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DATE:
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)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-002
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2014 - 29 JUN 2016

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of stable positive control material and development of internal controls for molecular tests for detection of important endemic and exotic pathogens

The last 10 years has seen a rapid expansion of molecular assays using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification for the specific detection of nucleic acid, from both pathogenic agents (e.g. viruses, bacteria) and host organisms (e.g. prawn, salmon) for both surveillance of pathogens and...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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DATE:
2023-09-26

Love fish - but how can we really care for them?

Ensuring the best aquatic animal welfare-based practices are used by fisheries and aquaculture stakeholders was the focus of a recently completed project providing synthesised research, and a review on animal welfare legislation. By Dempsey Ward Aquatic animals play an important role...
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DATE:
2018-05-08

National Carp Control Program (NCCP) responds to letter from UK researcher

Matt Barwick, National Coordinator, National Carp Control Plan An undated copy of correspondence from a UK researcher to an Australian Senator raising concerns about the possible use of Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3, hereafter ‘the carp virus’) as a biological control agent for Carp in...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-793.10
DATE START/END: 19 NOV 2010 - 31 AUG 2012

Seafood CRC: optimising quality and value in domestic prawn value chains

In the last 10 years the GVP of the Australian wild capture prawn industry has declined from approximately $364 million in 1998/99 to $232 million in 2008/09 (DAFF, 1999; 2009). Although some of this decline can be attributed to a lowered catch (27, 871t to 19, 956t) a gradual lowering of price...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-794.10
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2009 - 30 DEC 2010

Seafood CRC: retail transformation - identifying opportunities for creating consumer focused Australian salmon value added products

Why has this Application been Developed? 1. Traditionally the West Australian seafood sector has focused on production driven growth. Currently, fishery volumes are either static or in decline. In addition, aquaculture is not yet producing in significant volume. To meet market need there is a...
ORGANISATION:
ChemCentre (WA)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-302
DATE START/END: 2 MAY 2010 - 17 JAN 2012

Equipping the mud crab industry with innovative skills through extension of best practice handling

Mud crab is the basis of a highly valuable resource for commercial, recreational and indigenous fisheries in the northern half of Australia. The wild-harvest commercial mud crab fishery is the highest value fishery in the Northern Territory (NT) and in 2007 provided a gross value of production (GVP)...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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