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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-220
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2015 - 19 MAY 2016

Isolating social and economic objectives within multiple stakeholder fisheries – a case study: the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery

Like many shared inshore fisheries the Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) has sustained extensive management change over time. This has influenced its demographics, resulted in changes in the spread of fishing concentration and created stakeholder shifts in geographical location. Members within the MSF...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-216
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2017

Informing inter-jurisdictional snapper management in eastern Australia

This project was originally conceived during the Queensland snapper stock assessment in 2007-2008. During that assessment it became apparent how important a unified east coast approach was, not just from a scientific standpoint, but also from a management and policy perspective and from a...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-238
DATE START/END: 28 JUN 2018 - 28 MAY 2020

Water treatment to control influent water biosecurity risk on Australian prawn farms. Effectiveness and impacts on production ponds.

In response to the occurrence of white spot disease (WSD), an exotic viral disease that has heavily impacted South-East Queensland prawn farms, the prawn farming industry is developing a set of biosecurity guidelines for farms aimed at reducing the risk of future disease outbreaks. A key component...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-012
DATE START/END: 29 MAY 2014 - 29 SEP 2016

Tasmania's coastal reefs: deep reef habitats and significance for finfish production and biodiversity

Over the past 20 years, detailed surveys have gradually documented habitats and fish assemblages present in SE Australian coastal waters ranging from those in estuaries, inshore soft sediments and seagrass beds (Jordan et al. 1998), inshore rocky reefs (Edgar et al. 1997) and shelf soft sediments...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-219
DATE START/END: 11 MAR 2018 - 31 MAR 2019

FISH 2.0 Establishing a network of investors to help drive growth in Australian fishing and aquaculture businesses

What does the next generation of seafood producers and companies look like? What are their issues and how do they solve them? How does the FRDC assist the small to medium seafood industry companies move up and expand to become larger more efficient and productive? and more importantly how do they...
ORGANISATION:
Manta Consulting Inc - Fish 2 0
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-074
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Management of bioeroding sponges in wild stocks of Pinctada maxima in Western Australia

Silver-lipped pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) harvested from wild stocks and transferred to farms in both WA and NT are experiencing considerable levels of infestation of bioeroding sponges (hereafter Cliona sp). Cliona sp life history traits (sexual and asexual reproduction) may be allowing them to...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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PUBLISHED:
2016-09-01

Eyes on the prize

An initiative to ‘crowd-source’ ideas from industry could see prawn bycatch in the north reduced by more than 30 per cent By Bianca Nogrady Kon Triantopoulos Kon’s Covered Fisheyes In trials, the green net fitted with Kon’s Covered Fisheyes resulted in significantly less bycatch, compared...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-03-01

Fish, photo, health check

Smartphone apps help rec fishers capture photos of their catch, simultaneously monitoring the health of their favourite fisheries By Melissa Marino New technology is helping anglers track the health of their fish and fisheries. Photo: 123rf The power of recreational fishers is...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-239
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 NOV 2007

Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

Research and development is underway within Australia and New Zealand to provide technology for use in rock lobster enhancement and aquaculture systems so they can be internationally competitive and can operate in harmony with the wild fisheries. The success of this research program, given the...
ORGANISATION:
Barneveld Nutrition Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-042
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2006 - 1 OCT 2010

Demersal fishing interactions with marine benthos in the Australian EEZ of the Southern Ocean: an assessment of the vulnerability of benthic habitats to impact by demersal gears

Background of project development This project aims to assess the vulnerability of and risks to habitats in Australian fisheries in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) of the Southern Ocean to impacts by different demersal gears – trawl, longline and traps. ...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)
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