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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-104
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2020 - 29 DEC 2024

Assessing egg oiling as a long term management tool for overabundant Silver Gull populations interacting with Southern Bluefin Tuna aquaculture operations

Increases in predictable human-derived food resources have been linked to population increases of gull species worldwide. The Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) is a long lived, opportunistic seabird whose population numbers have increased near Australian population centres (Smith 1995;...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-143
DATE START/END: 29 APR 2021 - 30 OCT 2022

An investigation of Indigenous knowledges and nutritional health and wellbeing benefits and values of seafood for supporting Indigenous fisheries development

Globally there is a growing awareness and focus on maximising the contributions of fish to Indigenous diets and health through promotion of nutrition sensitive policies which support small-scale and Indigenous fisheries initiatives (FAO, 2017). To further contribute to the promotion of Indigenous...
ORGANISATION:
Monash University Clayton Campus
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-212
DATE START/END: 29 OCT 2006 - 30 NOV 2007

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: development of bait saving strategies for the western rock lobster fishery

During the 2003/4 Western Rock Lobster season a questionnaire that was sent to 200 commercial Western Rock Lobster fishermen confirmed that sea lice are perceived to be a major problem. Based on the information gathered from this survey and data collected over the 2003/4 and 2004/5 commercial...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-003
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2008 - 30 JUN 2011

Flow and Fisheries: Theme - River flow impacts on estuarine prawns in the Gulf of Carpentaria

One of the key fisheries in the Gulf is the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) worth an average of approximately $100M p.a. over the last 5 years. Ensuring sustainability of catch, particularly in the case of banana prawns, has been an ongoing challenge for stock assessment researchers, fisheries managers...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-248
DATE START/END: 8 SEP 2007 - 31 JUL 2008

Offshore Reefs - Best practice study

Following the introduction of a successful estuarine artificial reef project in 2004, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) proposes to construct 3 offshore artificial reefs in NSW coastal shelf waters, with associated long term monitoring to determine their effectiveness. DPI’s...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-022
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2008 - 29 JUN 2011

Establishing fine-scale industry based spatial management and harvest strategies for the commercial scallop fishery in South East Australia

Application Development: The potential advantages of spatial closure (including MPA's) derive from: 1) increased protection from fishing and consequent increased abundance and mean size of exploited species; (2) enhanced local reproductive potential and therefore increased likelihood of larval...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-201
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2005 - 30 JUN 2009

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: environmental control of growth and early maturation in salmonids

Sexual maturation in most organisms requires the individual to attain sufficient size and energetic status to cope with the physical and metabolic requirements associated with reproduction. Atlantic salmon represent a classic example of a species which optimises this concept through a very plastic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-010
DATE START/END: 25 SEP 2007 - 28 FEB 2010

Integration of socio economic sustainability criteria into a reporting framework for the Australian aquaculture industry

The National Aquaculture Council (NAC), established with a primary objective of implementing the Aquaculture Action Agenda, has led the process of consulting with industry and Government to prioritise recommendations from the Action Agenda and has developed the Aquaculture Industry Action Plan...
ORGANISATION:
National Aquaculture Council (NAC)
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