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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
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-033
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2019

Fisheries biology of short-spined sea urchins (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in Tasmania: supporting a profitable harvest and appropriate management

A small study on the sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in the 1970s showed the potential for a specialised urchin fishery. The first quality roe was landed in 1983 for domestic markets, and by 1985 divers began exporting to Japan. This sparked speculative demand for licenses, and in that year...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-208
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2019 - 29 NOV 2023

Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Ranching Research, Development and Extension Management Program

The ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challenges. Since 1990, the industry has developed to produce a maximum amount of 9000 tonnes of SBT annually. Farm growth rates...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-064
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2022 - 28 FEB 2024

Using multiple values to inform the management of Australian marine partially protected areas

Marine ecosystems provide a variety of environmental, economic, and social benefits. This includes food security, livelihoods from commercial activities (e.g. fishing), climate management (e.g. carbon storage), human wellbeing, marine-based transport routes, amenity, recreation, and cultural and...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-029
DATE START/END: 4 DEC 2023 - 27 JUN 2024

Mapping the economic and social contributions of the NT seafood industry – Part 2

The development of this project application stems from the recognition within the Northern Territory seafood industry of the need to address gaps and issues surrounding economic and socio-economic data. In 2020, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) released an NT economics...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
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Southern Ocean (SO)

The Southern Ocean IPA covers fishing in the waters of the Southern Ocean. This activity is primarily concentrated on the fishing of Patagonian Toothfish and Mackerel Icefish although there are other opportunities to develop new fisheries in other areas. Fishing activity tends to concentrate in...
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DATE:
2022-06-14

Cairns class of 2020 graduates

The 2020 Cairns cohort of the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) was able to recently graduate in Canberra in a face-to-face ceremony, after being delayed by Covid. NSILP is an initiative of FRDC and the only leadership program created specifically for the Australian seafood...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-039
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 30 DEC 2008

SESSF Industry Development Subprogram: Field trials of a highlift trawl net for bycatch reduction

In Southern Australian waters fishers utilise trawl operations to capture scalefish and elasmobranchs in Commonwealth waters. Management of the fishing is divided into sectors, with operators fishing in Commonwealth waters adjacent to New South Wales (south of Barrenjoey Point), Victoria, Tasmania...
ORGANISATION:
Boatswain's Locker
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-565
DATE START/END: 29 MAR 2011 - 13 MAR 2014

FRDC-DCCEE: management implications of climate change impacts on fisheries resources of northern Australia

This application was developed in response to the widely recognised concern that climate change will result in changes to marine life and ecosystems, and hence fisheries, throughout Australia (Hobday 2008) with tropical marine ecosystems in northern Australia identified as being particularly...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-025
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2017

Patterns of interaction between habitat and oceanographic variables affecting the connectivity and productivity of invertebrate fisheries

A better understanding of the links between benthic habitat, oceanography, and fisheries productivity is a major priority of the abalone and rock lobster industry, to improve sustainable management of these important natural resources. It is important that the scales of these processes are...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus
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