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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-204
DATE START/END: 29 DEC 2016 - 29 NOV 2018

Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry - 'Wave to plate' establishing a market for Tasmanian cultural fisheries

In conjunction with Institute of Antarctic and Marine Studies (IMAS) academic staff, this application was developed through CI Emma Lee’s close consultation with Tasmanian Aboriginal communities in her capacity as a: • member of the Board of Directors on melythina tiakana warrana Aboriginal...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-159
DATE START/END: 25 FEB 2018 - 28 JUN 2018

Retrospective assessment of ITQs to inform research needs and to improve their future design and performance

Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) have been introduced into a wide range of Australian fisheries. A key perceived advantage of ITQs is that they offer a mechanism for autonomous adjustment, allowing the fishery to adjust in response to changing biological or economic conditions without the need...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-250
DATE START/END: 19 JUL 2018 - 27 FEB 2019

WAFIC, Recfishwest, DPIRD and SSPWA attendance at 'Engaging Leaders Innovating Across Sectors' (ELIAS)

WA needs to develop efficient, equitable and transparent process for sharing of defined fisheries resources, across sectors, to align with legislative requirements of the Aquatic Resource Management Act 2016. A defined process is required to deliver recommendations to the Minister, to inform the...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-164
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2019 - 29 APR 2020

Commercial production trial with high POMS tolerant triploid Pacific Oysters in approved NSW estuaries.

The viral disease known as Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) was diagnosed for the first time in the Georges River in NSW in 2011 and then in the Hawkesbury River in NSW in 2013 and Tasmania in February 2016. The disease was devastating, particularly to the Hawkesbury River farmers where 98%...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-016
DATE START/END: 3 NOV 2019 - 29 SEP 2024

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques

Australia’s commercial and recreational fisheries are annually valued at in excess of $2.5 and 2.6 billion, respectively and comprise a plethora of species (Flood et al. 2014). Despite their undeniable importance, very few economically important species are supported by appropriate stock...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-026
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2020 - 27 FEB 2022

Measuring, interpreting and monitoring economic productivity in commercial fisheries

The FRDC’s November 2018 call for EOI asked for a project to: 1. Review the use of productivity analysis as a performance indicator and in management assessment in Australian fisheries and internationally. 2. Select and execute 2-3 contrasting case studies of commercial fisheries to demonstrate...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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DATE:
2021-09-01

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation board appointments

Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud has appointed seven non-executive directors to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) for a three-year term from 1 September 2021. “I congratulate these five new non-executive directors and two returning...
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DATE:
2018-03-04

National Carp Control Program (NCCP) welcomes new research paper

March 5, 2018 | NCCP welcomes new research paper The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) welcomes new research exploring the impacts of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (‘the carp virus’) on invasive carp populations in North America in the journal Biological Invasions1, and led by local Australian scientist...
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DATE:
2022-06-03

Updates

Progress reports Period Description December 2019 The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) is being finalised, to be delivered to the Australian Government in late December 2019. The Plan brings together results from...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-026
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2006 - 30 SEP 2008

Development of co-management arrangements for Queensland fisheries - stage 1 picking the winners

From the perspective of fisheries management, co-management has the potential to realize (or at least approach) the ideals of social equity, economic efficiency, and ecological sustainability (Pomeroy, 1998).The cost of production to the industry and the cost of fisheries management to the...
ORGANISATION:
McPhee Research Consultants Pty Ltd
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