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PUBLISHED:
2016-12-01

Aquaculture on a rising tide

With planning approvals finalised, and crucial research underway, Australia appears to be poised for a surge in aquaculture production In 2008 it seemed optimistic, but not unreasonable, that Australia would be producing 100,000 tonnes of fish and seafood from aquaculture by 2015. At the...
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DATE:
2024-02-27

Australia leads the world in shark and ray management

In the wide world of sharks and rays, Australia is doing remarkably well, according to the latest comprehensive national assessment of shark and ray stocks. By Catherine Norwood The 2023 Australian Shark and Ray Report Card is now complete. It provides a national and international...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-208
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2019 - 29 NOV 2023

Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Ranching Research, Development and Extension Management Program

The ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challenges. Since 1990, the industry has developed to produce a maximum amount of 9000 tonnes of SBT annually. Farm growth rates...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
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PUBLISHED:
2013-09-01

Game on for Southern Bluefin Tuna survey

By Jemima Burt and Catherine Norwood A successful game fishing trip lands Andy Clark a 35-kilogram Southern Bluefin Tuna, caught east of Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in July 2013. Photo: Jim Harnwell, Fishing World Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) (SBT) is among the most highly...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-204
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 23 AUG 2015

Meeting sustainability expectations: translating and aligning objectives, reporting and evaluation of the performance of Australian fisheries

A recent workshop hosted by the applicants identified the need to enhance and align the setting of objectives for the management of Australian fisheries to better enable and demonstrate effective governance. Participants included Keith Sainsbury, Ian Cartwright, Rick Fletcher, George Kailis and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-024
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2009 - 29 JUN 2011

Mapping the distribution and movement of gulper sharks, and developing a non-extractive monitoring technique, to mitigate the risk to the species within a multi-sector fishery region off southern and eastern Australia

Gulper sharks (Centrophorus) are species of deepwater dogfish that occupy the upper slope and some offshore seamounts around southern and eastern Australia. This group represents one of the most urgent environmental challenges to the SESS fishery, and may even threaten its "license to operate"....
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1978-038
DATE START/END: 27 JUN 1980 - 29 JUN 1980

Handbook of Australian fishes

ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-084
DATE START/END: 14 APR 2005 - 1 SEP 2007

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: investigating and managing the Perkinsus related mortality of blacklip abalone in NSW - phase 1

Since the early 1990’s, a large proportion of the abalone along ~500 km of the NSW coastline have died. The mortality apparently commenced around Sydney and the Central Coast in the early 1990s, and has gradually spread north to Port Stephens and south to Jervis Bay. Sporadic histological...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

To market, to market

Direct contact with customers adds to fishers’ job satisfaction, and brings new opportunities to educate the public By Ilaria Catizone Dealing directly with the public is one of the main reasons that Hayley Abbott loves attending farmers’ markets in Moruya, New South Wales, and Canberra...
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