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PUBLISHED:
2018-03-01

Science briefs

Spring survivors The brightly coloured male Redfin Blue Eye. Photo: Adam Kerezsy The three-centimetre-long Redfin Blue Eye (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis) is Australia’s rarest fish. Wild populations are found in only one location. Their total habitat consists of four springs, which are...
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2014-12-01

Industry toolkit focuses on communication

Storybooks, recipes, videos and infographics are all part of the mix industry leaders are using to share the story of fishing and seafood By Julie Haldane Connecting with younger Australians has been the focus of several initiatives from the FRDC’s 2014 National Seafood Industry Leadership...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-03-01

Scholar seeks strategies to keep whales at bay

Rhy Arangio By Catherine Norwood Depredation of catches in longline fisheries is an increasing problem worldwide: whales and seals can steal up to 75 per cent of the catch from hooks as the lines are being hauled aboard. While it is still a relatively rare phenomenon in Australia’s...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-052
DATE START/END: 23 JUN 2022 - 31 MAY 2026

Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Coordination Program: strategic planning, project management and adoption

With the growth in the aquaculture/fisheries industry and no specific mechanism to allocate funding for aquatic animal health R&D, the Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram (AAHBS) was established in 2001 and operated under a joint agreement between the Australian Government and FRDC....
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-200
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2010 - 30 JUN 2013

Innovative development of the Octopus tetricus fishery in Western Australia

The Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, implemented a developmental strategy for octopus in the late 1990s, issuing 6 exemption licenses to investigate the possibility of developing an octopus fishery. This was the culmination of a strategy begining with research conducted by Japanese...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-240
DATE START/END: 7 JUN 2016 - 27 FEB 2018

APFA IPA: RNAi treatment of broodstock to reduce disease impacts in farmed prawns

This application was developed through extensive consultation with the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) and its members over the past two years. It follows on from a Seafood CRC project (2011/761, Final report ISBN 978-1-4863-0375-5) also supported by the APFA. This CRC project...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Brisbane
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-070
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2012 - 30 JAN 2014

TSGA IPA: Comparative susceptibility and host responses of endemic fishes and salmonids affected by amoebic gill disease in Tasmania

Amoebic gill disease in farmed Tasmanian salmon: Amoebic gill disease (AGD) affects the culture of Atlantic salmon during the marine grow-out phase of production. The causative agent of amoebic gill disease is Neoparamoeba perurans (1) which when present upon the gills causes extensive...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-183
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2020 - 29 NOV 2021

Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches on the order of 1000 tonnes per year and a landed value of about $65 million. The species also represents a traditional food source for the local Indigenous population as well as being a...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-217
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2005 - 21 MAY 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: development of an AGD vaccine: phase II

This project proposal is one of six within the Aquafin CRC Health Program that comprise a portfolio of projects addressing the problem of amoebic gill disease (AGD) for 2004 to 2008. The project is the second phase of the research aimed at developing a vaccine for AGD initiated within the CRC in...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
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Strategic alignment with priorities

The FRDC is part of a larger national agrisystem and global community working together to tackle shared challenges. the size and extent of these challenges means that collaboration will be critical. The objects of the PIRD Act provide the foundation for everything that the FRDC does and ensures...
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