PROJECT NUMBER
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2023-101
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
11 results
PROJECT NUMBER
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2022-101
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
TAGS
SPECIES
Undertaking an audit and assessment of past Australian aquaculture research, development and extension for all species, to determine what factors led to successful or not successful development of the aquaculture species
Project number:
2017-171
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$19,097.83
Principal Investigator:
Tung Hoang
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
31 Jan 2018
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30 Aug 2019
Contact:
FRDC
To meet the projected seafood demand by 2030 Australian aquaculture needs to increase its rate of growth in both production and competitiveness (FRDC 2016). Extensive R&D efforts have been invested in more than 90 aquaculture species over the last five decades in Australia. Nonetheless, fewer than 10% of these species have reach recognized production in either tonnage or value. Presently, only Atlantic salmon, tiger prawn, barramundi and oysters are considered as major aquaculture species in Australia. This highlights the need to identify possible gaps in our research and extension activities, and the barriers to successful commercialization of new aquaculture species.
Importantly, research interest alone is unlikely to be sufficient to drive aquaculture production of targeted species. The observed limited production or lack of investment in new species may indicate differences in new species preferences among the relevant stakeholders, i.e. scientists, consumers, traders, investors, producers, policy makers and regulators. These differing perspectives should therefore be analysed to provide a better understanding of the conditions required for successful development of a new aquaculture species.
The project proposed here - “Auditing research effort on aquaculture species and industry adoption for production growth” - is consistent with national priorities and strategies of both FRDC and CSIRO. Under the FRDC’s Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan 2015-20, one of three national priorities is to develop new or emerging aquaculture growth opportunities with the aim of delivering RD&E to help promote the establishment of one or two species at commercial scale production. To address this priority the FRDC has established the New and Emerging Aquaculture Opportunities (NEAO) subprogram. Similarly, CSIRO Aquaculture has continuously emphasized the importance of delivering innovative impacts that transform aquaculture production in more-sustainable ways. This implies either removing identified barriers for current aquaculture species or investing in targeted strategic R&D on carefully-selected new species in collaboration with industrial partners.
1. To audit research effort on aquaculture species and industry adoption, and identify possible barriers to further growth of production
2. To establish an open-access database that documents research progress, industry adoption and barriers to further development of aquaculture species in Australia
Final report
Authors:
Tung Hoang
Joshua Fielding
Henry King & Polly Hilder
Final Report
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2020-10-01
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8.40 MB
2017-171-DLD.pdf
This report presents the results of an FRDC project that audited research effort and industry adoption for aquaculture species in Australia and overseas. The goal was to identify opportunities and barriers for commercial aquaculture production. The study involved online surveys, one for scientists and the other for aquaculture producers/consultants which were designed, tested and conducted from late 2018. It also involved interviews, and data collection from experts and stakeholders. Key findings include the need for more investment in RD&E as it is recommended that RD&E should focus on improving production efficiencies for aquaculture of the more consolidated species, challenges related to seed supply and disease risks, and a recommendation to focus on efficient production for key aquaculture species in Australia. The report suggests strategies for stakeholders, industry investors, consumers, and scientists to support aquaculture development in Australia.
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-050
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
TAGS
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2016-170
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
NCCP: Development of hydrological, ecological and epidemiological modelling to inform a CyHV3 release strategy for the biocontrol of carp in the Murray Darling Basin
This report details work undertaken by CSIRO and RMIT University for the National Carp Control Plan (NCCP). The present study develops a series of interrelated hydrological, ecological, and epidemiological models that enable the development of a strategy to inform feasibility assessment and...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
SPECIES
Decadal scale projection of changes in Australian fisheries stocks under climate change
Project number:
2016-139
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$140,800.00
Principal Investigator:
Beth Fulton
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
13 May 2017
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28 Nov 2017
Contact:
FRDC
Australia's oceans are undergoing rapid change (4) , with two of the world’s most rapidly warming ocean areas located in the south-east and south-west (5). Understanding what that change means for fisheries and aquaculture production and management is paramount if the resources are to continue to be sustainably managed. The growth in understanding of climate impacts is a rapidly expanding field. The CSIRO’s OFAM models now have high resolution simulations available at a resolution of 0.1 degrees (~10 km) that run from the current day to the end of the century, an improvement over the snapshot period of 2050-2060 that was available just 2 years ago. Observations of historical change are also accumulating rapidly, and inform the species vulnerability assessments.
While there have been previous climate impacts studies (6, 7) these are aging rapidly and must be updated if management bodies and other stakeholders are to make the best-informed decisions, a must for climateproofing
our fisheries. Given the current revisions of the harvest strategy and bycatch policies and the imminent commencement of a project specifically looking at how to climate-proof Australian fisheries management, updates of the existing models and a synthesis of the new information is needed.
This project will also enable all stakeholders, particularly industry, to become more engaged in the fishery effects of climate change which have biological, economic and social implications. The finer spatial and temporal scale information now available combined with information on species of commercial and recreational interest mean that previously ‘theoretical’ climate futures can now be visualized in a way that matters to stakeholders – area by area, decade by decade. Such a capacity will lead to better engagement with stakeholders and support adaptation planning by fisheries around Australia.
