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PUBLISHED:
2020-10-01

Multi pronged strategy targets invasive urchins

A coalition of research, government and industry partners is working to bring invasive sea urchins under control in Tasmania, with a mix of biological and market solutions By Larissa Dubecki It has been more than 40 years since the first Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii)...
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International connections in fishing and aquaculture

International collaboration and partnerships At FRDC we recognise the importance of international collaboration and partnerships to achieve a globally sustainable future for fishing and aquaculture. That's why we value our international connections, with whom we actively engage in knowledge...
Environment
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DATE:
2023-12-19

FRDC Update December 2023

Minister Watt’s Research Priorities Received August 2023 The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Hon Murray Watt, has written to all Research and Development Corporations outlining his priorities: I am writing to set out my priorities as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries...
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2017-09-01

Deed offers disease risk strategy

An emergency disease agreement being drafted aims to bring the marine sector into line with land-based agriculture Abalone, oysters, Sardines and prawns: these are just a few of species affected during the past decade by devastating diseases previously unknown in Australian waters. In the wake...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-732
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2012 - 29 APR 2014

SCRC: Trialing regional grower groups to extend and build on CRC outputs

The Oyster Consortium spent 2007-2011 in planning, project commission and communication of available results. It opted to use state-based, face to face forums as the most effective means to communicate, while also building trust and credibility. The CRC is working to ensure that it extends its...
ORGANISATION:
RDS Partners Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-023
DATE START/END: 14 FEB 2009 - 29 DEC 2010

Tactical Research Fund: industry monitoring and sampling of Gulper shark catches in the SESSF

Gulper sharks (Centrophorus species) are caught as bycatch by Gillnet, Hook and Trap, Commonwealth Trawl and Great Australian Bight Trawl sectors of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery. Recently completed ecological risk assessments of these fisheries identified upper-slope gulper...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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2014-03-01

Indigenous customs add to discovery experience

Recording customary fishing techniques provides new tools for sharing stories and teaching the wider public about traditional practices By Ilaria Catizone Angela Jeffery with Wadawurrung Elder Bryon Powell conducting a traditional smoking ceremony. Photo: Fisheries Victoria...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-030
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2019 - 21 SEP 2022

An updated understanding of Eastern School Whiting stock structure and improved stock assessment for cross-jurisdictional management

Eastern School Whiting (Sillago flindersi) is a key economic species of ocean trawl fisheries in south-eastern Australian waters. It occurs in ocean waters to a depth of about 100 m, from Southern Queensland to north-eastern Tasmania and west along the mainland coast to Anxious Bay in South...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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