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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-063
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2018 - 31 JUL 2019

Maximising industry representational capacity and capability through improved skills and knowledge

TSIC has supported and funded governance courses delivered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors in the past. There are frequent requests for another course to be run. Leading into late 2018, the TRLFA and Oysters Tasmania will be appointing new Boards, while the TACL and other sector...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Tasmania
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-067
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2019 - 29 JUN 2021

Socio-economic characterisation of a small scale commercial fishery: opportunities to improve viability and profitability in the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery

The Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery (TSF) is a multi-gear fishery that encompasses a diverse range of finfish and cephalopod species and includes commercial, recreational and indigenous sectors. The Scalefish Fishery Management Plan was introduced in 1998 and, although the legislation has been reviewed...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-068
DATE START/END: 3 FEB 2019 - 29 JUN 2020

Non-market values to inform decision-making and reporting in fisheries and aquaculture – an audit and gap analysis

The marine environment produces a wide range of ecosystem services, many of which may be affected by fisheries management, but not necessarily considered in fisheries management decision-making. These may include recreational and cultural services as well as supporting services for a range of marine...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-070
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2019 - 30 NOV 2020

Opportunities and impacts of range extending scalefish species: understanding population dynamics, ecosystem impacts and management needs

This project has been developed over several years as the target species have anecdotally become more populous in Tasmanian waters. The project has been discussed informally between the recreational sector, scientists and managers and formally at Research Advisory Group meetings over this time. ...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-074
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2019 - 30 DEC 2021

Assessing the spawning characteristics and reproductive biology of Pearl Perch (Glaucosoma scapulare) in Queensland

Pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare) is a recreationally and commercially important species found in schools in depths to at least 200 metres. Pearl perch are slow-growing, long-lived and endemic to the east coast between 23°S and 33°S. Although once considered incidental in a multi-species line...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-075
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2019 - 30 MAR 2021

Aquaculture-Community Futures: North West Tasmania

The FRDC's strategic RD&E focus for 2015-20 is on maximising impact by concentrating on knowledge development around three priorities: i) ensuring that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so; ii) improving productivity and profitability of fishing and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-077
DATE START/END: 14 MAR 2019 - 30 OCT 2019

Implementation workshop for the effective adoption of the outcomes from the SESSF Declining Indicators project

Concerns about the ecological and economic sustainability of Australia’s Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) prompted major structural readjustment of the fishery in 2006 that significantly reduced the number of operators in demersal trawl, Danish seine and gill net sectors of...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-079
DATE START/END: 6 JAN 2019 - 28 JAN 2021

Ecological modelling of the impacts of water development in the Gulf of Carpentaria with particular reference to impacts on the Northern Prawn Fishery

An earlier proposal to develop dynamic integrated ecosystem models to explore ecological and economic trade-offs of the impacts of existing and proposed water resource development in Northern Australia, and specifically the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), was submitted to FRDC who commented as follows...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Crawley
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-084
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2018 - 25 JUL 2019

Development of technical and extension material to support Murray Cod aquaculture industry expansion in Australia

Murray Cod aquaculture is a relatively small industry in Australia. However recent years has seen a rapid expansion of the industry, with production increasing in most States where the species is farmed. In NSW, for example, annual production has increased from 260 t in 2016/17, making it the...
ORGANISATION:
Freshwater Native Fish Association (FNFA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-086
DATE START/END: 28 MAR 2019 - 30 JAN 2020

Assessment of the capability of Shrimp MultiPath White Spot virus tests: A multiplexed screening platform for pathogen diagnostics in prawns

During the October-2017 WSSV R&D Needs Workshop held with the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA), appraisal of multiplexed screening platforms providing sensitive, specific, rapid and affordable pathogen detection and identification was 1 of 12 outputs for FRDC to fund in response to the...
ORGANISATION:
Genics Pty Ltd
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