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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-147
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2019 - 28 OCT 2021

Diagnostic detection of aquatic pathogens using real-time next generation sequencing

This application aims to address the FRDC strategic challenge of improving the productivity and profitability of aquaculture businesses. A major impediment to increasing productivity in the aquaculture sector are disease outbreaks, which are likely to increase in frequency as the Australian...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-089
DATE START/END: 21 FEB 2021 - 23 JUL 2021

Energy use and carbon emissions assessments in the Australian fishing and aquaculture sectors: Audit, self-assessment and guidance tools for footprint reduction

The has been some historical FRDC-sponsored research into opportunities and challenges for the Australian wild fishing and aquaculture sectors in the carbon economy (e.g. Keogh 2012, DRDC Project No. 2011/246), but little contemporary work in the last decade. Despite growing global pressures for...
ORGANISATION:
Blueshift Consulting
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-777
DATE START/END: 12 OCT 2008 - 29 JUN 2009

Seafood CRC: Australian Oyster Industry Supply Chain Analysis & Improvement Strategy

1. CRC Oyster Consortium in March, 2008 identified "Marketing" as the 3rd highest priority area for additional research for oyster growers (behind genetics and benchmarking). This was confirmed at an Oyster Consortium marketing workshop help in August 2008. 2. Oyster growers identified that...
ORGANISATION:
Pinnacle Agribusiness
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-641
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2005 - 10 APR 2007

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: current and future needs for aquatic animal health training and for systems for merit-based accreditation and competency assessments

The National Aquatic Animal Technical Working Group identified the need for succession planning and training and this was strongly supported by stakeholder input into the AQUAPLAN 2005-2010 initiative. The funding is seed money for the AQUAPLAN 2005-2010 strategy 4 vision of “Enhanced education...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-063
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2018 - 31 JUL 2019

Maximising industry representational capacity and capability through improved skills and knowledge

TSIC has supported and funded governance courses delivered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors in the past. There are frequent requests for another course to be run. Leading into late 2018, the TRLFA and Oysters Tasmania will be appointing new Boards, while the TACL and other sector...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Tasmania
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-179
DATE START/END: 10 APR 2024 - 14 DEC 2025

Community Trust in Rural Industries 2022-2025 - Joint RDC initiative

This project was developed by Agrifutures in collaboration with the joint RDCs to continue work to baseline and monitor the drivers of community trust and acceptance of agricultural sectors and as a whole. The first years of work demonstrated that there are shifts in community attitudes around the...
ORGANISATION:
AgriFutures Australia
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

In February 2017, FRDC and the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) hosted a workshop (FRDC 2016/057) of fishing-gear experts and representatives from the prawn-trawl fisheries of Australia to explore priorities for future work to develop ways to reduce bycatch, discards and habitat impacts...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-015
DATE START/END: 5 JAN 2020 - 5 JAN 2023

Understanding the relationship between commercial prawn species population dynamics, fishing patterns and climate in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia

The Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery (SBPMF) is WA’s largest prawn fishery as well as the third largest commercial fishery in WA by value, targeting western king (Penaeus latisulcatus) and brown tiger (P. esculentus) prawns. The fishery is managed by the WA Department of Primary Industries &...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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