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Environment Are carp a symptom or a cause of environmental damage? Non-scientific The answer is both. Australian rivers experience many environmental pressures – carp are just one. Separating carp impacts from other sources of environmental stress is difficult for two main reasons....
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-172
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2020 - 29 JUN 2022

RRD4P: FRDC Contribution: Closing the Loop: Black Soldier Fly technology to convert agricultural waste

An innovative waste treatment technology is emerging that utilises black soldier fly (BSF) to rapidly consume agricultural wastes (50% reduction in 24hrs) converting it into high quality protein for livestock and aquaculture. BSF are non-biting, non-invasive, non-pest fly species that do not eat,...
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Australian Pork Ltd (APL)
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2016-12-01

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FRDC leads National Carp Control Plan National Carp Control Plan leader Matt Barwick. The FRDC will lead the newly announced $15 million National Carp Control Plan, which will evaluate the benefit of biological control of carp through the use of a carp virus (Cyprinid herpesvirus). Minister...
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2013-09-01

Fish seek equal footing in food debates

Comparing apples with oranges may be difficult, but at least they are both fruits. Infinitely more difficult is the comparison of fish and beef, of sea and land-based foods – and particularly the environmental impacts of production. By Catherine Norwood Tasmanian researcher Bridget Green...
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-089
DATE START/END: 21 FEB 2021 - 23 JUL 2021

Energy use and carbon emissions assessments in the Australian fishing and aquaculture sectors: Audit, self-assessment and guidance tools for footprint reduction

The has been some historical FRDC-sponsored research into opportunities and challenges for the Australian wild fishing and aquaculture sectors in the carbon economy (e.g. Keogh 2012, DRDC Project No. 2011/246), but little contemporary work in the last decade. Despite growing global pressures for...
ORGANISATION:
Blueshift Consulting
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2021-09-14

Bringing international science to fisheries stakeholders

As stakeholders affected by new fisheries science and management decisions, fishers and aquaculture operators will be important participants in discussions generated at the World Fisheries Congress 2021 By Catherine Norwood The World Fisheries Congress 2021 is billed as the...
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