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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-087
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 29 JAN 2014

Tactical Research Fund: trial of an industry implemented, spatially discrete eradication/control program for Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania

Over the past three decades, the distribution of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii has expanded southwards from southern New South Wales, through Eastern Victoria, some of the Bass Strait Islands to the Tasman Peninsular. While some individual urchins have been observed further...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PUBLISHED:
2016-03-01

FISH Vol 24 1

FISH is the official newsletter of the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. The hard copy version is distributed widely throughout the industry via direct mail. To obtain a hard copy of "FISH", please fill in your details...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

What seafood brings to the table

New nutritional information on popular seafood species will help fishers market their catch and help consumers understand the benefits of their seafood selections as part of a healthy diet By Catherine Norwood The bank of detailed nutritional information about Australia’s many...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-06-01

United for the love of prawns

In the face of competition from imports, the Australian prawn industry – both fishers and farmers – is coming together to support a national marketing campaign By Helen Jenkins Photo: iStockPhoto.com In the not-too-distant past, Australian prawn fishers and farmers were seen as fierce...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-007
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2022 - 30 MAY 2025

Trials of oceanographic data collection on commercial fishing vessels in SE Australia

Oceanographic processes and habitat characteristics are a critical aspect influencing fisheries stock abundance and the distribution of key species. Such factors as water temperature, current speed and direction, depth of feed layers, and the depth of the thermocline have a great influence on fish...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-039
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 24 APR 2008

Evaluation of egg production as a method of estimating spawning biomass of redbait off the east coast of Tasmania

FISHERY SYNTHESIS A major purse seine fishery for small pelagics developed off Tasmania in the mid-1980s, with catches peaking at over 40,000 t in the late 1980s (Pullen 1994a). The fishery was based on surface schooling jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) with catches that were prone to large...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-341
DATE START/END: 10 SEP 2008 - 29 JAN 2009

People Development Program: Workforce and Skills Summit

Objective 4 of the People Development Plan recognises that undertaking research and development that aims to understand the fishing / seafood industry’s workforce needs and build workforce capability is a high priority. The capacity to meet this objective is hamstrung by poor coordination,...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-744
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2010 - 30 MAR 2014

SCRC: Propagation and sea-based growout of sea cucumber stocks in the Northern Territory

Tasmanian Seafoods Pty Ltd (TSF) has been very successful in developing the viability of harvesting, processing, and marketing sea cucumber products in Australia. Over the last 15 years they have secured a large portion of the Australian wild fishery licenses for this industry particularly in the...
ORGANISATION:
Tasmanian Seafoods Pty Ltd Smithton
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