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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-224
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 OCT 2010

Seafood CRC: Increasing the profitability of Penaeus monodon farms via the use of low water exchange, microbial floc production systems at Australian Prawn Farms and at CSIRO

During late 2005 Australian Prawn Farms (APF) carried out a trial to test whether black tiger prawns, Penaeus monodon, could be grown using a zero water exchange culture system, based on the so-called ‘Belize’ system. The concept behind the Belize system is that in a closed system, any nutrients...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-910
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2009 - 30 JUL 2010

Seafood CRC: automation of western rocklobster processing

Currently, labour costs in the Western Rocklobster industry are high and availability of labour is extremely poor. Individual lobsters can be handled up to seven times during processing. Reducing labour by mechanizing process steps would improve product consistency and (hopefully) profitability and...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-023.20
DATE START/END: 29 NOV 2013 - 29 APR 2015

Developing Code of Practice frameworks and assessing the need for an Australian Standard on Responsible Fishing Practices

There is a regulatory trend towards placing the burden of proof onto operators to show they are adopting good practice (and being rewarded for doing so). Good practice encapsulates • Catch quality (focus for fishers) • Environmental focus (for governments and key NGOs) • Traceability, catch...
ORGANISATION:
Sevaly Sen
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-725
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2010 - 31 MAR 2013

SCRC: PhD 6.06 – Capturing and maintaining genetic variation when initiating selective breeding programs for aquaculture

The research question Selective breeding programs are being initiated for three aquaculture species, Yellowtail Kingfish Seriola lalandi, Barramundi Lates calcarifer and Marron Cherax tenuimanus. The aim of selection program is to get the highest genetic response whilst maintaining genetic...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-756
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2008 - 29 NOV 2010

Seafood CRC: increasing seedstock production of domesticated giant tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon) through improved male fertility

Increasing the production efficiency of farming is considered essential for maintaining competitiveness of the Australian P. monodon industry in both national and international markets, and for ensuring the sustainability of the local farming industry. Progressing from the farming of wild progeny...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-757
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2008 - 29 JUN 2010

Seafood CRC: Commercial production of all-female reproductively sterile triploid Giant Tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon): Assessing their commercial performance in ponds.

Over the last 5 years CSIROs Food Futures Flagship (FFF) has worked with one of Australia's largest prawn producers, Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture (GCMA), to produce the worlds first domesticated, selectively bred elite Penaeus monodon lines that have a demonstrated on-farm performance. In the...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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