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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-155
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2024 - 31 OCT 2025

Prawn trawl sea-snake bycatch reduction device - Assessment, refinement, and extension

Dispersed around Australia’s large coastline are numerous prawn fisheries, and collectively they produce around 20 Kt of product per annum worth around $300 million (https://australianprawnfisheries.com.au/australian-prawn-fisheries/). The commerce associated with this form of primary industry and...
ORGANISATION:
Sea Harvest Fishing Company Pty Ltd
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Rural Research and Development Corporations

There are 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) covering the main agricultural industries. The RDCs bring industry and researchers together to share funding and develop strategic directions that provide the sector with innovative and productive tools to compete in global...
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2022-03-04

Expanding roles, new leaders for women in seafood

To mark International Women’s Day 2022 on Tuesday 8 March, FISH magazine highlights some of the organisations and women helping to shape the future of Australia’s fishing and seafood sector Women in Australia’s seafood sector will have new opportunities in the year ahead to develop their skills...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-018
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2019

Determination of the spatial dynamics and movement rates of the principal target species within the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery and connectivity with the broader western and central Pacific Ocean – beyond tagging

Australia’s Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) operates in waters off on the east coast of Australia primarily targeting yellowfin, bigeye and albacore tuna, swordfish and striped marlin. Populations of these species are known to extend well beyond the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-058
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2018 - 30 JAN 2019

Can sawfish bycatch within the NPF be mitigated using an electric field?

In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. There has also recently been an increased focus towards ecosystem-based fishery management as a result of greater environmental concern for marine resources. Within the Northern...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-245
DATE START/END: 18 SEP 2016 - 30 NOV 2017

Development of sector-specific biosecurity plan templates and guidance documents for the abalone and oyster aquaculture industries

In 2014, the aquatic animal industries and Commonwealth and state and territory governments endorsed Australia’s third national strategic plan for aquatic animal health – AQUAPLAN 2014-2019. AQUAPLAN outlines priorities for enhancing Australia’s management of aquatic animal health. Priorities and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
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 • 2019-099
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2020 - 29 FEB 2024

Climate driven shifts in benthic habitat composition as a potential demographic bottleneck for Western Rocklobster: understanding the role of recruitment habitats to better predict the under-size lobster population for fishery sustainability

Across the western rock lobster fishery shallow water nearshore habitats are thought to be critical for recruitment to the fishery. There is increasing evidence that western rock lobster populations have been impacted by changes in habitat composition in these habitats, either from discrete impacts...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-126
DATE START/END: 19 APR 2020 - 28 FEB 2021

Assessing the biosecurity risk of uncooked whole and eviscerated barramundi and grouper in relation to exotic viruses

Australia imports a range of uncooked barramundi and grouper commodities. A recent FRDC funded risk assessment on exotic disease introduction and spread among Australian Barramundi farms highlighted the ongoing risk from the importation of uncooked Barramundi products in Australia (Hernandez-Jover,...
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-148
DATE START/END: 6 FEB 2020 - 30 AUG 2022

Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme 2019-2022

The Aquatic Animal Health Training Scheme (AAHTS) was established in 2010, with co-funding from the Department of Agriculture and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), to address, in part, gaps in aquatic animal health education and training in Australia identified in FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
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