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PUBLISHED:
2016-03-01

Let's keep an eye on the reef, BRUV

Recreational fishers, motivated by community stewardship, are helping to develop cost-effective monitoring options for a Western Australian artificial reef trial The artificial reefs have attracted 50 finfish species, both large and small, such as the pictured Longsnout Boarfish. Photo: Lisa...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-226
DATE START/END: 30 JAN 2004 - 31 AUG 2007

Aquafin CRC - Southern Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture Subprogram: net fouling management to enhance water quality and southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) performance

In the marine environment fouling organisms have the potential to significantly impact on farming operations. This occurs as fouling: 1) Increases the weight that farming structures have to support when in the water. For example, a tuna industry farming net from a 40m diameter sea-cage with a...
ORGANISATION:
Aquaculture Management Consultants Pty Ltd
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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

Seafood marketing: it's about the whole picture

Improving community perceptions and seafood prices is the aim of new research to make Australian fisheries and aquaculture more profitable By Peter Horvat Marketing to a consumer and selling at a premium price is very simple: if you have the right product, at the right price, available at the...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-12-01

Oyster farmers tap American know-how

Technology that accelerates the growth of juvenile shellfish proved a popular workshop subject when US expert Dale Leavitt met with Australian oyster growers American researcher and FLUPSY expert Dale Leavitt and Sue McIntyre, an oyster grower and Environmental Management System officer for the...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-231
DATE START/END: 18 JUN 2005 - 30 JUL 2006

A scoping study on the Australian abalone industry

This application was developed because representatives from all abalone producing states agreed that the Australian abalone industry needs to enhance its position in the world market through a comprehensive marketing, advertising and promotional campaign, aligned to an industry development plan that...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
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PUBLISHED:
2016-09-01

Leadership skills to connect shared aspirations

Negotiating the diverse interests of fisheries stakeholders requires strong leadership and vision By Catherine Norwood It’s not often a leader can take time out from trying to get things done to reflect on and develop their own leadership skills. But doing so can make their leadership efforts...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-761
DATE START/END: 25 AUG 2008 - 24 AUG 2011

SCRC: PhD : Increasing Oyster Spat Production Through Management of Microbiological Contamination

Since the development of oyster hatchery production in Tasmania in the late 1970s, bacterial infections caused by Vibrio species have plagued the oyster industry and compromised reliability of supply. Over a period of 30 years, bacterial oyster spat infections have been blamed on various causes...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-217
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2008 - 30 DEC 2009

Atlantic Salmon Sub Program: Effect of temperature on reproductive development of maiden and repeat spawning Atlantic salmon: understanding the basis for improved egg survival and quality

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are farmed in Tasmania and limited areas of southern Australia, and support an aquaculture industry of 17,600 tonnes with a value in 20055/06 of $200 million (Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association data). Salmon in Australia are farmed towards the upper limit of their...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-754
DATE START/END: 2 NOV 2011 - 30 JAN 2014

SCRC: Development of Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture in Western Australia: Removal of barriers to profitable production.

Western Australia's extensive coastline is currently underutilized for marine finfish production, yet a recent Aquaculture Development Council discussion paper pointed out that aquaculture sites along this coastline can collectively host between 25,000 and 100,000 tons of annual finfish production....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
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