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PUBLISHED:
2014-12-01

A common approach defines sustainable fishing

A year of listening, debating and discussing has paved the way to a new definition of sustainability for Australia’s wild-catch seafood The five ecological components used to determine ecologically sustainable fisheries. By Josh Fielding Early in 2014, an issues paper, Defining Sustainable...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-754
DATE START/END: 2 NOV 2011 - 30 JAN 2014

SCRC: Development of Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture in Western Australia: Removal of barriers to profitable production.

Western Australia's extensive coastline is currently underutilized for marine finfish production, yet a recent Aquaculture Development Council discussion paper pointed out that aquaculture sites along this coastline can collectively host between 25,000 and 100,000 tons of annual finfish production....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Environment
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-341
DATE START/END: 10 SEP 2008 - 29 JAN 2009

People Development Program: Workforce and Skills Summit

Objective 4 of the People Development Plan recognises that undertaking research and development that aims to understand the fishing / seafood industry’s workforce needs and build workforce capability is a high priority. The capacity to meet this objective is hamstrung by poor coordination,...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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PUBLISHED:
2018-11-02

Research reveals fishmeal alternatives

The search for more sustainable proteins in fishmeal has found some options for Yellowtail Kingfish feeds Researchers conduct post-mortems on Yellowtail Kingfish following trials to assess the success of different dietary formulae. Photo: Andrew Oxley By Catherine Norwood Research into...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-07-01

COVID-19 impacts global seafood markets

Seafood is one of the world’s most traded commodities and Australia is a small cog in the huge wheel of international trade. However, it is clear that the impacts being felt across the globe have been similar to those facing our own seafood sector. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-728
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 1 MAR 2013

Seafood CRC: visiting Expert: Dr Standish Allen - enhancement of tetraploid and triploid production in the Australian Pacific Oyster industry

Dr Standish Allen is a world leader in polyploidy of shellfish and has been working with SCL on a commercial basis through 4C’s Breeding Technologies, Inc. for the past 10 years. Dr. Allen has assisted SCL in commercialising the production of Spawnless Pacific Oysters in Australia (natural...
ORGANISATION:
Shellfish Culture Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-047
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2019

Addressing knowledge gaps for studies of the effect of water resource development on the future of the Northern Prawn Fishery

The estuaries of Australia’s tropical rivers support commercial fisheries for finfish, crustaceans and shellfish valued at approximately $220 million per annum, with the Northern Prawn Fishery valued at $115 million (2013-14) (Savage and Hobsbawn 2015). FRDC 2007/003, (PIs: Burford, Kenyon),...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
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