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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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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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DATE:
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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DATE:
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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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...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-016
DATE START/END: 19 OCT 2018 - 29 SEP 2019

Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making

Information on fishing participation by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders forms a significant gap in the available knowledge required to manage marine resources and ecosystems at both regional and national levels. Until now, suitable approaches and communication pathways for...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
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