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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-057
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

Stock predictions and spatial population indicators for Australia's east coast saucer scallop fishery

The Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti, formerly Amusium balloti) trawl fishery used to be the state’s most valuable commercially-fished species, with annual landings that peaked at just under 2000 t (adductor muscle meat-weight tonnes) in 1993 valued at about $30 million (Kailola et al....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-012
DATE START/END: 2 FEB 2020 - 7 AUG 2023

Postgraduate funding - Stock structure and connectivity of Black Bream including implications for management

In November 2018 the SA RAC identified defining stock structure for black bream in southern Australia, and implications for management as one of three post-graduate student projects to address a range of priority fisheries research. The aim was for the student to undertake direct applied research...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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PUBLISHED:
2015-09-01

Seafood CRC farewell

The Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (Seafood CRC) officially opened for business on 6 August 2007 and the agreement with the Australian Government ended on the 30 June 2015. The FRDC was the largest partner investor in the Seafood CRC contributing about $31 million over the past eight...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-009
DATE START/END: 4 SEP 2011 - 3 SEP 2013

Assessment of novel gear designs to reduce interactions between species of conservation interest and commercial fishing nets

This project was developed in direct consultation with John Page of the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) following preliminary trials of a modified gillnet design, and in response to perennial concern about incidental capture/entanglement of species of conservation interest (SOCI),...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-017
DATE START/END: 20 JUL 2008 - 29 JUN 2009

Empowering Industry R&D: Trials of gear modifications to reduce bycatch in freshwater fyke nets

Knowledge of bycatch issues associated with the Victorian eel fishery has been identified in the Victorian Eel Fishery Bycatch Action Plan (BAP) and Eel Fishery Management Plan (EFMP) as being deficient, and recommendations were made to commence fishery dependent and independent monitoring of...
ORGANISATION:
Western Victorian Eel Growers Group
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

One Voice, One Future

Seafood Directions Conference to be held for the first time since 2019 For the first time since 2019, the national seafood industry will converge in Queensland for the industry’s premier ideas, innovation and networking event, the Seafood Directions conference. Seafood Industry...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-017
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2017

Maximise yield or minimise risk in the Blacklip Abalone fishery: using biological data to direct harvest strategies

The aim of this project is to determine whether attributes of the seasonal biology of blacklip abalone can be beneficial for optimizing harvest strategies. The project was developed to assist with the sustainable management and profitability of blacklip abalone fisheries and addresses FRDC’s...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-527
DATE START/END: 26 JUL 2012 - 24 AUG 2014

RFIDS: National recreational fishing education program - “Establish activities and tools to promote recreational fishing on a national level”

Education was identified as a priority by the Federal Minister's Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee as part of the Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy to develop a project to improve education of fishers nationally. There is considerable scope for recreational fishing (RF) to...
ORGANISATION:
University of Wollongong (UOW)
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DATE:
2024-01-23

Impacts of microplastics on seafood revealed

The world’s first global review of microplastics and seafood confirms negative impacts on marine species while identifying the sources of contaminant and suggesting ways to minimise its impact. By Melissa Marino Microplastics are now so ubiquitous in the environment they...
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