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PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-224
DATE START/END: 7 AUG 2014 - 29 JUN 2017

Rebuilding abalone populations to limit impacts of the spread of urchins, abalone viral ganglioneuritis and other external impacts

Local abalone populations can be severely depleted by a range of impacts, including loss of habitat caused by the spread of sea urchins, diseases such as AVG (i.e. Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis) and Perkinsus, environmental change and extremes, and theft. As the frequency of local-scale depletion...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-226
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2014 - 29 AUG 2016

Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Improving the recognition and integration of traditional owner customary fishing and ecological knowledge in the management of Victoria’s fisheries

There is an information gap regarding the nature and extent of customary fishing activities across Victoria. This project seeks to address this gap and gain an improved understanding of traditional fishing activities and practices by: • Collecting information about Aboriginal customary fishing...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-233
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2014 - 29 JUL 2016

Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Improving access for Indigenous Australians to and involvement in the use and management of Australia's fisheries resource

Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) continue to feel that their rightful place in the use and management of Australia's fisheries resources has yet to reach a level that would enable them to adequately meet their cultural and socio-economic needs and aspirations....
ORGANISATION:
C-AID Consultants
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-235
DATE START/END: 23 JUL 2014 - 15 OCT 2014

Evaluating the Performance of Australian Fisheries

In 2009 the FRDC Resource Working Group commissioned a study - 2006/071.20 Expert Assessment to assess outcomes of Australian fishing management. The project aimed to evaluate the performance of Australian wild fisheries against their full potential in generating benefits for the community. Using...
ORGANISATION:
Ridge Partners
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-239
DATE START/END: 1 DEC 2014 - 19 JUN 2015

Sponsorship for Trans Tasman Rock Lobster Congress 2015

9th Trans-Tasman Rocklobster Congress - Adapt to thrive Background The Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Industry conference will involve the catching, processing, export and marketing and transport sectors of the Australian and New Zealand lobster industries. Delegates to this conference will be the...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-241
DATE START/END: 19 JAN 2015 - 30 DEC 2016

Reassessment of intertidal macroalgal communities near to and distant from salmon farms and an evaluation of using drones to survey macroalgal distribution

The Tasmanian salmonid aquaculture industry is now the largest seafood sector in Australia with production approaching 40,000t of salmonids per annum and a farm gate value of ~400 million. The industry’s strategic plan is to double salmon production in Tasmania by 2030, and obtaining community...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-242
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2014 - 29 JUN 2016

Commercialising the production of Cobia in Australia

The Queensland Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has been involved in cobia R&D since 2007. Pacific Reef Fisheries (PRF), DAFF and the University of the Sunshine Coast were collaborative partners in the recently completed Australian Seafood CRC project ‘Towards the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-243
DATE START/END: 18 JAN 2015 - 29 JUN 2015

NSW Oyster Industry Strategic Development Plan

Previous FRDC and CRC funded projects have identified factors affecting growth and profitability of the NSW oyster industry. For example, Schrobback (QUT), in “Economic analyses of Australia’s Sydney rock oyster (SRO) industry”, described the NSW SRO industry as having been in a state of...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
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