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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-005
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 30 NOV 2008

Developing integrated performance measures for spatial management of marine systems

There is increasing emphasis on reporting on the ecological sustainability within management regimes for marine systems, including integration with the reporting on the management of MPAs and fisheries. This is a world-wide issue, including in Australia, to ensure previously divergent biodiversity...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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DATE:
2022-11-24

Growing seaweed to reduce emissions from livestock

The Commonwealth Government has committed $8.1 million to progress seaweed research and support the establishment of a National Hatchery Network for the commercialisation of seaweed production as a key input into feedstock to help reduce methane emissions. The announcement, made as part of...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-242
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2014 - 29 JUN 2016

Commercialising the production of Cobia in Australia

The Queensland Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has been involved in cobia R&D since 2007. Pacific Reef Fisheries (PRF), DAFF and the University of the Sunshine Coast were collaborative partners in the recently completed Australian Seafood CRC project ‘Towards the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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DATE:
2024-02-27

Farewell John Williams

As former Senator John Reginald ‘Wacka’ Williams AM completes his tenure as FRDC Chair, we reflect on the notable achievements and successes that have marked his extensive and diverse career. Born and bred in regional South Australia, John worked as a farmer, truck driver, sheep shearer and...
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DATE:
2022-08-09

Fishing for alternative fuels

By Catherine Norwood As escalating diesel prices see a growing number of boats tied up at ports all around the world, Seafood Industry Australia’s (SIA’s) current research into alternative fuels is tackling this increasingly urgent issue for our wild-catch seafood and aquaculture vessel...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-09-01

Fish health benefits undersold

From international policymaking to point-of-sale, fisheries need to engage in selling the benefits of their product As president of the World Aquaculture Society, Australian Graham Mair (third from left) is among the dignitaries and sponsors lined up to officially open the trade show as part of...
Industry
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PUBLISHED:
2018-09-01

Protecting precious waters

Australia’s marine territories are double the size of its land mass, and protecting these resources from illegal fishers – both foreign and domestic – requires constant vigilance and collaboration between government forces and fishers themselves Aerial surveillance spots a Vietnamese...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-223
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2010 - 29 AUG 2010

Development of an Industry Partnership Agreement for the Southern Rocklobster Industry

In September 2001, the FRDC funded Project 2001/072 “IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHERN ROCK LOBSTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT”. The project undertaken by Dr Gary Morgan concluded the following: It is clear that, given the state of development of the southern rock lobster industry, a subprogram...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-026
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2013 - 16 OCT 2016

Can commercial harvest of long-spined sea urchins reduce the impact of urchin grazing on abalone and lobster fisheries?

Expansion of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii southwards from southern New South Wales, through Eastern Victoria, the Bass Strait Islands to the Tasman Peninsular has occurred over the past few decades, with localised destructive consequences for subtidal habitat and associated...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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