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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-048
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2007 - 30 AUG 2009

Towards evaluating the socio-economic impacts of changes to Queensland’s inshore fishery management

Queensland’s inshore fishery is important to recreational, charter and commercial fishers and seafood consumers alike. The Inshore fishery is Queensland’s largest fishery in terms of number of participants and operators. Most recreational fishing in Queensland occurs in estuarine and coastal areas...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-034
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of an emerging bacterial disease in wild Queensland gropers, marine fish and stingrays with production of diagnostic tools to reduce the spread of disease to other states of Australia

In 2008-2009, 46 wild Queensland (QLD) gropers, Epinephelus lanceolatus, a protected species under the Fisheries Regulation 2008, were found dead between Mackay and the Daintree River in north Queensland. Most deaths occurred in highly urbanised areas including Cairns and Port Douglas, with peak...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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DATE:
2023-06-27

Connection to country comes first for Indigenous-led brands

Price premiums are one potential benefit of Indigenous brands, but new FRDC-funded research shows strengthening communities and creating employment are stronger drivers. By Catherine Norwood With the growing involvement of Indigenous fishers and their communities in...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-031
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2008 - 29 JUN 2011

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima

Department of Fisheries WA staff visualized Chlamydia-like organisms (CLO’s) in OOD-affected animals by electron microscopy, suggesting a link between the presence of these CLO’s and OOD-affected pearl oysters. Molecular research confirmed that two Chlamydia-like organisms were present in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-201
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Feasibility study for integrated multitrophic aquaculture in southern Australia

With worldwide demand for seafood increasing rapidly, and global fisheries catch static or declining, aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry. In Australia, like other western countries, aquaculture is generally undertaken on a single-species basis. So finfish are farmed in one location, and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-028
DATE START/END: 16 JUL 2014 - 29 JUN 2017

Mud cockle (Katelysia spp.) stock enhancement/restoration: practical implementation and policy evaluation

Many bivalve stocks around the world have collapsed as a consequence of a combination of commercial fishing effort, recreational and commercial watercraft activities, recruitment failure, mass mortality, and habitat degradation (Arnold, 2001). These impacts not only affect potential fishery yields,...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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DATE:
2023-02-20

What evidence do we have from other studies?

Recreational fishing and wellbeing – what’s the evidence? The potential for recreational fishing to contribute positively the health and wellbeing of participants and the broader community has been widely acknowledged for decades (see Freudenberg and Arlinghaus 2009; McManus et al. 2011; Hunt et...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-207
DATE START/END: 14 JUL 2020 - 29 NOV 2020

Developing a value proposition and future track for the National Aquaculture Council (NAC)

The National Aquaculture Council (NAC) is the peak industry body of the Australian aquaculture industry, providing advocacy and a representative role at the national level, working to influence Government policies, regulations, and programs affecting the sustainability, prosperity, and growth of the...
ORGANISATION:
National Aquaculture Council (NAC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-051
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 11 SEP 2008

Management and monitoring of fish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region of Western Australia

Summary: This project focuses on the exploitation of demersal finfish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region. In particular, it is focused on key species such as dhufish and snapper, and the growing catch and release fishery that targets large, deep-water spawning aggregations of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-040
DATE START/END: 19 JUN 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Developing and testing social objectives for fisheries management

This project aims to develop social objectives for Australian fisheries, and associated indicators that can be used to assess performance against these objectives. This will be achieved through first identifying a set of social objectives that are applicable at a national level, followed by testing...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
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