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PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-006
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 30 SEP 2007

ESD Reporting and Assessment Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

Achieving Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) requires the integration of short and long-term economic, social and environmental effects in all decision making. This has, until recently, been a difficult task to implement in a practical way. Significant progress has, however, been made in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-233
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 1 DEC 2009

Abalone Aquaculture Subprogram: investigating the immunology of stressed abalone (Haliotis species)

NEED AND PREVIOUS WORK Knowledge of the physiology and immune systems of invertebrate species is essential for maximising health and productivity in aquaculture. In particular, the immune system provides the principle line of defense against a broad spectrum of pathogens, so that studies on immune...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-020
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 10 AUG 2008

Validation and extension of acoustic reef habitat mapping methodologies in the western abalone zone, Victoria

Acoustic reef mapping to support abalone fisheries assessment is presently being undertaken by the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (FRDC 2003/050) in key commercial fishing grounds. The TAFI SEAMAP program has developed reef mapping techniques with acoustic sounders and underwater...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-246
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 16 DEC 2007

Australian Fisheries Statistics

ABARE commenced the collection and publication of statistics relating to the Australian fishing industry in 1991 in response to a DPIE request to develop detailed estimates of the value of fisheries production that could be used as the basis for new research arrangements. The publication...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-091
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 11 FEB 2008

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: further research and laboratory trials for diagnostic tests for the detection of A invadans (EUS) and A astaci (Crayfish Plague)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION A request for an extension to project 2001/621 was investigated through FRDC and AFFA and a preliminary submission submitted. This was given a high priority. In FRDC project 2001/621, Molecular Diagnostic Tests to Detect Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (Aphanomyces...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-215
DATE START/END: 16 JUN 2004 - 31 JUL 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: establishment of challenge for AGD

The salmonid aquaculture industry is an important player in the Tasmanian economy producing approximately 16,000 tonnes of fish per year valued at around 165 million AUD (Battaglene and Buxton, 2003) and generating employment for more than 3000 people (Carrington Smith and Wardley, 2003). The...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-019
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2004 - 28 MAY 2008

Towards optimising the spatial scale of abalone fishery management

Most abalone fisheries around the world are managed over large spatial scales (100-1000s km), despite the disaggregate structure of abalone stocks (Slucanowski 1984), the considerable spatial variation in biological parameters (McShane 1995) and the likely limited dispersal of abalone larvae (Nash...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-067
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 JAN 2007

Review of the fishery status for whaler sharks in South Australian and adjacent waters

There are two species of whaler sharks that occupy inshore and offshore waters of South Australia, i.e. the bronze whaler (Carcharinus brachyurus) and dusky whaler (C. obscurus). These species have been taken in a variety of fisheries for a number of years, but the reporting of catch and effort...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-078
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 29 AUG 2008

Development and evaluation of community based monitoring programs for coastal ecosystems and fisheries habitats

This project aims to increase knowledge about Southern Australian temperate reefs and in particular aspects of ecosystem health, so as to enable more informed management of these environments. This will occur through synthesis of current knowledge plus the development and implementation of a...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-004
DATE START/END: 29 APR 2005 - 20 MAR 2008

Assessment of the implications of target fishing on black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) aggregations in the Northern Territory

The sustainability of fishing black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) aggregations in the Northern Territory (NT) has been identified by all major stakeholder groups as of highest priority and ranked as the NT’s most concerning fishery issue. (Amateur Fishermen's Association of the Northern Territory...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Industry Tourism and Trade
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