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2021-06-01

Final reports

Improving crab survival 2017-018 Scientists from Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries worked with the New South Wales crab and lobster industries to determine ways to reduce stress imposed on the animals from capture to market. Through temperature monitoring along the supply...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-031
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2009 - 30 JUL 2010

Taking female mud crabs (Scylla serrata): assessment of risks and benefits

This project has been developed as a direct result of approaches from industry about the need for a definitive answer to questions relating to one of the State's most controversial crab fishery management arrangements. An effective prohibition on harvesting female mud crabs in Queensland was...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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2014-12-01

A common approach defines sustainable fishing

A year of listening, debating and discussing has paved the way to a new definition of sustainability for Australia’s wild-catch seafood The five ecological components used to determine ecologically sustainable fisheries. By Josh Fielding Early in 2014, an issues paper, Defining Sustainable...
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About FRDC

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) takes a leading role in planning and investing in fisheries research, development and extension (RD&E) to support the ongoing sustainability of our aquatic sectors and aquatic ecosystems. The Corporation is a...
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DATE:
2023-09-26

Less fuel, bait, and time out at sea – why wouldn’t you?

The most comprehensive pot-design testing program ever undertaken for the Southern Australian Rock Lobster Fishery may be a gamechanger for its sustainability and economic performance. By Dempsey Ward Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) are a valuable fishery resource...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-213
DATE START/END: 28 JUN 2005 - 29 SEP 2008

New technologies for sustainable commercial finfish culture

The technology proposed in this project is innovative and has the potential to revolutionise the way that fish are grown around the world. The technology is applicable to both inland fresh and saline aquaculture, and given appropriate engineering development, may be applicable to ocean aquaculture....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
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PUBLISHED:
2018-06-01

Netting data to bury phanton fishing

Coordinating data collection and collaborating with fishers are key requirements in successfully dealing with the global issue of ghost gear The Global Ghost Gear Initiative website highlights clean-up activities around the world. By Annabel Boyer Lost fishing gear represents about 10 per...
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PUBLISHED:
2017-12-01

Access all areas

The FRDC’s revamped websites will provide unprecedented access to fisheries information for diverse audiences, from consumers and fishers to researchers, traders, managers and the media Centralising its information and data and connecting what were previously standalone websites into a suite of...
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2014-09-01

Sharper senses aid ocean investigations

The latest addition to Australia’s marine research capacity is set to revolutionise ocean research, with open access to far more detailed data than has ever been available before By Emily Weekes After more than a decade of debate, design and construction involving many hundreds of people,...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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