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Waste to profit in urchin fisheries: developing business opportunities to ensure fishery sustainability and safeguard reef dependent fisheries from destructive urchin grazing

Project number: 2016-208
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $54,102.30
Principal Investigator: John P. Keane
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2016 - 27 Feb 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Increasing the viability of urchin fisheries is particularly important for the range-extending Centrostephanus rodgersii which is threatening the productivity and profitability of the lucrative abalone and rock lobster fishing grounds as far south as the Tasman Peninsula (south-eastern Tasmania). Waste products from urchin fisheries account for over 85% of the harvested biomass, with up to 180 tonnes of sea urchin waste produced annually. Developing saleable by-products from waste will increase the viability and profitability of urchin fisheries by 1) creating new business opportunities 2) reducing waste disposal and transport costs and 3) enabling increased harvest levels temporally (longer seasons), spatially (further from port) and at an increased density.

Cost effective control of Centrostephanus is a key priority of the Tasmanian Government as well as the Tasmanian Abalone and Rock Lobster Council. Similarly, the State Government of Victoria and the Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association have highlighted the need to control the destructive overgrazing of urchins. A profitable Centrostephanus fishery is seen as the best way to achieve this. However, profitability in the fishery is currently low given the species lower average roe quality. Methods to reduce costs and increase profitability are vital for a prosperous fishery and control of destructive urchin grazing.

Processors, encouraged by initial trials and results, believe there is a high potential to develop a commercial product from the waste. However, cost and lack of expertise have impeded the timely development of waste-derived products within industry.

Objectives

1. To determine the biochemical composition and volume of urchin waste and identify applications for the agricultural sector.
2. To assess the potential for using sea urchin as rock lobster bait.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-922352-84-2
Authors: Keane J.P. Campus P. Swarts N.
Final Report • 2021-03-01 • 3.24 MB
2016-208-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report examines two potential applications of Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) via pitot scale trials; processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and use as Southern Rock Lobster bait. The biochemical composition of Longspined Sea Urchin waste products was analysed, and the project extended to include growth trials of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) using dried urchin shell waste as fertiliser. Positive results from the greenhouse growth trial indicate high bioavailability and uptake of macro and micro-nutrients that warrant the further investigation and commercial trials. Southern Rock Lobster preference trials utilising Longspined Sea Urchin as potential bait were less promising, with trials showing limited application and strong preferences by lobsters to alternate species including traditional fish bait.
Final Report • 2021-03-01 • 3.24 MB
2016-208-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report examines two potential applications of Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) via pitot scale trials; processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and use as Southern Rock Lobster bait. The biochemical composition of Longspined Sea Urchin waste products was analysed, and the project extended to include growth trials of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) using dried urchin shell waste as fertiliser. Positive results from the greenhouse growth trial indicate high bioavailability and uptake of macro and micro-nutrients that warrant the further investigation and commercial trials. Southern Rock Lobster preference trials utilising Longspined Sea Urchin as potential bait were less promising, with trials showing limited application and strong preferences by lobsters to alternate species including traditional fish bait.
Final Report • 2021-03-01 • 3.24 MB
2016-208-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report examines two potential applications of Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) via pitot scale trials; processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and use as Southern Rock Lobster bait. The biochemical composition of Longspined Sea Urchin waste products was analysed, and the project extended to include growth trials of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) using dried urchin shell waste as fertiliser. Positive results from the greenhouse growth trial indicate high bioavailability and uptake of macro and micro-nutrients that warrant the further investigation and commercial trials. Southern Rock Lobster preference trials utilising Longspined Sea Urchin as potential bait were less promising, with trials showing limited application and strong preferences by lobsters to alternate species including traditional fish bait.

Development of post-harvest handling technologies for the under-utilised cross-jurisdictional Royal Red Prawn fishery

Project number: 2016-207
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $128,544.38
Principal Investigator: Sue Poole
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2016 - 29 May 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The Royal red prawn fishery is effort-driven with frequent lack of demand and low wholesale prices resulting in a relatively lightly fished stock. Several endorsed fishers have indicated in recent conversations, that it has not been worth while to target Royal reds since 2000. The current low market demand and hence value of Royal red prawns can be attributed to variable quality of product and poor market recognition.

Royal red prawns are reputed to have an excellent sweet flavour and acceptable texture however, being a deep-water species, quality degradation is rapid when the prawns are brought to the surface. Hence, customary post-harvest handling practices for prawns could be insufficient to retain quality of Royal reds.

The Royal red resource is clearly under-utilised currently and has potential for value-addition. To gain further benefit and revenue from harvest of this prawn species, effective on-board handling practices need to be determined that limit the rate of quality deterioration and therefore retain maximum quality of product.

This project is designed to develop handling and post-harvest practices, identify preferred product format and establish domestic and international market opportunities to benefit the NSW deep-water prawn fishery, holders of Royal red prawn quota in the SESSF, and the developmental fishery in Queensland.

