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2023-10-30

Collaboration to futureproof Mud Crab fishery

A new strategic plan aligning the Australian mud crab industry will strengthen collaboration for economic and environmental benefit. By Christine Fotis-Waldon The Australian Mud Crab fishery, that operates across multiple jurisdictions, is taking a new national approach to...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-031
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2013 - 31 MAY 2015

A trophic model for Gulf St Vincent: balancing exploitation of three fisheries in an Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management framework

Why and how the application was developed: There has been a dramatic switch in the spatial structure of South Australia’s snapper fishery over the past five years. Spencer Gulf (SG) has traditionally yielded the State’s highest snapper catches, however, in recent years it has been superseded by...
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SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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2015-03-01

Brave new world of octopus farming

Countering territorial behaviour and the propensity of octopus to escape from even the most securely closed tank systems have been among a number of achievements and world firsts to come from Australian efforts to develop aquaculture techniques for the species By Rose Yeoman A clutch of...
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2014-12-01

Small size, big role

Understanding the place of small pelagic fish within the larger food chain is a crucial part of managing these highly variable fish stocks The sardine fishery in South Australia has developed over the past decade with increasing markets for bait and human consumption. Photo: Paul Watson By...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-104
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2018 - 30 MAR 2023

Next generation decision support tools to support sustainable aquaculture in Storm Bay

This proposal was developed in response to evolving needs of the Tasmanian State Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (Water and Marine Resources and the Environment Protection Authority Tasmania) for science based management of the expanding Salmon Industry. The...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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DATE:
2024-03-26

Safeguarding the integrity of Australia's seafood sector

When eating fresh Australian seafood, consumers want confidence the fish they are eating is safe, what they paid for and comes from a healthy environment. FRDC supports and delivers a range of services to make this possible. By Claire Crawford Assurances of seafood safety, aquatic...
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2023-02-27

All you need to know about Standards

FRDC was successfully re-accredited by Standards Australia in September 2022 ‘to develop Standards in terminology, sustainability, and operational practices in the fishing and aquaculture industry’. As an accredited Standards Development Organisation FRDC has developed two standards; the...
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