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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-142
DATE START/END: 2 APR 2017 - 30 OCT 2017

Genetic diversity audit of farm held stocks of Greenlip and Blacklip abalone

Undertaking a genetic audit at the commencement of large-scale breeding programs is essential to identify if sufficient genetic diversity has been captured in the foundation broodstock population to prevent accumulation of inbreeding and to ensure long-term genetic selection response. Genetic audits...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-143
DATE START/END: 4 APR 2017 - 29 APR 2017

Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) reports 2016 and beyond: Independent project audit

The Status of Australian Fish Stock (SAFS) reports is the first nationally consistent approach to assess fish stock status based on agreed terminology and reference points. It provides a simple way for seafood consumers, fishers, managers and the public to understand how Australia's fish stocks are...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates
Blank
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-144
DATE START/END: 3 APR 2017 - 30 MAY 2017

Industry and expert attendance at the ICES Expert Working Group Meetings. 3-7 April 2017 Nelson NZ

The ICES Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB) was created in 1983. In 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) joined with ICES to co-sponsor the WGFTFB, giving the working group a global mandate. The directive of the WGFTFB is to initiate and review...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-146
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2017 - 30 JUN 2018

Understanding factors influencing undercaught TACs, declining catch rates and failure to recover for many quota species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery

As part of the Australian Government's ‘Securing Our Fishing Future’ initiative to ensure a sustainable and profitable industry, AFMA was required to accelerate its programs to end overfishing in Commonwealth fisheries, address the rebuilding of overfished stocks and minimize fishing impacts on the...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-147
DATE START/END: 13 JUN 2017 - 14 DEC 2017

Development of sector-specific biosecurity plan templates and guidance documents for the Australian farmed barramundi industry

In 2014, the aquatic animal industries and Commonwealth and state and territory governments endorsed Australia’s third national strategic plan for aquatic animal health – AQUAPLAN 2014-2019. AQUAPLAN outlines priorities for enhancing Australia’s management of aquatic animal health. Priorities and...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-148
DATE START/END: 19 JUN 2017 - 30 MAR 2019

Assessing the people and capability framework for the aquaculture industry

The aquaculture industry requires its leaders to not only be strong technical managers but also strong people leaders. The rapid development of innovation across the industry, particularly in Tasmania, further accentuates the need for focus on professional development for our current and emerging...
ORGANISATION:
Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-152
DATE START/END: 16 JUL 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

NCCP: Building community support for carp control: understanding community and stakeholder attitudes and assessing social effects

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) is a critical program that is assessing the potential benefits and costs of proposed release of the carp herpes virus and other carp control measures. The carp control measures developed in the Plan will be delivered over a large geographic area and in rivers...
ORGANISATION:
University of Canberra
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-153
DATE START/END: 19 JUN 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

NCCP: Preparing for carp herpesvirus: a carp biomass estimate for eastern Australia

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) are one of the world’s most destructive vertebrate pest animals and one of the worst environmental pests ever introduced into Australia. Carp have spread throughout the south-east of the continent and to small parts of Tasmania and Western Australia where they strongly...
ORGANISATION:
La Trobe University Melbourne Campus
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-158
DATE START/END: 11 JUN 2017 - 10 AUG 2017

NCCP: Development of strategies to optimise release and clean up strategies underpinning possible use of herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) for carp biocontrol in Australia

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP), operating within the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), is developing a plan for the potential release of the virus known as Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3, hereafter ‘the carp virus’) to control invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Sturt University (CSU) Bathurst
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-160
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2017 - 29 JUN 2017

Co-ordinating SAFS data provision - workshop

In 2016, the Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) reports shifted from static pdfs to a data-driven website. Data driven fields included all tables and all charts, representing a large proportion of SAFS reporting. The process of obtaining the data (including catch, method, operators) for this...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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