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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-756
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2010 - 30 NOV 2013

SCRC: PhD : Managing fisheries to maximise profits by understanding and reducing variable costs of fishing

The Future Harvest Theme of the AS-CRC emphasises the management of wild fish stocks to maximise profitability. On a basic level this involves optimising the balance between higher catch (or revenue) and residual stock (to control costs). This for example is the concept behind current initiatives...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-757
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2010 - 31 MAY 2013

SCRC: PhD: Profiling host-parasite dynamics of AGD using molecular DNA methods – application to vaccine development, selective breeding and offshore aquaculture

The PhD project ties in with two Seafood CRC Themes (Breeding for Profit and Finfish/Aquaculture) and a current Seafood CRC project – AGD Vaccine Phase III (FRDC 2008/750), one of the three priority research projects funded by the Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association (TSGA). The PhD project will...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-759
DATE START/END: 19 MAR 2010 - 29 JUL 2012

Seafood CRC: Towards all female Penaeus monodon populations using androgenic gland manipulations

This application was developed in full consultation with the APFA, and stems from the commercial advantages of obtaining an all female P.monodon population. It follows three years of research by the applicants (funded by a collaborative arrangement between the Queensland Government and the...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-760
DATE START/END: 19 OCT 2009 - 20 JAN 2013

SCRC: PhD 5.08 Development of vision and first feeding behaviour of Southern Bluefin Tuna and Yellowtail Kingfish larvae (Dr Jenny Cobcroft: Student Polyanna Hilder)

This project will improve first feeding and increase survival of larval Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in culture. The Seafood CRC has significant investment in SBT aquaculture, in support of Clean Seas Tuna (CST), to establish a sustainable aquacultured SBT industry projected to be valued at >$200...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-761
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2010 - 20 FEB 2013

SCRC: PhD 5.03 The role of inbound Chinese tourists in promoting Australian seafood products in China (student Jasha Bowe)

This project melds three research streams to investigate how tourism experiences may result in an overarching country-image halo, which in turn influences perceptions of a country’s food products and purchase behaviour in the tourists’ home countries. Firstly, research in country of origin (COO)...
ORGANISATION:
University of South Australia
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-762
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2010 - 31 MAR 2013

SCRC: PhD 5.04 Assessing the costs and benefits of changing fishing practices in the southern rock lobster fishery (Dr Bridget Green; Student Tim Emery)

Change to ITQ management in SRL fisheries has led to change in fishing patterns in order to decrease costs. ITQs in theory reduce completion between fishers through providing property rights, but these rights are imperfect and there still exists incentives for individual fishers to pursue strategies...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-765
DATE START/END: 25 MAR 2010 - 31 JAN 2012

SCRC: Masters M3.1 Nutritional Genomics and its Application to Aquaculture (Prof Abigail Elizur; Student Linda Moss)

Considerable research and funding are invested into the development and assessment of optimal feeds for the various aquaculture species and aquaculture conditions. Currently the process to evaluate aquaculture diets involves lengthy and expensive feed trials. The main aim of the proposed study is to...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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