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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-006
DATE START/END: 1 FEB 2024 - 30 OCT 2025

Assess the future needs of Australia's aquatic animal disease diagnostic system

This application has been developed in response to the FRDC Call ‘Assess the future needs of Australia’s aquatic animal disease diagnostic system’. This call closely aligns with AQUAPLAN 2022-2027 (Objective 4 – Activity 1), which is Australia’s strategic plan for Aquatic Animal Health, and the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-217
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2008 - 30 DEC 2009

Atlantic Salmon Sub Program: Effect of temperature on reproductive development of maiden and repeat spawning Atlantic salmon: understanding the basis for improved egg survival and quality

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are farmed in Tasmania and limited areas of southern Australia, and support an aquaculture industry of 17,600 tonnes with a value in 20055/06 of $200 million (Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association data). Salmon in Australia are farmed towards the upper limit of their...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-158
DATE START/END: 11 JUN 2017 - 10 AUG 2017

NCCP: Development of strategies to optimise release and clean up strategies underpinning possible use of herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP), operating within the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), is developing a plan for the potential release of the virus known as Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3, hereafter ‘the carp virus’) to control invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Sturt University (CSU) Bathurst
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-080
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2023 - 31 OCT 2025

Alternate energy solutions for aquaculture: A Seafood Industry Australia + Blue Economy CRC Collaboration

Aquaculture production is an important source of accessible nutritious food. It is a thriving industry with a strong and growing market share, having become the largest sector of Australia's domestic seafood industry, accounting for 56% of total GVP, and 43% of total volume. The species raised...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)
Communities
Environment
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DATE:
2024-06-26

New Chair at the FRDC Board helm

FRDC welcomes Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Woods OAM who has been appointed FRDC Chair by The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Dr Woods has made an immediate impact, attending her first FRDC Board meeting in Launceston the week following her appointment....
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PUBLISHED:
2014-03-01

Dished up: rediscovering seaweed links in food chain

Algae is one of the rising stars on the aquaculture horizon, but scientist Pia Winberg has been working to consolidate its role as an essential link in sustainable food production for more than a decade By Rose Yeoman Nick Savva, manager at the AbTas abalone farm in Clarence Point, Tasmania,...
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