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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-033
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 JUN 2010

Development of a DNA based aging technique for use in fisheries assessments

Knowledge of the age structure of fisheries populations and individual growth rates is crucial to accurate population modelling, which is an integral component of the management cycle. For example, age data for crustaceans would decrease the degree of uncertainty in stock assessment models and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-212
DATE START/END: 11 JUN 2019 - 29 JUN 2019

Establishing an industry recovery strategy for the Area 3 zone of the Western Australian Abalone Managed Fishery

The Australian wild abalone resource is experiencing under pressure from fishing, environmental change and disease outbreak. In Western Australia, these fisheries have been particularly hard hit by the warm water events experienced beginning in 2011and subsequent years. These events have severely...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Seafood Producers (WA) Association
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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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)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-011
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2023 - 30 APR 2027

Sea Change: co-developing pathways to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia

This project specifically addresses: 1.1 A regional pilot to connect fishing and aquaculture stakeholders with climate experts to define problems and identify solutions. Deliver a regional pilot to share relevant knowledge regarding risks and opportunities presented by a changing climate with...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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