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Environment
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DATE:
2022-08-09

Pearler of an eco-story for oyster farmers

A new FRDC-funded research project helps oyster farmers leverage impressive environmental credentials to improve community and consumer messaging. By Peter Barrett Photo of person holding Moreton Bay oysters Say oysters and most people conjure up images of romance,...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

New projects

The FRDC board has recently approved the following research projects to go ahead Project number Project Applicant R&D Plan outcome 2021-036 Management and delivery of the...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Retail trials add spark to oyster sales

Oysters Australia is testing the effectiveness of increasing sales by targeting customers in seafood retail stores Images (and below right) from the pilot retail oyster promotional campaign. By Rachel King A trial of promotional materials for oysters last year doubled oyster sales at the...
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-257
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 30 JUL 2005

Develop and implement a communication strategy for the SmartStart Health Intervention Program to key stakeholders including the Australian and State Governments departments of education and health

Australian Society is facing a rapidly expanding health crisis of increasing obesity that will become a major community and societal cost over the next 10 to 20 years. Australia is now acknowledged as being the second most overweight nation in the world! A recent study reports that 68% of men...
ORGANISATION:
SmartStart (Australia) Pty Ltd
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-710
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2009 - 29 SEP 2012

Seafood CRC: bioeconomic evaluation of commercial scale stock enhancement in abalone

Stock enhancement, and in particular, enhancement of high value sedentary shellfish is being increasingly recognised as a novel management strategy that could increase economic yield of a fishery (Caddy and Defeo, 2003). The theoretical basis for successful stock enhancement is that carrying...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-109
DATE START/END: 19 DEC 2017 - 19 DEC 2018

Development of Fish Health Indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card

This application was developed in response to a request for an FRDC and Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership (GHHP) project to develop a fish sampling program and fish health indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card. This application is consistent with the project scope developed by FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
CQUniversity (CQU) Gladstone
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