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Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-049
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2018 - 30 NOV 2018

Monitoring abalone juvenile abundance following removal of Centrostephanus and translocation

Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association supported by the Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) have been conducting urchin culling and abalone translocation trials funded by FRDC in an attempt to rehabilitate reefs with greatly reduced productivity (refer to FRDC projects 2012-058 and 2014-224). In...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-09-01

Seafood consumers open to options

Recent research from the FRDC sheds light on the consumption habits and experiences of Australian seafood consumers, providing a refreshed understanding of the challenges facing the seafood industry By Annabel Boyer In an ideal world, seafood producers would have...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-071
DATE START/END: 30 OCT 2004 - 10 FEB 2007

National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish: maximising post-release survival of line caught flathead taken in sheltered coastal waters

The National Survey of Recreational Fishing has estimated that about 13.5 million flathead (various species) were caught by recreational fishers in Australia during 2000/01 and that of this total, almost 45% (6.0 million fish) were released or discarded (Lyle et al. 2003). The retained component of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-030
DATE START/END: 4 MAY 2014 - 13 JUL 2015

Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS) reports 2014 and beyond

The inaugural Status of key Australian fish stocks reports 2012 were launched on 11 December 2012 by the then Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig. The project was undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-125
DATE START/END: 3 JUN 2021 - 21 FEB 2022

Investigating the use of a remote operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) for surveying abalone on reefs in the Western zone abalone fishery, Victoria.

The current state of play is that another surveillance trip was undertaken on Saturday (15th May) but were unable to get right in to where infected abalone were last observed. The survey started well out from ground zero and worked our way in, no virus was observed. The weather is due to improve in...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-158
DATE START/END: 11 JUN 2017 - 10 AUG 2017

NCCP: Development of strategies to optimise release and clean up strategies underpinning possible use of herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP), operating within the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), is developing a plan for the potential release of the virus known as Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3, hereafter ‘the carp virus’) to control invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Sturt University (CSU) Bathurst
Environment
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2016-01-01

How to save a life

Whether you call it a life jacket or a personal flotation device, an outlay of as little as $60 could save your life – but only if you wear it By Catherine Norwood Whether it is for work or recreation, your best personal flotation device (PFD) is the one you’re wearing when you find...
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PUBLISHED:
2016-06-01

In brief

Adelaide nets World Fisheries Congress A successful joint Australia–New Zealand bid to host the 2020 World Fisheries Congress is expected to bring more than 1500 delegates to the Adelaide Convention Centre on 11 to 15 October 2020. The World Fisheries Congress is organised by the World...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-09-01

Seaweed farming to boost finfish aquaculture

By Melissa Marino Seaweed could be farmed to complement aquaculture and safeguard the environment with open-sea trials to be conducted in the Spencer Gulf later this year – the final stage of a three-year investigation into the feasibility of such a system. (Top) Ecklonia radiata (Centre)...
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