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PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-410
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 20 APR 2007

Reducing plastics in the Australian seafood industry - Phase 1

The level of plastics used across the seafood industry for post harvest/consumption is unknown, however considered to be substantial. In some instances the use of plastic bags/sheets with seafood is driven by food safety requirements, customer specifications or may simply be a historical trend....
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-045
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 31 DEC 2008

Relationships between fish faunas and habitat type in south-western Australian estuaries

Estuaries provide crucial habitats for numerous commercially and recreationally important fish species (Haedrich 1983, Potter et al. 1990, Elliot and Dewailly 1995, Valesini et al. 1997). Some marine species use estuaries either as a nursery area or for more protracted periods, while other species...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-305
DATE START/END: 30 MAY 2004 - 30 JUN 2005

Support for 15th International Pectinid Workshop

The concept of International Pectinid Workshops was initiated in the 1970s during an extended pub lunch somewhere in Scotland, by a group of scientists who worked on aspects of scallop biology and fisheries. Pectinid Workshops were designed as an informal week-long meeting in which global...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-049
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 JUL 2008

The effects of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems off the west coast of Western Australia

In 1999/2000 the Western Rock Lobster Managed Fishery became the world’s first fishery to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, and since then the management process has moved on to address the MSC’s annual audit requirements. As part of this process an ecological risk assessment ...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-248
DATE START/END: 12 JUL 2004 - 30 JAN 2006

Double refuge pot retrieval system

Applicant has been involved in the Octopus industry since 1988 and has been located in Greenhead since October 1997. Since January 1998 the business has been fishing octopus and wet fishing in the waters surrounding Greenhead and Leeman. Traditionally the octopus industry has used long lines, i.e....
ORGANISATION:
RL and MA Alexander
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-080
DATE START/END: 30 MAY 2004 - 15 JAN 2007

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: development of a national translocation policy using abalone and prawns as templates for other aquatic species

One of the research strategies of the Abalone subprogram is to increase and apply knowledge of genetics to improve the performance of farmed stock. To that end there are 4 funded FRDC programs on abalone genetics (2000/201; 2000/202; 2001/254; 2002/202). Over the past four years, through FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-042
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 31 AUG 2007

Determination of a cost effective methodology for ongoing age monitoring needed for the management of finfish fisheries in Western Australia

Ongoing monitoring and assessments of the status of the fish stocks of WA is a necessary step to implement Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) for fisheries within Western Australia (Fletcher, 2002). Moreover, this was one of the main recommendations identified in the “Toohey Report”...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-086
DATE START/END: 29 APR 2005 - 29 JUL 2008

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Identification and Distribution of an intracellular ciliate in pearl oysters

In October 2001, batches of mixed size silverlip pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima, from farms in the Zone 1 Fishery (Exmouth Gulf to Port Hedland) were found to be infected with an intracellular ciliate. The ciliate had not previously been seen, despite previous extensive testing of shell from the...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-258
DATE START/END: 29 APR 2005 - 28 MAR 2009

Aquaculture Nutrition Subprogram: further development towards commercialisation of marine fish larvae feeds - Microdiet

Hatchery production of fish in Australia has increased rapidly over recent years to support expanding fish culture industries for established (e.g. barramundi, estimated to reach 4000 mt worth $25-30 million in 2003-4 (Barramundi Farming Association, workshop, Darwin, NT, 2003) and emerging species...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-314
DATE START/END: 16 MAR 2005 - 16 AUG 2006

3rd National Abalone Convention 2005

The abalone fisheries of Australia generate approximately $250m in export earnings. These fisheries have been operating for up to forty years, in some states, and have been managed in a sustainable manner, independently of one another. This will provide an opportunity for the abalone...
ORGANISATION:
Tasmanian Abalone Council Ltd
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