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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-001
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 2 AUG 2015

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Determination of susceptibility of various abalone species and populations to the various known AbHV genotypes

Abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG), caused by Abalone herpes-like virus, was first reported in late 2005 from abalone farms in Victoria. Since then it has been recorded in wild abalone populations along a restricted length of the Victorian coastline. Interestingly, while AVG has not been reported...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
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2013-06-01

New climate indicators for lobster recruitment

By Rose Yeoman In the past seven years, scientists monitoring the Western Rocklobster (Panulirus cygnus) fishery off the coast of Western Australia have recorded low levels of the lobster’s late-larval-stage juveniles, called puerulus. Puerulus numbers are highly predictive of the recruitment...
Environment
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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...
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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...
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)
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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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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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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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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