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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-070
DATE START/END: 1 FEB 2024 - 5 DEC 2024

The feasibility of a financial safety-net: Investigating financial mechanisms to protect oyster growers from disease outbreaks

The oyster industry in NSW has been shaken by the latest outbreak of Qx. For many growers across the state this has led to a period of reflection on their own operations, and has reinforced the fact that that despite best-efforts, a biosecurity incursion is largely at the mercy of the environment,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Farmers' Association
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-749
DATE START/END: 11 MAR 2012 - 6 DEC 2012

Seafood CRC: funding options for the Australian wild-catch prawn industry

Fifteen wild catch prawn fisheries across Australia's jurisdictions contribute to a combined GVP of $247 million - 21 653 tonnes. (ABARE Fishstats 2010) In 2007 the Australian wild catch prawn sector held its "Beyond the Sea" conference in Adelaide, SA. (FRDC Project 2006/303). Over 80 conference...
ORGANISATION:
Ridge Partners
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PUBLISHED:
2019-05-31

Science briefs

BIOLOGY: Sea sponges may help identify gut bacteria Sea sponge Photo: Shutterstock Sea sponges are believed to have existed for about 750 million years, making them the world’s longest-existing animal. But of more recent interest to researchers is the fact that as much as 60 per...
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PUBLISHED:
2018-06-01

Fishers learn to catch innovation with Fish-X

Combining the stories behind our seafood with technological innovation can help businesses make it in the marketplace, Fish-X participants are learning By Rebecca Thyer X-Lab director Tim Parsons teaches Fish-X participants at the Brisbane hackathon. Photo: X-Lab Ventures The...
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PUBLISHED:
2018-03-01

Engineering new seafood opportunities

While fishers are proud producers of an essential food, research is identifying new processes that have the potential to increase marketability and bring more of the local harvest to our tables By Catherine Norwood Emerging food and processing technologies, along with the adaptation of...
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2016-06-01

Balancing the benefits of seafood

A new SafeFish report highlights species selection for low-risk, high-benefit seafood By Gio Braidotti A flurry of recent media articles, particularly in the US, have highlighted concerns about mercury in seafood and potential risks for consumers. Yet aquatic seafood is well known to have...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Yield perspectives expand

Economic modelling is helping managers and fishers deal with uncertainty while assessing the trade-offs required to balance the environmental and financial sustainability of the industry By Jane O’Brien Illustration: Paul Dickenson Australia is a world leader in using fisheries...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Combined knowledge key to congress success

Traditionally focused on the technical and biological details of fisheries, a recent congress urged researchers to consider the potential of combining traditional knowledge with science By Pele Cannon The Joint Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) and Australian Society for Limnology...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-207
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2010 - 31 AUG 2012

Management of ‘tough fish syndrome’ in tropical Saddletail Snapper to re-instill market confidence

Saddletail Snapper constitutes a significant proportion of the catch in offshore finfish fisheries in northern Australia. An unacceptable proportion of these fish become ‘tough’ at the point of cooking, resulting in an inedible product. Currently it is not possible to identify affected fish earlier...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-091
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 11 FEB 2008

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: further research and laboratory trials for diagnostic tests for the detection of A invadans (EUS) and A astaci (Crayfish Plague)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION A request for an extension to project 2001/621 was investigated through FRDC and AFFA and a preliminary submission submitted. This was given a high priority. In FRDC project 2001/621, Molecular Diagnostic Tests to Detect Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (Aphanomyces...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
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