This project has been identified as a priority by the NCCP Operations Working Group.
The NCCP requires detailed costings for large scale carp clean-up based on a selected case study region as a critical input to the NCCP Benefit/Cost study. In addition, the further refinement of a case study...
As the NSW fishing industry moves forward into the future with quota managed fisheries, there is a need for industry to develop procedures and process on catching, holding and transporting Blue swimmer crab that would value add to the wild harvest sector’s product – particularly for the live sales...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Innovations in Australian oyster production, processing and marketing are intrinsically linked to a final product that is wholesome and safe. While these key attributes are initially controlled by the producer, their carry-through to the customer depends on optimised transport, storage and handling...
Clean Seas Yellowtail Kingfish operations in Port Lincoln.
Photo: FRDC
From feed to disease, researchers around the country are joining forces with industry partners to enhance aquaculture
By Catherine Norwood
Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture sites (from left): Geraldton, Port Lincoln and...
For many years, the fishing industry has stressed the importance of environmental conditions in determining catch rates and the composition of catches from all fisheries operating in south eastern Australia. Although this need has also been recognised by scientists, unfortunately there has been...
Cultivated oysters contribute yearly about 92 million Australian dollars (~ 14,000 t) to the Australian economy (details for 2008-2009; (Pham 2010)), with A$35 million coming from S. glomerata alone. Their health and survival is put under pressure by a variety of stressors, such as disease (e.g. QX,...
Overview
Scientific evidence confirms that the world’s oceans are warming at an accelerated rate due to human activities. The waters off the south-east coast of Australia are warming at almost four times the global average, coinciding with strengthening of a strong ocean current, called the East...
As part of a broader, multifaceted strategy to educate both recreational fishers and the general public about southern bluefin tuna (SBT), a documentary led by well known and influential recreational fishing identity, Al McGlashan is proposed. The documentary aims to tell the story of how the stock...