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2022-09-27

National survey identifies opportunities to grow community trust

Community trust in fisheries and aquaculture is high, but there are opportunities to further improve that trust by being more responsive and proactively engaging on issues of community concern. By Claire Crawford Over 80% of Australians believe fisheries play an important role...
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2021-06-25

Building Community Trust

Gaining trust is core to Australian fisheries and aquaculture, now and into the future. Building community trust is an important step towards improving the acceptability of fisheries and aquaculture within key parts of the Australian community, and addressing issues that impact their ‘social licence...
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Australian Plant Names Committee

Introducing the Aquatic Plant Names Committee for the Australian Aquatic Plant Names Standard AS 5301 Clare Winkel (Independent Chair) has worked in the food industry since 1987 in diverse roles from the processing floor to Australian Government Departments to private consulting and for...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-034
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2009 - 29 SEP 2012

Fishery-independent estimate of spawning biomass of Southern Bluefin Tuna through identification of close-kin using genetic markers

The SBT assessment is subject to a number of uncertainties which complicate management and hence the likelihood of stock rebuilding. The current assessment indicates that spawning stock is heavily depleted relative to its unexploited state. The level of depletion is uncertain; for example, CCSBT SC9...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-715
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2011 - 29 APR 2013

Seafood CRC: optimising business structures and fisheries management systems for key fisheries

Overall, Australia has a good track record of managing commercial fisheries sustainably. This is because fisheries management has focused almost exclusively on biological sustainability and extensive resources have been expended to ensure that this critical outcome has been achieved. Several...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-091
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2023 - 30 DEC 2025

The South East Australian Marine Ecosystem Survey: untangling the effects of climate change and fisheries

The marine waters of southeast (SE) Australia are one of a series of global ocean hotspots (Hobday and Pecl 2014). In this region, the East Australian Current is extending pole-wards, resulting in warming of the ocean surface at a rate four times the global average. Many species have extended their...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2024-06-26

Expo ignites new conversations on fishing emissions and fuel systems

Delegates sponsored by FRDC at the recent Electric and Hybrid Marine Expo had the opportunity to explore new global perspectives and lead discussions on advancing the decarbonisation of Australia’s commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors. By Catherine Norwood Transitioning Australia’s...
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2023-09-26

Scottish Fishing Executive helps navigate Australia’s fishing future

Sharing experiences, opportunities and challenges around offshore renewable energy in Scotland was the focus of Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Chief Executive Officer Elspeth Macdonald, on her FRDC-supported tour of Australia. By Dempsey Ward This exchange of knowledge between...
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2021-06-26

Seismic and Marine Sound Research

Overview Seismic surveying is a significant concern for fishers and communities that depend on fisheries for their livelihoods. Seismic surveying uses rebounding sound to build up a picture of the sea floor and the geological structures up to 10 kilometres beneath it to investigate the...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-032
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 30 JUN 2010

Defining the stock structure of northern Australia's threadfin salmon species

King threadfin salmon (Polydactylus macrochir, previously P. sheridani) and blue threadfin salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) form the second most important target species group for northern Australia's inshore net fisheries after the prized barramundi and across northern Australia are worth in...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
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