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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-093
DATE START/END: 22 AUG 2019 - 29 JUN 2020

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2018

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics, formerly known as the Australian fisheries statistics, has presented annual updates on the value and volume of fisheries production and trade data since 1992. Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics continues to be the only collated and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
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PUBLISHED:
2020-05-15

Fleets race to prepare as restrictions tighten

March 2020 will be a month Austral Fisheries CEO David Carter will never forget. The race against time to assemble crews and put ships to sea as the world collapsed around him and his team – first daily, then hourly – played out like a thriller. By Brad Collis He says it was like the escape...
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PUBLISHED:
2018-03-01

Building better boats

The latest additions to Australia’s fishing fleet are lighter and faster, and have more capacity and improved working conditions The Austral Hunter, Austral Fisheries’ new prawn trawler. Photo: Austral By Ilaria Catizone Increased confidence in the future of the Australian fishing sector...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Crab app enhances fisheries monitoring

A new smartphone app that allows commercial crab fishers to collect detailed, near-real-time catch data is proving a cost-effective alternative to traditional monitoring By Natasha Prokop Take a pair of vernier callipers, add wireless bluetooth capacity and link it to a smartphone...
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DATE:
2022-04-12

Prestigious scholarship to develop fishing and aquaculture leadership

A fishing industry veteran who is keen to foster a more collaborative approach to management of Australia’s marine and aquatic resources has been awarded the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s scholarship as part of the highly regarded Australian Rural Leadership Program...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-777
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2011 - 29 DEC 2013

Seafood CRC: identification of the core leadership group and network structure of East Coast Trawl to develop, implement and evaluate strategic opportunities

East Coast Trawl Fishery is spread over a large geographical area (from the Torres Strait to the Queensland – New South Wales border), and comprises a large number of small independent fishers compared to smaller fisheries such as Shark Bay Prawn Fishery, Clarence River Fishermens Co-Op and Spencer...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-12-01

The changing face of recreational fishing

Initiatives that target women and help build their confidence with the rod and reel are part of efforts to make recreational fishing more inclusive and to create a larger and more diverse community of participants By Bianca Nogrady Nadia Taylor shares in the joy of the catch, an experience...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-086
DATE START/END: 14 MAR 2018 - 7 JUL 2021

Improved risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins in Southern Rock Lobster

Starting in Oct 2012 the east coast of Tasmania has suffered from significant outbreaks of seafood contamination by paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) from dinoflagellate blooms of Alexandrium tamarense. Previous FRDC project 2014/032 (completed 1/7/2017) focused on the impact on oyster and mussel...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-247
DATE START/END: 2 APR 2018 - 30 SEP 2018

Wild catch Barramundi Workshop to explore future options to improve fisheries

This project arose following a decline in the value of the wild caught Barramundi and the issue being highlighted on ABC Landline television show. The long term strategy should be to get both wild and farmed barramundi work together - like Love Australian Prawns. This point should be raised with...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland Seafood Marketers Association Inc (QSMA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-027
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 30 OCT 2018

Examining the relationship between fishery recruitment, essential benthic habitats and environmental drivers in Exmouth Gulf

A number of environmental factors influence prawn fisheries in Australia, including temperature, rainfall, ocean currents and extreme weather conditions. Extended periods of elevated temperatures in shallow nearshore waters may affect the distribution of prawn nursery habitats, such as seagrasses,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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