***NOTE: The following project proposal is submitted to the FRABs for comment. Please note that this application is not being submitted through the open round for approval for FRDC project funding but to the People Development Program directly.
PROJECT BACKGROUND:
As competition for marine...
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. ...
The existing project (2004/401 A market access guide for seafood exporters: International Residue Standards) was originally designed to provide limited information on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for a selection of key markets for Australian seafood exporters. The emergence of new markets, changing...
Ranching Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) is a successful Australian aquaculture sector. Since 1990, the industry has expanded to produce about 9000 tonnes of gilled and gutted SBT annually with an estimated value of between $AU100 - 300 million depending on factors such as SBT survival and performance,...
The molluscan disease Perkinus olseni is a protozoan parasite that has had a considerable impact on abalone populations in South Australia and New South Wales (Stobart et al. 2018, Liggins and Upston 2010). The disease has led to mass mortality events but more typically causes losses due to lesions...
The SA Southern Zone Rock lobster Fishery Management Committee (FMC) provides advice to the
South Australian Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on management of the rocklobster fishery
in the South East of the State. The lobster fishery operates to a strict catch quota arrangement....