4. Gattuso JP, et al (2015) Science 349 aac4722. DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4722
5. Hobday AJ, Pecl GT (2014) Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 24: 415. doi:10.1007/s11160-013-9326-6
6. Brown CJ, et al (2010) Global Change Biology 16: 1194-1212. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02046.x
7. Fulton EA, Gorton R (2014) Adaptive Futures... CSIRO, Australia. pp 309.
1. Synthesis of existing climate vulnerability information and communicate this to management and other stakeholders
2. Update CSIRO held Australian ecosystem models with the system status information and the latest climate impacts information
3. Run ecosystem projections out to 2050 using the latest Australian OFAM models (i.e. latest physical projections), noting ecosystem and species level effects at 5 or 10 year intervals/averages
4. Distill the fine scale (where possible species level) projections for the Australian EEZ from the FISHMIP model repository.
5. Provide advice on (i) likely impacts of climate in the short, medium and long term
(ii) information gaps and priorities for tracking climate impacts on individual fisheries.
6. Provide output from modelling as input to FRDC Project [FRDC 2016-059] "Adaptation of Commonwealth fisheries management to climate change"
Final report
ISBN:
978-1-4863-1108-8
Authors:
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Alistair J. Hobday
Heidi Pethybridge
Julia Blanchard
Cathy Bulman
Ian Butler
William Cheung
Leo Dutra
Rebecca Gorton
Trevor Hutton
Hector Lozano-Montes
Richard Matear
Gretta Pecl
Eva E. Plagányi
Cecilia Villanueva
and Xuebin Zhang
Final Report
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2018-03-01
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11.66 MB
2016-139-DLD.pdf
Australia's oceans are undergoing rapid change and changes in fish distribution, abundance and phenology have been widely reported. A first step in ensuring that the fisheries of Australia adapt effectively to climate change is an understanding of the historical and projected changes in the species captured. This information will underpin development of industry and management responses and management systems that will allow negative impacts to be mitigated and opportunities that arise to be seized.
This project takes two approaches to understanding climate impacts on species that are captured in Australian fisheries - species sensitivity analysis (Part 1) and ecosystem modelling based on new climate projections (Part 2). Species level responses for each of the Commonwealth fisheries are detailed in both sections, followed by a concluding synthesis and list of recommendations (Part 3).
Keywords: Sensitivity analysis, Vulnerability, Ecosystem modelling, Climate variability, Adaptive management
People development program: 2013 FRDC international travel bursaries- Mark Hilder
Project number:
2008-314.33
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$9,400.00
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
14 Jul 2013
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14 Jan 2014
Contact:
FRDC
SALTAS is the home of the Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon selective breeding program (SBP). This small industry owned company located in the Derwent Valley runs 2 freshwater hatcheries and is responsible for the production of the majority of the broodstock for the industry. The Tasmanian SBP has been in operation since 2005 and has been providing genetically improved eggs and smolt for commercial production to the shareholders since 2012. The genetically improved stocks that have been sent to sea already have performed beyond expectations and as such there is now greater concern for the biological protection of the breeding program, and the commercial gains that it is providing to the Tasmanian industry.
In 2013, SALTAS has embarked upon a strategy to continually upgrade biological protection of the SBP and as such it is essential that key staff are able to become exposed to worlds best practice approaches to biosecurity. The opportunity for Mr Hilder to travel to Canada during their spawning season in November would allow him to see first hand, the approach taken to protect valuable broodstock in an environment where the disease threats are more real and immediate than those here in Tasmania.
Aquaculture diet development subprogram - Development of more cost effective salmon feeds for the Tasmanian atlantic salmon industry
Project number:
1993-126
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$73,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Peter Lee
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
6 Sep 1993
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22 Jun 1996
Contact:
FRDC
1. To establish baseline data on chemical and physical characteristics of commercial feeds used by the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon industry
2. To establish baseline data on carcass composition of locally farmed Atlantic salmon
3. To determine the digestibility of current and potential feed ingredients for Tasmanian Atlantic salmon
4. To determine optimum protein to energy ratios for growth and food conversion for Tasmanian Atlantic salmonat different stages of the production cycle
5. To determine the effect of feed formulation and feeding regime on Tasmanian Atlantic salmon carcass composition
Mechanical Biofouling
Project number:
1992-153
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$42,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Tom Lewis
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
31 May 1993
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28 Jun 1995
Contact:
FRDC
1. To design and manufacture a prototype mechanical device for in situ cleaning of salmon ne biofouling
2. To determine the optimum mechanism by which biofouling can be removed from salmon nets, without the necessity of removing the nets from service
3. To design and commission an automated system with which a suitable cleaning device can be applied, in situ, to salmon nets
Final report
BCA: genetic Diversity in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon
Project number:
1992-152.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$5,272.01
Principal Investigator:
Patrick Hone
Organisation:
CSIRO
Project start/end date:
26 Sep 2001
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28 Sep 2001
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
1. To identify the level of decline in genetic variation in Tasmanian stock of farmed Atlantic salmon
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