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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-033
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2019

Fisheries biology of short-spined sea urchins (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in Tasmania: supporting a profitable harvest and appropriate management

A small study on the sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in the 1970s showed the potential for a specialised urchin fishery. The first quality roe was landed in 1983 for domestic markets, and by 1985 divers began exporting to Japan. This sparked speculative demand for licenses, and in that year...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2016-12-01

Barramundi sector poised for rebound

Barramundi production is little more than half of that predicted a decade ago, but two projects on the drawing board have the potential to increase production to 25,000 tonnes. In Western Australia, Marine Produce Australia was this year given ministerial approval for an 800-hectare...
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2019-12-01

The innovation frontier

The latest phase of innovation is one more in the long history of human development that has allowed society to progress as we find easier, more efficient and more productive ways to do things, such as producing food and managing fisheries By Peter Horvat The evolving...
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2017-09-01

Deed offers disease risk strategy

An emergency disease agreement being drafted aims to bring the marine sector into line with land-based agriculture Abalone, oysters, Sardines and prawns: these are just a few of species affected during the past decade by devastating diseases previously unknown in Australian waters. In the wake...
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2017-06-01

Fisheries in the school zone

An online education resource is helping teachers to equip their students with knowledge about primary production in Australia By Melissa Marino Australia’s food and fibre industries – including fisheries – are being highlighted in schools thanks to Primezone, a web-based resource that...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-016
DATE START/END: 22 JUN 2010 - 14 FEB 2013

Assessing the impacts of gillnetting in Tasmania: implications for by-catch and biodiversity

In Tasmania, unlike most other Australian states, recreational as well as commercial fishers are permitted to use gillnets. The gear is used to target a diverse range of finfish in a variety of habitats, including inshore reefs and sheltered coastal waters. The main scalefish species taken include...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2013-12-01

FRDC expands its role

Maya Puglisi In the past six months the operating environment for the FRDC has changed significantly. Amendments to legislation have been proposed that would allow the FRDC to expand its role. At the same time Seafood Services Australia (SSA) has closed. The FRDC has already taken on the...
Industry
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2022-03-04

Global innovation in the box

An environmentally friendly alternative to the ubiquitous polystyrene boxes used in the seafood sector is poised to enter the market, developed by fishers, for fishers, with many benefits including superior thermal performance By Catherine Norwood A small Queensland fishing business is...
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