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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-075
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2019 - 30 MAR 2021

Aquaculture-Community Futures: North West Tasmania

The FRDC's strategic RD&E focus for 2015-20 is on maximising impact by concentrating on knowledge development around three priorities: i) ensuring that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so; ii) improving productivity and profitability of fishing and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-089
DATE START/END: 13 AUG 2020 - 20 NOV 2022

Evaluation of point of care (POC) tests for White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)

White Spot Disease (WSD) caused by White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is a highly contagious disease of decapod crustaceans and is one of the most pathogenic and devastating viruses to the global prawn industry. Australia was considered free of WSD until December 2016 when the disease was officially...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-029
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Improving performance of ITQ fisheries - Project activity paused

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) in fisheries involve the allocation of shares or portions of a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to individual fishers, vessels, communities, or others with an interest in the fishery. Previous research on the unintended and unwanted consequences of ITQs (FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-055
DATE START/END: 13 JUL 2020 - 28 DEC 2023

Australian Society for Fish Biology: Scientific networking, early career development, international engagement and 50th celebrations

The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) was founded in 1971 and is a professional, independent, non-profit, and non-aligned organisation. The Society’s objectives are to promote research, education and management of fish and fisheries and to provide a forum for the exchange of information....
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
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PUBLISHED:
2022-03-04

New projects

The FRDC Board has recently approved the following research projects Project number Project Applicant R&D Plan outcome 2021-096 Southern Rock Lobster planning and management...
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PUBLISHED:
2022-03-04

Diving into sustainability

Good science is the basis of credible assessment initiatives to help consumers choose sustainable seafood By Ilaria Catizone Consumers are increasingly demanding proof of their seafood’s sustainability and they are turning to a range of seafood certifications, rating programs and indices to...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-042
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2019 - 30 JUN 2023

Community Trust in Rural Industries - A framework for advancing social acceptance of the agriculture sector in Australia - A joint RDC initiative

Australian rural industries share common reputational risks. Erosion of community trust of industry can lead to more difficult regulatory and market environments, and negatively affect industry productivity, profitability and sustainability. Events that impact one sector’s reputation can flow...
ORGANISATION:
AgriFutures Australia
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-068
DATE START/END: 2 OCT 2023 - 27 FEB 2025

Understanding the feasibility of close kin mark recapture for Scalloped Hammerhead in Australia, SE Asia and the Western Pacific

This project will investigate whether Close-Kin Mark Recapture could feasibly be applied to estimate the spawning stock abundance of Scalloped Hammerhead shark (SHH), a large-bodied shark species listed under Appendix II of CITES and the EPBC Act. The species occurs in both coastal and oceanic...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Environment
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DATE:
2024-01-11

Urchin - Range Expansion

Overview Scientific evidence confirms that the world’s oceans are warming at an accelerated rate due to human activities. The waters off the south-east coast of Australia are warming at almost four times the global average, coinciding with strengthening of a strong ocean current, called the East...
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