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DATE:
2022-03-23

Research and Innovation Investment Briefing March 2022

Welcome to the FRDC Research and Innovation Investment Briefing for March 2022. In this briefing, we highlight investment opportunities, provide an update on our recent funding round, and explain how we’re enhancing FishNet. These enhancements build on the changes that allow researchers to...
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DATE:
2023-04-28

Seafood builds physical and cultural health of Indigenous communities

For the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal coastal communities, seafood connection to community is much more important than just the meals it provides and the jobs it supports, finds new FRDC-supported research. By Catherine Norwood In the coastal community of Maningrida, 500...
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DATE:
2022-07-12

Plastic Free July – Turn the tide, one choice at a time

Fishing for data on plastics By Michelle Daw The problem of plastics in our oceans and their potential impact on people, plants, animals and entire ecosystems was front and centre at the recent United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal. Graphics credit: Nina...
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DATE:
2021-06-26

White Spot Disease

White spot disease (WSD) is an internationally notifiable disease of crustaceans caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). WSD causes up to 100 per cent mortality on prawn farms throughout Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. WSSV infects a wide range of decapod crustaceans and is considered...
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DATE:
2021-06-24

Useful links

Commercial Fishing links Commercial Fisheries Related Organisations Seafood Industry Australia Sydney Fish Market Master Fish Merchants Association of Australia (MFMA) Australian Barramundi Farmers Association Australian Prawn Farmers Association Tasmanian Salmonid Growers...
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2021-06-01

Marketing rethink as lobster crown slips

The Australian rock lobster sector has struck some troubled waters of late; however, operators are demonstrating agility in their responses and confidence in an eventual turnaround Words Catherine Norwood Australian rock lobster has come a long way from its days as a low-priced, bulk, frozen...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-010
DATE START/END: 9 AUG 2014 - 31 JAN 2017

Understanding recruitment collapse of juvenile abalone in the Eastern Zone Abalone fishery – development of pre-recruitment monitoring, simulation of recruitment variation and predicting the impact of climate variation

Over the past three decades the Eastern Zone Abalone Fishery has experienced several large fluctuations in catch and catch rates, which has raised the concern that climate change may be bringing increased volatility in recruitment. This concern around recruitment is reinforced by observations of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-007
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2010 - 29 JUN 2013

Utilising innovative technology to better understand Spanish mackerel spawning aggregations and the protection offered by marine protected areas

Spanish mackerel is an important commercial and recreational species with a total catch of 650t taken from Queensland east coast waters annually in recent years (Holmes, 2007 and 2008). The ecology of the Queensland east coast Spanish mackerel stock includes a strong seasonal and predictable...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-068
DATE START/END: 3 FEB 2019 - 29 JUN 2020

Non-market values to inform decision-making and reporting in fisheries and aquaculture – an audit and gap analysis

The marine environment produces a wide range of ecosystem services, many of which may be affected by fisheries management, but not necessarily considered in fisheries management decision-making. These may include recreational and cultural services as well as supporting services for a range of marine...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-016
DATE START/END: 3 NOV 2019 - 29 SEP 2024

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques

Australia’s commercial and recreational fisheries are annually valued at in excess of $2.5 and 2.6 billion, respectively and comprise a plethora of species (Flood et al. 2014). Despite their undeniable importance, very few economically important species are supported by appropriate stock...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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