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 • 2023-066 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
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-062 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Methods to account for climate impacts in fishery models and management: Case study example of environmental contributors that affect Tiger Prawn population dynamics ORGANISATION: CSIRO TAGS Rac Cmwth Modelling Ecosystem Climate Mitigation Climate Adaptation SPECIES Tiger Prawns
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-061 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Reciprocal working group visit to France for oyster farming and hatchery technology transfer ORGANISATION: Hexcyl Systems Pty Ltd TAGS Production Conference Aquaculture SPECIES Sydney Rock Oyster Pacific Oyster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-060 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Pursuing Marine Stewardship Council Certification for the Australian Southern Rock Lobster fisheries ORGANISATION: Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL) TAGS Social Acceptability Market Opportunities Fisheries Management SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-058 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Aboriginal Fisheries Business Development Program ORGANISATION: NSW Department of Primary Industries TAGS Indigenous Development Business
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-052 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Novel fishery independent, biological and economic-processing methods to underpin expansion of Australia's fastest growing fishery, the Western Rock Octopus ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys TAGS Rac Wa Economic Commercial Species Biology SPECIES Octopuses
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-051 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Ecologically sustainable aquaculture growth through Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) – Incorporating IMTA nutrient modelling into regulatory frameworks. ORGANISATION: Flinders University TAGS Sustainability Rac Sa Fisheries Management Aquaculture SPECIES Southern Bluefin Tuna Yellowtail Kingfish Atlantic Salmon Pacific Oyster Blue Mussel