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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-001
DATE START/END: 9 DEC 2021 - 27 MAR 2025

The emerging Billfish fishing grounds of northern Australia: fisheries description, movements, and hot-spots

Recreational billfish fisheries are predominantly catch-and-release and considered to be sustainable, but most stocks are also under pressure from incidental commercial harvest. This project was initiated because of ground-level stake-holder (e.g. NT recreational fishing community) interest in the...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-021
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2024 - 1 MAR 2026

National Fish Habitat and Climate Response Partnership

Marine and coastal biodiversity, ecosystems, species and genetic material – provide enormous benefits for human well-being. Coastal ecosystems provide services, including tourism and protection from storms, valued at nearly US$26 billion annually (Action Plan for the Sustainable Oceans Initiative...
ORGANISATION:
OzFish Unlimited
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-009
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2022 - 29 SEP 2025

Quantifying Banded Morwong, Bluethroat Wrasse and Purple Wrasse abundance and movements to sustain key fisheries in Tasmania - postgraduate

Background Reef fishes support some of the most productive fishing operations within the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery. The three most important target species are Banded Morwong (Cheilodactylus spectabilis), Bluethroat Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus) and Purple Wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola), with a...
ORGANISATION:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-228
DATE START/END: 18 DEC 2012 - 18 AUG 2013

Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: UTAS Experimental Aquaculture Facility: Obtaining expert international governance, design and operational advice for the Atlantic salmon partners.

This application has been developed to support the Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association (TSGA) in its discussions regarding the design, construction and operation of an Experimental Aquaculture Facility in Tasmania. Discussions and planning to date have involved: UTAS, Tassal, Huon Aquaculture,...
ORGANISATION:
RDS Partners Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-202
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2010 - 8 SEP 2014

Tackling a critical industry bottleneck: developing methods to avoid, prevent and treat biofouling on mussel farms

Tackling a critical industry bottleneck: developing methods to avoid, prevent and treat biofouling on mussel farms Background Status of the Australian Mussel Aquaculture Industry Blue mussels are grown in Australian waters across Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania....
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
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2015-12-01

Lead, collaborate and partner

The FRDC has officially launched its Research, Development and Extension Plan to guide fisheries and aquaculture research priorities to 2020 Leadership Program participants celebrate the launch of the new FRDC RD&E Plan with Patrick Hone (left) and Senator Richard Colbeck (right). Photos:...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-085
DATE START/END: 5 FEB 2024 - 29 JUN 2026

Snapper Science Program: Theme 1 - Biology and Ecology

Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) is an iconic fish species and one of the most significant fishery resources in southern Australia. Snapper supports important commercial and recreational fisheries and is of cultural significance throughout its Indo-Pacific distribution. However, over the past 10-15...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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DATE:
2022-10-18

Innovating to solve shared problems for fishing and aquaculture

Rising fuel prices, value from waste, digitising supply chains, labour shortages and building capacity were hot topics at Seafood Directions 2022 in September – issues all being tackled by FRDC’s transformative investments. By Catherine Norwood Shared and complex...
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2016-09-01

Flexible investment approach

The FRDC is adopting a more flexible approach to the application, submission and assessment of research funding proposals By Peter Horvat The FRDC has developed a more flexible approach to how it funds projects to align with the FRDC Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan...
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