SCRC: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SARDI) - Toxicology
SARDI Food Safety has strong microbiological capability, but limited technical capability in relation to chemical residues and additives, or naturally occurring toxins which require specialist knowledge.
The incumbent is therefore expected to provide additional specialist input to existing projects, including:
1) Market Access Defenders (Prawns) - provide input into risk:benefit assessment in relation to Cadmium in Prawns
2) Market Access for Abalone - Marine Biotoxins - application of analytical skills to laboratory results from the monitoring programme
3) Sulphites in Abalone - provide technical expertise to assist with the risk assessment
4) Provision of technical advice in the area of toxicology/chemistry to SafeFish to assist in resolution of technical trade issues.
The incumbent will be expected to work closely with the AS CRC industry participants to develop a research projects in the area of chemical residues and natural toxins. Given current industry priorities concerning the development of marine conservation parks, initial consideration will be given to the development of a project to 'map' Australia's marine environment with respect to chemical contaminants and this information would then be available for industry use in the 'marine park' debate.
SCRC: Investigation of a Company Model for Australian Wild Abalone Trademark
SCRC: SCRC RTG 1.3 - Shrimp pathology course: Disease diagnosis and control, University of Arizona, USA + visit to Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit, Thailand (Daniel Pountney, CRC PhD student, UTAS)
SCRC: Masters: Strategic Planning Practices used by Australian Wild Harvest Fishers
This project will:
Define Strategic Planning Practices and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Investigate SME Contribution to the Australian Economy and Value of Wild Harvest Fisheries
Investigate Strategic Planning Practices
Final report
The small business sector is a foundational element of national economic performance and the provision of employment to millions of workers globally. There is considerable research literature regarding strategy and strategic planning in the context of large, small and micro businesses. However, there is a paucity of research relating to Australian commercial fishing micro-businesses. This study is focussed on exploring the use of strategy and strategic planning at the micro-business level within the Australian commercial fishing industry.