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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-035
DATE START/END: 4 JUN 2019 - 27 FEB 2022

Fisheries biology of Western Australian Salmon: improving our understanding of population dynamics in South Australia to enable quantitative stock assessments and improved fisheries management

The Western Australian Salmon (WA Salmon) biological stock extends from southern Western Australia (WA) to the west coast of Tasmania, with each State jurisdiction harvesting different life-history stages. The WA fishery typically targets mature spawning fish that aggregate around the south-western...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-036
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2019 - 27 FEB 2022

Seal-fisher-ecosystem interactions in the Lower Lakes and Coorong: understanding causes and impacts to develop longer-term solutions

The South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF) is a small-scale, community-based commercial fishery that operates in the Coorong estuary and Lower Lakes region. The fishery is an important source of local seafood, regional employment and income for South Australia (SA). Over the past decade,...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-028
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2019 - 30 DEC 2022

Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment

The Australian Southern rock lobster (SRL, Jasus edwardsii) fishery is largely reliant on an international live lobster market. The increased value of lobsters and reliance on live export has meant that even low levels of stock losses or poor product quality can have significant financial or brand...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-030
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2019 - 21 SEP 2022

An updated understanding of Eastern School Whiting stock structure and improved stock assessment for cross-jurisdictional management

Eastern School Whiting (Sillago flindersi) is a key economic species of ocean trawl fisheries in south-eastern Australian waters. It occurs in ocean waters to a depth of about 100 m, from Southern Queensland to north-eastern Tasmania and west along the mainland coast to Anxious Bay in South...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-031
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2019 - 30 DEC 2022

Understanding population structure and dynamics of Victoria’s developing Octopus fishery

Pale octopus (Octopus pallidus) is distributed from the Great Australian Bight around Tasmania to southern New South Wales. It is a medium-sized (up to 1.2 kg) holobenthic octopus which has a lifespan of 12 to 18 months (Leporati et al. 2009). Females produce 200 to 400 large (11 mm) eggs per...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-044
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2019 - 30 NOV 2022

Quantifying post-release survival and movement of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): Informing strategies to engage the fishing community in practices to enhance the sustainability of an important multi-sector fishery

The National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish was an initiative of the FRDC and recreational fishing bodies that aimed to gain a better understanding of the effects of fishing, and increase the adoption of best-practices for capture, handling and release. The flow-on of this...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-046
DATE START/END: 19 JAN 2020 - 30 DEC 2022

Cost-effective, non-destructive solutions to developing a pre-recruit index for Snapper

Throughout the 2000s, the two main stocks of South Australia’s (SA) Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) fishery demonstrated very different changes in fishery production associated with progressive deterioration in stock classifications. For the Spencer Gulf/West Coast Stock (SGWCS), since 2012 the annual...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-077
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2019 - 30 JUL 2022

Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon Research, Development and Extension Management

The Tasmanian Salmonid Growers’ Association Ltd (TSGA) – Tasmania’s peak body representing salmon growers – is a not-for-profit organisation representing the Industry by working with Federal and State Governments and their regulatory agencies. Established by its grower members over 30 years ago,...
ORGANISATION:
Salmon Tasmania
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-143
DATE START/END: 29 APR 2021 - 30 OCT 2022

An investigation of Indigenous knowledges and nutritional health and wellbeing benefits and values of seafood for supporting Indigenous fisheries development

Globally there is a growing awareness and focus on maximising the contributions of fish to Indigenous diets and health through promotion of nutrition sensitive policies which support small-scale and Indigenous fisheries initiatives (FAO, 2017). To further contribute to the promotion of Indigenous...
ORGANISATION:
Monash University Clayton Campus
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-156
DATE START/END: 6 FEB 2020 - 29 NOV 2020

The use of dietary intervention with Ulva to improve survival associated with the incidence of summer mortality on farmed Abalone

The application was developed in direct collaboration with members of the Australian Abalone Growers Association (AAGA) and Aquafeed Australia to meet a specific industry need to reduce the effects of summer mortality on the production of Australian Greenlip and Hybrid Abalone. Abalone cultured in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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