PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-078 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Seaweed National Hatchery Network (NHN) – Tropical Research Hub for Asparagopsis taxiformis ORGANISATION: James Cook University (JCU) TAGS Seaweed Aquaculture
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-075 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Seafood Careers Australia platform - technical build ORGANISATION: Icon Agency TAGS Workforce Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-074 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capability and Capacity Building - Scientific Networking & Early Career Development (Australian Society for Fish Biology) ORGANISATION: Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc TAGS Workforce Development Conference Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-072 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Educational travel trip for Ocean Trap and Line industry development to explore alternative fishing practices which help prevent TEP species interactions and ghost fishing ORGANISATION: OceanWatch Australia Ltd TAGS Travel Bursary Rac Wa Rac Nsw Innovation Fishing Gear SPECIES Ocean Jacket Mulloway Snapper Yellowtail Kingfish Eastern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-071 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Development of an Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) specific Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) challenge model that can reliably evaluate treatment interventions to support industry focused AGD studies ORGANISATION: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart TAGS Research Mortality Disease Aquaculture Animal Health SPECIES Atlantic Salmon
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-070 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT The feasibility of a financial safety-net: Investigating financial mechanisms to protect oyster growers from disease outbreaks ORGANISATION: NSW Farmers' Association TAGS Shellfish Industry Disease Aquaculture SPECIES Sydney Rock Oyster Pacific Oyster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-068 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Understanding the feasibility of close kin mark recapture for Scalloped Hammerhead in Australia, SE Asia and the Western Pacific ORGANISATION: CSIRO Environment TAGS Rac Nt
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-067 PROJECT STATUS: COMPLETED Investigative tour to World Fisheries Congress, Boston Seafood Show and Electric and Hybrid Maritime Expo (2024) ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Travel Bursary Sustainability Climate Resilience Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-066 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Southern Ocean IPA (Austral Fisheries only) - Metal Detector installation on Toothfish vessels to improve PIT tag recovery rates ORGANISATION: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd TAGS Stock Assessment Post Harvest Commercial Species SPECIES Patagonian Toothfish
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-063 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Design of a fishery independent longline survey for chondrichthyans in Northern Australia ORGANISATION: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Survey Rac Nt Fisheries Management Commercial Species Abundance