The Australian wild caught prawn fishery is one of Australia’s most valuable and celebrated wild catch fisheries. It is located around Australia’s mainland coast, is worth $277 million at farm gate; 42% northern Australia Commonwealth fisheries, 25% Qld, 13% WA, 12% SA, 7% NSW and 1% Vic.
Efforts...
Cleanseas Tuna (CST) is the largest producer of Yellowtail Kingfish in Australia. Production forecasts for 2013-14 were expected to be ˜2500T, however since December 2011 the company has experienced unprecedented mortalities in both its 2011 and 2012 year classes. In addition to the mortalities,...
Genomic selection is a promising approach exploiting molecular genetic markers to design novel breeding programs and to develop new markers-based models for genetic evaluation. Increasingly this approach is being explored in aquaculture because of the potential opportunities it provides to increase...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department Of Primary Industries Port Stephens
During the 2003/4 Western Rock Lobster season a questionnaire that was sent to 200 commercial Western Rock Lobster fishermen confirmed that sea lice are perceived to be a major problem. Based on the information gathered from this survey and data collected over the 2003/4 and 2004/5 commercial...
ECOLOGY: New sunfish identified
Releasing a Mola mola sunfish.
Sunfish have bizarre, oversized head-like bodies and can grow up to three metres. Their elusive, deep-diving lifestyle makes encounters rare.
However, a recent research collaboration has identified the most common species...
The FRDC Board has recently approved the following research projects
Project number
Project
Applicant
R&D Plan outcome
2021-096
Southern Rock Lobster planning and management...