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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-077
DATE START/END: 11 DEC 2017 - 3 JUN 2018

Research, Development and Extension Strategic Planning Workshop for NSW Commercial Fishing Industry

The identification of the NSW Commercial Fishing Industry's research, develop and extension priorities is currently undertaken through a consultation process that involves a letter to all licensed commercial fishers calling for their individual priorities. Unfortunately this does not allow for the...
ORGANISATION:
Professional Fishers Association (PFA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-082
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2017 - 27 FEB 2019

Ensuring monitoring and management of bycatch in Southern Rock Lobster fisheries is best practice

A recent review of SRL fisheries against MSC criteria indicated shortcomings in performance relative to bycatch criteria. This project will address these and aims to raise the standard of SRL to best practice - that is so that the fisheries would score 100 if they were put forward for MSC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-085
DATE START/END: 21 DEC 2017 - 29 JUN 2020

Developing automated data cleansing and validation processes for fisheries catch and effort data

Catch and effort data supplied by fishers are used globally to document fishing pressure on ecosystems, assess stock biomasses and inform fisheries management. In many cases, these are the only data available. Furthermore, fisheries data are increasingly being applied to more general marine estate...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-086
DATE START/END: 14 MAR 2018 - 7 JUL 2021

Improved risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins in Southern Rock Lobster

Starting in Oct 2012 the east coast of Tasmania has suffered from significant outbreaks of seafood contamination by paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) from dinoflagellate blooms of Alexandrium tamarense. Previous FRDC project 2014/032 (completed 1/7/2017) focused on the impact on oyster and mussel...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-087
DATE START/END: 28 JUL 2017 - 30 JUL 2019

Australian Prawn education for retail and consumers

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-088
DATE START/END: 2 JUL 2017 - 30 AUG 2017

Testing retail commodities for the presence of Taura Syndrome Virus and Yellow head Virus I

In November 2016 an outbreak of WSSV occurred on a prawn farm in SE Queensland. FRDC supported a project exploring the risks associated with imported raw prawn commodities (FRDC Project Number 2016/066) as an entry pathway for WSSV into Australia. This event and other concerns around illegal...
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-089
DATE START/END: 9 JUL 2017 - 30 AUG 2017

Fisheries Digital Data Framework: A workshop to share vision, evolve requirements for fisheries data

The value of fisheries data is beginning to be realised by researchers, industry and tech developers alike. Fisheries data frameworks are now more than ever able to take advantage of developing technologies (such as cloud computing, enhanced data storage) to shift fisheries data from a largely paper...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-090
DATE START/END: 17 JUL 2017 - 30 OCT 2017
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-091
DATE START/END: 16 JUL 2017 - 12 OCT 2017

Assessment of Frozen Uncooked Imported Prawns for Antimicrobial-Resistant Micro-organisms of Aquaculture and Public Health Significance and residues of Ag-vet chemicals

Antimicrobial resistance is a globally emerging trend, whereby, micro-organisms acquire or develop resistance to antimicrobials. Antimicrobials have been a cornerstone of production animal and public health advancement since the first discovery of the efficacy of penicillin to control some bacterial...
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
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