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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-018
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 30 SEP 2009

Australian salmon (Arripis trutta): Population structure, reproduction, diet and composition of commercial and recreational catches in NSW

Eastern Australian salmon are important to commercial, recreational and indigenous fishers and their management has been the focus of considerable debate during the past 10 years. They are acknowledged as being a species that is currently under-utilized and anecdotal information indicates that the...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

Taking on the plastic problem

Preventing plastic from entering the marine food chain and maiming ocean wildlife is driving efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle Story Catherine Norwood Photos Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Plastics and rubbish collected during beach clean-ups by members of Southern Bluefin Tuna...
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PUBLISHED:
2017-06-01

Resistance warranted

The Pacific Oyster industry’s determination to fight back after the incursion of POMS has received a funding boost By Gio Braidotti Sarah Ugalde, research officer on Future Oysters CRC-P, inspects oysters placed on farms to investigate the period of infection for POMS. In 2016 Tasmanian...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-209
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2007 - 30 MAY 2009

SESSF Industry Development Subprogram: adding value to an under utilised fish species (silver warehou)

Fishers participating in the South East scalefish and shark Fishery (SESSF) have faced considerable challenges in recent years. Flat prices received at the wharf coupled with rising costs and reduction in some species TACs has lead to thinner profit margins. The government buyback of licenses...
ORGANISATION:
McLaughlin Consolidated Fishermen Ltd
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-026
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 15 JUL 2008

2007 Mud Crab Workshop: Revision of the National Strategy for Mud Crab Research

In 1999, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded a workshop to develop a 'National Strategy for Mud Crab Research'. Organised and hosted by Northern Territory Fisheries, the meeting was attended by fisheries scientists and managers from Western Australia, the Northern Territory...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Industry Tourism and Trade
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PUBLISHED:
2018-09-01

In brief

Green light for seafood marketing On 16 August 2018, the Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017 was passed by both houses of parliament. This allows the FRDC to undertake marketing activities funded by voluntary contributions on behalf of Australia’s seafood...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-049
DATE START/END: 29 MAY 2005 - 30 JUN 2008

An industry-based program to monitor seal interactions in the SETF

The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multi-species multi-gear situated off the south east coast of Australia. It is Australia’s largest scalefish fishery, providing most of the fresh fish to domestic markets. The fishery has both trawl and non-trawl sectors. The trawl...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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PUBLISHED:
2021-03-01

In brief

Australia Day Honours Russell Reichelt (Queensland) has been named as an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to marine conservation, to ecosystem management of the Great Barrier Reef and to climate change research. He was chair of the Great Barrier Reef...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

New blends in research mix

More sophisticated approaches to fishing and aquaculture research are combining public and private-sector capabilities, while striving to find the balance between fundamental science and industry-specific needs Illustration: Justin Garnsworthy By Karin Derkley In the past five years...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

Science briefs

Why forage fish love artificial reefs Food and safety are the key factors that draw more small foraging fish to artificial reefs than to natural reefs in the Sydney region. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have identified these drawcards in a comparison of five natural...
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