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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-051
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2024 - 30 MAY 2027

Ecologically sustainable aquaculture growth through Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) – Incorporating IMTA nutrient modelling into regulatory frameworks.

Overview In Australia, aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry to meet the ever-increasing global seafood demand. Growth is occurring through expansion of current sectors, value added products, and new and multispecies culture. Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) provides for...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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PUBLISHED:
2018-11-02

Hands-on habitat

A project empowering recreational fishers to restore habitat is having a tangible impact on both inland and coastal environments Harry Davey is leading restoration projects to improve habitat for local fish such as this Golden Perch caught in Tenterfield, NSW. Photo: Simon Fitzpatrick, Northern...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-005
DATE START/END: 11 JUN 2014 - 30 JUN 2017

RAC WA: The application, needs, costs and benefits of Habitat Enhancement Structures in Western Australia and cost effective monitoring methods

Habitat Enhancement Structures (HES) in Australia are gaining popularity and the number of these structures deployed in Australian Waters isset to increase in coming years. There is a need to develop clear pathways for groups wanting to undertake and monitor HES projects. The development of...
ORGANISATION:
Recfishwest
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PUBLISHED:
2015-09-01

Gas options to help prawns keep their cool

An award-winning refrigeration redesign is paving the way for new technology and a generational change in the Northern Prawn Fishery By Catherine Norwood When the Gulf Bounty headed out into the Gulf of Carpentaria in April for the start of the 2015 Banana Prawn season, the...
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-715
DATE START/END: 20 MAR 2012 - 20 JUN 2012

Seafood CRC: preliminary investigation into alternative markets in Asia for Southern Rocklobster

The Australian Southern Rock Lobster Industry is highly dependent on the Hong Kong / Chinese market with in excess of 86% of exports from the fishery going to Hong Kong /China. In the past Taiwan and Japan have been a viable alternatives to China, however their weakening economies and the high...
ORGANISATION:
Grey Group
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

Seaweed body to grow shared goals

The new Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance is working to focus the efforts and resources of this emerging aquaculture sector to accelerate its growth By Catherine Norwood Creating a national hatchery network and working with state governments to develop policies that...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-12-01

Blueprint for Australian seaweed industry

The Australian seaweed sector could grow to be worth $1.5 billion by 2040, employing 9000 people and helping to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent, according to the recently released Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint. By Catherine Norwood The blueprint, released by...
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PUBLISHED:
2016-12-01

Murray River fish ready to join the party

Widely recognised as an icon of Australia’s inland waterways, Murray Cod is emerging as a species with significant commercial potential. Between 2009-10 and 2014-15 Murray Cod farmgate production value increased on average 29 per cent a year, to more than $3.6 million, with several new entrants...
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2020-12-01

Whole-of-agriculture research company to drive innovation

The future of Australia’s fishing and aquaculture sector, right along the seafood supply chain, has been firmly embedded and linked to the future prosperity of Australia’s whole primary production sector through the formation of a major new research collaboration and investment vehicle –...
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