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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-012
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2008 - 29 MAR 2010

Evaluating the environmental drivers of mud crab (Scylla serrata) catches in Australia

The years 2000 and 2001 saw record mud crab (Scylla serrata) catches throughout their Australian range, presumably due to a combination of high fishing effort and favourable recruitment in the preceding years. This peak was followed by a significant decrease in catch in all relevant jurisdictions,...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
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PUBLISHED:
2017-06-01

Resistance warranted

The Pacific Oyster industry’s determination to fight back after the incursion of POMS has received a funding boost By Gio Braidotti Sarah Ugalde, research officer on Future Oysters CRC-P, inspects oysters placed on farms to investigate the period of infection for POMS. In 2016 Tasmanian...
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2015-06-01

Industry has its say on seafood marketing

Industry support for marketing initiatives is growing, building on early market research and the positive progress of initial industry campaigns The FRDC has a clearer understanding of what industry wants at the individual company, sector and national level following the completion of one of the...
Industry
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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

Talking oysters in northern Australia

Indigenous leadership and communication are integral to tropical rock oyster research, creating new ways to discuss the manageable “invisible risks” that Vibrio bacteria pose to an emerging industry By Catherine Norwood Scientific and commercial momentum is building to establish a tropical...
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2013-09-01

Fish seek equal footing in food debates

Comparing apples with oranges may be difficult, but at least they are both fruits. Infinitely more difficult is the comparison of fish and beef, of sea and land-based foods – and particularly the environmental impacts of production. By Catherine Norwood Tasmanian researcher Bridget Green...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-024
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 30 JUN 2009

Harvest strategy evaluation to optimise the sustainability and value of the Queensland scallop fishery

Over the last 4 years, the annual catch of scallops from the Queensland east coast trawl fishery has fallen dramatically to about a third of the annual catch weight and value. We propose to determine whether the current range of management measures are resulting in the optimum use of the resource....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-011
DATE START/END: 3 JUN 2012 - 29 MAR 2014

Revolutionising fish ageing: Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Age Fish

This project was developed because of preliminary data relating to the use of Near Infra Red Spectrometry (NIRS) to age saddletailed seaperch. This study found that it was possible to construct an NIRS algorithum which could be used to predict the age of fish from their otoliths with a high degree...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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