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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-028
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2011 - 29 SEP 2013

Development of robust methods to estimate acceptable levels of incidental catches of different commercial and byproduct species

The 2010 call for research proposals from the ComFRAB included a request for: "Development of robust methods to estimate the acceptable level of incidental catch of key commercial and protected (TEP) species". Fishery specific harvest strategies and harvest control rules are set in accordance with...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2018-06-01

Fisher takes on ocean workplace safety

Port Phillip Bay Photo: FRDC By Annabel Boyer Queensland’s Joel Feeney has been diving commercially for 20 years, and his life has twice been touched directly by the tragedy of losing people he loves to workplace accidents at sea. It has made him determined to improve safety for those who...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-758
DATE START/END: 29 NOV 2008 - 30 MAR 2009

Seafood CRC: Development of a genetic management and improvement strategy for Australian cultured Barramundi

The establishment of centralised, well designed selective breeding programs has proven a key to the successful development and ongoing viability of major aquaculture industries worldwide. Major world aquaculture finfish species, (eg. Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, Mediteranean sea bass, carp,...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Arming abalone against disease

World-first research to transfer immunity against a deadly abalone virus through the generations is underway By Melissa Marino A balone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG) is a killer and an ongoing threat to wild abalone (Haliotidae) populations. In 2005, it infected two of Australia’s abalone farms,...
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2016-06-01

Digital directions lead to a new e-fish frontier

From solid scientific foundations, the FRDC will expand communication efforts to the food-service sector Chef Colin Barker (left) from Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay, Glebe, NSW, with Anthony Huckstep. By Peter Horvat With the June issue of FISH, I reach a personal milestone: it is my...
Environment
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2016-06-01

Name change makes species' origin crystal clear

Market opportunities, international consistency and the identification of a new species can all trigger applications for a new or revised official fish name By Catherine Norwood Advances in scientific knowledge have prompted a review in the naming of Australia’s Crystal Crab species and an...
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2015-09-01

Making the most of rock lobster resources

Strategies to optimise use of fishery resources and adapt to changing industry conditions were a key focus of the biennial Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Industry Conference By Natasha Prokop The Chinese market for Australian rock lobster is booming, underpinning good returns in all state rock...
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2021-03-01

Healthy fish, healthy harbour

Detailed health assessments on a range of popular recreational and commercial fish species are now a regular part of annual reporting on the health of Queensland’s Gladstone Harbour By Gio Braidotti Shaun Adlam (of CQUniversity) and Darren Hodges (a Gidarjil sea ranger) setting a gill net...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-024
DATE START/END: 9 JUN 2013 - 31 JUL 2014

Professionalising Industry - NSW Pilot

This project has been developed as a direct response to the NSW wild catch industry priorities identified through an industry wide call for RD&E ideas by NSW FRAB, and an open invitation priority setting workshop held at SFM 2012. The need to address people development for the catching sector was a...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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