessment of new species to enhance the value of tropical and subtropical impoundment fisheries

“Field based trials and risk assessment of new species to enhance the value of tropical and subtropical impoundment fisheries” is a priority project for the Queensland RAC and was nominated by QRAC to FRDC for the November 2022 project call. FRDC recommended this project would be better progressed...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Bribie Island