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2014-12-01

Small size, big role

Understanding the place of small pelagic fish within the larger food chain is a crucial part of managing these highly variable fish stocks The sardine fishery in South Australia has developed over the past decade with increasing markets for bait and human consumption. Photo: Paul Watson By...
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2013-09-01

Keeping track

Incorporating traceability within fisheries business systems can help protect safety and industry reputations, provide proof of provenance and protect profits By Bianca Nogrady Illustration: Justin Garnsworthy The journey of a prawn from the trawler to the table is long and complex: a...
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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-034
DATE START/END: 24 FEB 2022 - 27 OCT 2022

Identifying mechanisms and data collection options to aid socio-economic analysis of the NT seafood industry

The NT seafood industry is aware of the need to investigate and identify a means to address gaps and issues surrounding economic and socio-economic data. This project proposal has been developed as an outcome of a project commissioned by the Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC) and undertaken...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Blue clue aids Snapper tally

Sorting the Snapper eggs from those of other species will allow egg numbers to be used to assess fish populations A paired, fine mesh ‘bongo’ net used to sample plankton throughout the water column. A molecular marker that turns Snapper eggs a fluorescent blue could revolutionise...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-114
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2018 - 30 DEC 2019

Completing Australia’s First National Bycatch Report

Bycatch from fishing (the unintended, non-targeted organisms caught when targeting particular species or sizes of species) remains one of the most important issues concerning the world’s fisheries. While fisheries jurisdictions have recognised the need to report to the public and other...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
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