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2017-03-01

'Fish hotels' help river residents to reconnect

Efforts to re-establish river snags are bringing residents of both the waterway and the local community back to the reaches of the lower Darling Illustration: Sharon Kirby By Catherine Norwood For more than two years, members of the Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team (BMEET) have...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

Prawn farming pioneer remembered

Frank Roberts VALE FRANK ROBERTS 18 August 1933 – 16 September 2015 The success of the Australian prawn farming industry owes much to the entrepreneurial spirit and drive of Frank Roberts, who harvested the country’s first commercial crop from prawn ponds on his converted cane farm at...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-029
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Seafood CRC: Factors limiting resilience and recovery of fished abalone populations

Background to the problem: The Tasmanian blacklip abalone fishery is the largest and most valuable fishery in Tasmania. Following collapse of major abalone fisheries elsewhere (South Africa, Japan, Mexico, California, British Columbia), Tasmania now supports the largest wild abalone fishery in the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PUBLISHED:
2015-09-01

Flatfish spearhead South Korea's aquaculture exports

As host of the World Aquaculture Society’s 2015 annual conference, South Korea profiled the successes and challenges of its industry Often served raw, Olive Flounder is the iconic species of the South Korean aquaculture industry, and was a feature of the menus during the international...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-248
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2015 - 31 MAY 2019

Understanding flesh colour variation in Atlantic salmon: molecular mechanisms and genetic effect

Skeletal deformities (including spinal and jaw deformities) in Atlantic salmon have been shown to affect up to 30% of cultured fish, and the problem appears to be enhanced in triploids and under certain husbandry and environmental conditions (i.e.elevated water temperature at specific stages,...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-040
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 30 JAN 2018

Oysters Australia IPA: Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) – closing knowledge gaps to continue farming C. gigas in Australia

This application was developed to enable completion of critical research on POMS to identify solutions for profitable farming that complement efforts through the seafood CRC to breed a resistant oyster. The application proceeded through two expressions of interest and content was agreed by Oysters...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

Senator sets fisheries and aquaculture stage

The new minister in charge of fisheries and aquaculture outlined her priorities at the seafood industry’s national conference South Australian Senator Anne Ruston. Photo: Grant Nowell Photography Following the recent federal government reshuffle, South Australian Senator Anne Ruston has...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-09-01

Fish health benefits undersold

From international policymaking to point-of-sale, fisheries need to engage in selling the benefits of their product As president of the World Aquaculture Society, Australian Graham Mair (third from left) is among the dignitaries and sponsors lined up to officially open the trade show as part of...
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2015-09-01

Tribute to an aquaculture pioneer

Trevor Dix, a pioneer of Australia’s flourishing Atlantic Salmon industry. By Mick Hortle, Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association When the first batch of Atlantic Salmon eggs arrived in Tasmania from Gaden Hatchery in New South Wales in July 1984, it was a pivotal moment for the development...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-146
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2017 - 30 JUN 2018

Understanding factors influencing undercaught TACs, declining catch rates and failure to recover for many quota species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery

As part of the Australian Government's ‘Securing Our Fishing Future’ initiative to ensure a sustainable and profitable industry, AFMA was required to accelerate its programs to end overfishing in Commonwealth fisheries, address the rebuilding of overfished stocks and minimize fishing impacts on the...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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