This project has been developed in response to the growing community concern about the development of water resources in northern Australia especially in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Numerous river systems within the Gulf of Carpentaria have been touted as being possible sites of water infrastucture...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
One of the key fisheries in the Gulf is the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) worth an average of approximately $100M p.a. over the last 5 years. Ensuring sustainability of catch, particularly in the case of banana prawns, has been an ongoing challenge for stock assessment researchers, fisheries managers...
In December 2005/January 2006, a disease outbreak caused high mortality rates in abalone from two land-based farms in Victoria. Two other, marine-based farms also experienced disease but to a lesser extent. The abalone species affected by the disease are Haliotis laevigata, H. rubra, and H....
This project was developed in order to meet a gap in diagnostic capability in Australia for the megalocytivirus group of iridoviruses and cyprinid herpesviruses. Megalocytiviruses cause killing diseases that have devastated aquaculture enterprises particularly in Asia. Cyprinid herpesviruses are...
The National Aquaculture Council (NAC), established with a primary objective of implementing the Aquaculture Action Agenda, has led the process of consulting with industry and Government to prioritise recommendations from the Action Agenda and has developed the Aquaculture Industry Action Plan...
Since the release of the Brundtland Report in 1987, the principles of sustainable development (called ecologically sustainable development in Australia) have come to be gradually applied throughout society. This is the case for fisheries, and today all fisheries jurisdictions in Australia require...
Recreational fishing is a popular sport and social activity in Australia, with an estimated 3 million people participating and contributing $1.8 billion annually. The primary motivation for recreational fishers to participate in the activity is for relaxation and sport, and to a far lesser extent,...
An on-going challenge for fisheries management is to develop and implement management arrangements in the environment of incomplete or imperfect information. This is particularly relevant to many small-scale fisheries which are relatively low value and often data-poor. Many of these fisheries are...