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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-087
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 29 JAN 2014

Tactical Research Fund: trial of an industry implemented, spatially discrete eradication/control program for Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania

Over the past three decades, the distribution of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii has expanded southwards from southern New South Wales, through Eastern Victoria, some of the Bass Strait Islands to the Tasman Peninsular. While some individual urchins have been observed further...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
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
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-013
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 14 DEC 2018

Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches in the order of 1000 tonnes pa and a landed value of about $65 million. The species has also long represented a traditional food source for the local Aboriginal population as well as being...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-020
DATE START/END: 5 JAN 2020 - 10 DEC 2020

Development of a user-friendly Management Strategy Evaluation framework for Queensland’s rocky reef fishery

The Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) lists snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) and pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare) as depleted in Queensland waters. Stock assessments (see links in Methods section) questioned whether current fishery management for both species is appropriate to ensure the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
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PUBLISHED:
2019-12-01

Scenarios help focus on future strategies

A new approach is needed to prepare Australia’s fishing and seafood sector for a complex and technologically interconnected future By Matt Barwick and Gary Saliba Will past trends continue, or will the future of fishing and aquaculture be shaped by entirely different factors, with...
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

Keen amateurs prove a major force in scientific discovery

Fisheries are a major beneficiary as science employs the value and power of citizen scientists Words Gio Braidotti Faced with major restrictions on activities during COVID-19 lockdowns during the past year, and a renewed focus on local environments, more people than ever have joined up to...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-794.20
DATE START/END: 8 NOV 2009 - 30 JUL 2012

Seafood CRC: repositioning Australian farmed Barramundi in the domestic market

During the past 5 years Australian farmed barramundi production has increased from 2,700 tonnes in 2003/04 to an expected 6,000 tonnes in 2008/09 while average farm gate prices have fallen. This coupled with the current global recession is impacting significantly on the profitability of the...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-409
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2012 - 29 JUN 2015

People development program: Primary industries health and safety collaborative partnership 2012-2015

FRDC has invested in The Collaborative partnership for farming and fishing health and safety for a period of three years (2008/313) The partnership has been funded by RIRDC, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Fisheries Research...
ORGANISATION:
AgriFutures Australia
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-500
DATE START/END: 18 MAY 2014 - 31 JAN 2016

Australia's National Recreational Fishing Conference 2015

This project was developed in response to an ongoing need to engage the broader recreational fishing community in well informed discourse on issues key to the future of their favourite pastime. The value that can be derived from opportunities to encourage the recreational fishing community to come...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF)
Industry
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