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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-019
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Future proofing the northern Australia aquaculture industry need for skilled staff to 2050

This project will define the industry's need for specific skills and education levels, map existing training and education providers, and propose improved models for education and training delivery. By evaluating industry workforce needs currently and into the future and analysing the gaps between...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-094
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2021 - 27 JUN 2024

Improving the availability of safe and effective veterinary medicines for Australia's seafood industry

Aquaculture is the fastest growing livestock industry in Australia, and is expected to double in value to $2 billion by 2027 to meet global seafood demand (National Aquaculture Strategic Plan). However, aquatic disease is a major limiting factor for this relatively young primary industry. Veterinary...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-209
DATE START/END: 4 SEP 2011 - 17 SEP 2013

Optimising a novel prawn trawl design for minimum drag and maximum eco-efficiency

In lieu of high-level research input, fishers have had to apply a trial and error approach to the development of better trawling systems. Trawl net design is an exceedingly complex and difficult research area because of the coupled reaction of the apparatus to the harsh environment in which it...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-749
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2014 - 29 JUN 2015

Seafood CRC: understanding the market positioning opportunities for Southern Rock Lobster (SRL) in China

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) is produced exclusively in Southern Australia and New Zealand and is regarded as one of the most highly prized live seafood products in the China market. For many years it has enjoyed a dominant position over most other species of lobster with prices at...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood CRC Company Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-217
DATE START/END: 15 MAR 2005 - 15 DEC 2006

Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: the feasibility of translocating rock lobsters in Tasmania for increasing yield

The Tasmanian lobster resource is characterized by large spatial differences in growth and reproduction parameters. Although the biology is variable spatially, the same management rules are applied across the fishery. Fleet dynamics are also uneven and effort increasingly targets depleted inshore...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2015-03-01

Expertise underpins safe fish trade

Industry participation in the development of international food safety standards is helping to ensure proposed international protocols are workable in Australia By Catherine Norwood (From top) Natalie Dowsett, Anne Astin and Alison Turnbull Helping Australia maintain access to...
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DATE:
2023-10-30

A school of fish(eries) professionals

FRDC supported individuals from all over Australia to attend a Fisheries Management Course in Wollongong - where they learnt, developed, and mastered the profession of sustainably managing a fishery. By Dempsey Ward One of the lucky FRDC-sponsored participants was Industry Liaison...
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2021-06-01

Real-life adventure in seafood science

Queensland’s Sue Poole has been in the vanguard of post-harvest seafood scientists who have lifted the quality, value and consumer appreciation of seafood By Brad Collis As a pioneering seafood researcher, particularly in the area of post-harvest management, Sue Poole has been a key player in...
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PUBLISHED:
2017-01-01

The internet of oysters

Machine intelligence underlies a new, more efficient and profitable way to manage oyster harvests Oyster growers in NSW and Tasmania will benefit from The Yield’s environmental sensors, which state governments are using to assess water quality. Photo: Melissa Marino By Gio Braidotti There...
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2013-06-01

Devastation in Shark Bay nipped by diversification

Peter Jecks with a haul of Blue Swimmer Crabs he relied on before his Shark Bay fishery was closed in the wake of the 2010-11 marine heatwave. Photo: Melissa Marino By Melissa Marino If it was not for diversification, the freak natural events that two years ago closed the Shark Bay crab trap...
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