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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-207
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2023 - 3 APR 2025

Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance strategic management and delivery of the Australian Government grant 'Developing Australia's seaweed farming'- RDE Coordination and Extension- Policy Reform Working Group- ASSA Program Governance, Reporting, Communications and Stakeholders Engagement

The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) with the FRDC has been successful in securing an $8.M grant from the Federal Government (Department of Industry, Science and Resources will be administering the grant on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) to develop...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance
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DATE:
2023-02-27

Review highlights need for more species-specific data

An extensive review of the biological inputs into fish stock models has set the groundwork for further research to update essential species-specific information, including how they are responding to climate change. By Catherine Norwood Fisheries managers need the best possible...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-203
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2018 - 30 NOV 2020

Risk from Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins and Dinophysis to the Australian Shellfish Industry

This project has been developed in response to a clear priority from Tasmania’s peak advisory committee (TasRAC) for a better understanding of the “risk from DSTs for the Tasmanian Shellfish Industry” (FRDC EOI 2018). Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins (DSTs) are produced by certain microalgae...
ORGANISATION:
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-101
DATE START/END: 1 JUL 2020 - 1 NOV 2022

Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants

Recruitment to the western rock lobster fishery has been recognised to be largely driven by environmental conditions but the role of freshwater and/or contaminant derived from submarine groundwater discharge from land is unknown. Various anecdotal accounts from Western Australia, the Caribbean and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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DATE:
2021-07-09

Representative organisations

The FRDC is accountable under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act (PIRD Act 1989) to representative bodies nominated by the responsible Minister. The FRDC has three representative organisations appointed under the legislation: Australian Recreational and Sport Fishing...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-030
DATE START/END: 14 JAN 2005 - 29 OCT 2008

Development of an individual transferable catch quota model for the Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef

Fishing is the major extractive resource use on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), where the annual economic value of the commercial Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery is about AU$60-100 million. Each year the commercial line sector harvests between 3000-4000 t from the multi-species reef line fishery, while...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-042
DATE START/END: 2 JAN 2015 - 11 MAY 2016

TSGA IPA: understanding broadscale impacts of salmonid farming on rocky reef communities.

The Tasmanian salmonid aquaculture sector is currently worth around $530 M, of which export values comprises around $30 M. The industry has set a sales target of $550m by 2015, and $1 billion in value by 2030. Industry sales are currently growing by > $1.0m per week. Current Tasmanian production is...
ORGANISATION:
Aquenal Pty Ltd
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Extension Officer Network

Overview The FRDC’s Extension Officer Network was established in mid-2022. One Extension Officer was appointed in each State and Territory, tasked with engaging directly with individuals and organizations involved in fishing and aquaculture. The network's purpose is to enhance the adoption of...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-217
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2008 - 30 DEC 2009

Atlantic Salmon Sub Program: Effect of temperature on reproductive development of maiden and repeat spawning Atlantic salmon: understanding the basis for improved egg survival and quality

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are farmed in Tasmania and limited areas of southern Australia, and support an aquaculture industry of 17,600 tonnes with a value in 20055/06 of $200 million (Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association data). Salmon in Australia are farmed towards the upper limit of their...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
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