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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-060
DATE START/END: 29 JAN 2017 - 30 JAN 2019

Healthcheck Phase 2

A holistic picture of the sustainability of Australian fisheries is needed to inform both the general public and public and private organisations about the sustainability of Australian fisheries. The draft Healthcheck (FRDC 2014/008) described an approach to summarise available information to...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-062
DATE START/END: 1 JAN 2017 - 19 DEC 2020

Coordination of the National Priority 1 Subprogram: to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so

The FRDC's RD&E Plan 2015–20 is focused on maximising impacts by concentrating on knowledge development around three national priorities. National Priority 1 is defined as "to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so". The aim of National...
ORGANISATION:
Oceanomics Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-063
DATE START/END: 13 NOV 2016 - 30 MAR 2017

Expert consultation to develop a common methodology to determine status of undefined species

The Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS)reports provides national assessments of our wild capture fish stocks, incorporating information from all eight fisheries management jurisdictions into a single set of reports. In the 2014 edition, the number of wild-caught species covered was 68,...
ORGANISATION:
Oceanomics Pty Ltd
Environment
Adoption
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-066
DATE START/END: 20 DEC 2016 - 27 FEB 2017

Assessing compliance and efficacy of import conditions for green (raw) prawn in relation to White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)

Australia imports a range of green prawn commodities. These are subject to a risk mitigation protocol to reduce risk of importation of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV), which causes the internationally OIE reportable White Spot Disease (WSD) . A historical survey illustrated a release pathway...
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-067
DATE START/END: 1 JAN 2017 - 1 APR 2018

Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour

Sustainable development of the Tasmanian salmonid industry is underpinned by management regimes that seek to minimise the impact of the farms on the benthos, and to ensure impacts are not severe, reversible and can be contained. Since mid-2013 the benthic condition has changed in Macquarie Harbour...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-068
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2017 - 30 JUL 2020

Vulnerability of the endangered Maugean Skate population to degraded environmental conditions in Macquarie Harbour

Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) are only known from Macquarie and Bathurst Harbours (western Tasmania), suggesting that the species has one of most restricted distributions of any elasmobranch. Based on its limited geographic range the species has been listed as endangered under the Threatened...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-103
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2017 - 29 NOV 2017

Visiting scientist: Kostas Ganias - expert on fish reproductive biology related to egg production methods

The Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) is a widely used fishery-independent method for estimating spawning biomass (SB) of commercially important fish stocks. The method was established in the 1980s and has been applied to many pelagic and demersal species around the world. The DEPM is...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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