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PUBLISHED:
2013-06-01

More worms make for healthy lobster larvae

Aboard the research vessel Southern Surveyor (from left) Nik Sachlikidis, Anya Waite and Joshua Dornan feed phyllosoma ‘fake prey’. Photos: Megan Saunders By Rose Yeoman On a dark, new moon night in July 2010 when the sea was “glassy calm”, hundreds of phyllosoma – the larval phase of...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-201
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2011 - 30 OCT 2015

Implementing a spatial assessment and decision process to improve fishery management outcomes using geo-referenced diver data

Matching fishery assessment and management to appropriate biological scales in abalone fisheries The goals of this project are to improve abalone fishery management through capture of high resolution fishery dependent catch and effort data via position and depth data loggers, and, through...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-768
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2008 - 30 DEC 2011

SCRC: PDRS - Seafood Molecular Biologist: Mapping Microbial Communities in Seafood Production and Processing Environments to Improve Targeting Intervention Strategies (Dr Shane Powell)

The University of Tasmania (UTAS) provides a $125,000 cash contribution to the CRC and can access these funds to support a Post Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) that will contribute to CRC outcomes. This amount will be split evenly between the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR) and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-099
DATE START/END: 29 DEC 2004 - 31 JAN 2006

An integrated monitoring program for the Northern Prawn Fishery: assessing the design and developing techniques to incorporate survey results into fishery assessment

APPLICATION PROCESS This project has gone through the following process prior to this submission to FRDC: 1. An international review of the tiger prawn assessment for the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) highlighted the critical need for a fishery-independent monitoring program given the confounding...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-020
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 10 AUG 2008

Validation and extension of acoustic reef habitat mapping methodologies in the western abalone zone, Victoria

Acoustic reef mapping to support abalone fisheries assessment is presently being undertaken by the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (FRDC 2003/050) in key commercial fishing grounds. The TAFI SEAMAP program has developed reef mapping techniques with acoustic sounders and underwater...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Science briefs

Tracking the world’s fastest fish Top End anglers are helping Charles Darwin University researchers track billfish – the iconic and highly sought-after sports species that include marlin and sailfish. The research project is led by Dr Keller Kopf, Professor Hamish Campbell and PhD...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

For all the fish in the sea

As Australia prepares to host the World Fisheries Congress 2021 in September, eminent marine ecologist Keith Sainsbury reflects on key developments within fisheries management since Australia hosted the second world congress 25 years ago Words Chris Clark, Illustration Sonia...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-743
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2009 - 30 JUL 2013

Seafood CRC: Incorporation of selection for reproductive condition, marketability and survival into a breeding strategy for Sydney rock oysters and Pacific oysters

The Australian Seafood Industries’ (ASI) breeding program is now in its eighth generation of selectively bred Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) families, concentrating in South Australia and Tasmania on increased turnover, shell shape and uniformity. The Select Oyster Company (SOCo) of New South...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-704
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2007 - 30 JUN 2010

Seafood CRC: assessment of new market opportunities and development of effective market penetration strategies for Australian Southern Rocklobster in the USA, Middle East & Europe.

The Australian Southern Rocklobster (ASR) industry exports approximately 90% of the 4,400t harvest as a live product to Hong Kong/China. The export value peaked at approximately $190 million in 2001/02. The industry generates in excess of 3,000 jobs and $0.5 billion in economic activity primarily...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
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