Objectives

1. Establish the quality attributes of harvested deep water prawns
2. Determine post-harvest handling protocols that maximise product quality
3. Develop product formats that address the demands of local and international consumers
4. Identify new markets to increase economic return within the fishery
5. Encourage adoption of best practice handling and potential market opportunities to industry members (NSW, Commonwealth, QLD)

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-646-99782-7
Author: Sue Poole
Final Report • 2019-05-28 • 5.39 MB
2016-207-DLD.pdf

Summary

The research team have studied the supply chain of Royal Red Prawns including the fishing operations, prawn handling and processing, and current market supply chains. The research team has also undertaken extensive sensory investigation to understand the specific sensory qualities of the Royal Red Prawn to better understand the potential of the species more broadly.
The research team determined that the Royal Red Prawn has a clear point of difference to the majority of current commercial species of prawns in Australia, and this point of difference is not being adequately exploited by the current supply chain for the prawn. The research team determined that these unique and distinctive qualities would be worth investigating further towards directing this prawn to the fine dining and food service sector specifically.
Final Report • 2019-05-28 • 5.39 MB
2016-207-DLD.pdf

Summary

The research team have studied the supply chain of Royal Red Prawns including the fishing operations, prawn handling and processing, and current market supply chains. The research team has also undertaken extensive sensory investigation to understand the specific sensory qualities of the Royal Red Prawn to better understand the potential of the species more broadly.
The research team determined that the Royal Red Prawn has a clear point of difference to the majority of current commercial species of prawns in Australia, and this point of difference is not being adequately exploited by the current supply chain for the prawn. The research team determined that these unique and distinctive qualities would be worth investigating further towards directing this prawn to the fine dining and food service sector specifically.
Final Report • 2019-05-28 • 5.39 MB
2016-207-DLD.pdf

Summary

The research team have studied the supply chain of Royal Red Prawns including the fishing operations, prawn handling and processing, and current market supply chains. The research team has also undertaken extensive sensory investigation to understand the specific sensory qualities of the Royal Red Prawn to better understand the potential of the species more broadly.
The research team determined that the Royal Red Prawn has a clear point of difference to the majority of current commercial species of prawns in Australia, and this point of difference is not being adequately exploited by the current supply chain for the prawn. The research team determined that these unique and distinctive qualities would be worth investigating further towards directing this prawn to the fine dining and food service sector specifically.

Indigenous fishing subprogram: Business Nous - Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry

Project number: 2016-206
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $225,000.00
Principal Investigator: Jill Briggs
Organisation: Affectus Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 6 Mar 2016 - 28 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Fisheries Research Development Corporation Indigenous Reference Group (FRDC-IRG) has identified the following need:-
Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry, the components that have been detailed by the FRDC-IRG include understanding opportunities and impediments for business development, identify the supply chain and research business structures to build enterprise development.

The indigenous fishing sector have commenced the important work of building businesses that can provide product needed by the market and communities; develop employment opportunities for indigenous people; community development through economic development and; recognition of the value of indigenous people and their knowledge and skills.

Additionally this project will address needs developed through the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group principles developed in Cairns in 2012. This project address Principle 4 RD&E - Leads to Improved Capacity That Empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Against the IRG document the project will also address the following identified concepts:-
• Provide Resourcing Options in a User Friendly and Culturally Appropriate Manner to Encourage Greater Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Involvement
• Leads to Agencies Developing Capacity to Recognise and Utilise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Expertise, Processes and Knowledge
• Leads To an Increased Value for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Economic, Social, Cultural, Trade, Health, Environmental)
• Leads To Benefit Sharing

This project will also address a number of key areas in the Federal Governments ‘Our North, Our Future – White Paper.’ Specifically it will move some way to addressing these areas:-
• Making it easier to use natural assets, in close consultation with, and the support of,
• Indigenous communities
• Investing in infrastructure to lower business and household costs
• Reducing barriers to employing people
• Improving governance.

Objectives

1. An analysis tool to assess the success elements of indigenous fishing businesses and non-fishing indigenous businesses
2. A gap analysis of skills available and skills needed to develop and/or enhance the skills of people involved in indigenous fishing businesses.
3. Draft and finalise a Business template with conversation and workshop materials to enhance the indigenous communities connected to indigenous fishing
4. Enhance the business skills of indigenous fishing communities through the delivery of workshops, community conversations and virtual information sharing sessions

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9872781-6-6
Author: Jill Briggs
Final Report • 2020-07-06 • 3.28 MB
2016-206-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Business Nous Project (BN) research and outputs have been finalised in November 2019 with the completion of the website and workshop outputs and the project evaluation. The project delivered successfully on three of the four objectives with the workshop component of the project is being held in abeyance until specific groups and/or communities are identified.

Twenty-two individuals from twenty-one existing, closed or about to commence businesses were interviewed. These twenty-two people were drawn from a range of locations but were from Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Interviewees were drawn from many age groups, but the highest percentage were from the 55+ age group. Both males and females were interviewed the gender bias was skewed to males. Interviewees were from both fishing and non-fishing businesses and most were sole traders.

The interviewees were generous with their information and were able to provide insight into the skills and knowledge they had used to build and grow their businesses. The interviewees were also able to detail the areas of knowledge that all business owners should have been commencing or running a business.

The findings from twenty-one interviews were the base for developing the information presented on the Business Nous website. However, it should be noted that this output was modified from a decision-making tree. The working group presented the decision-making tree to the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) and the consensus was that the decision-making tree would either be too complex or too simplistic in assisting Indigenous fishers with relevant fishing business nous.

The key findings suggest that to manage and/or own an Indigenous fishing business, standard principles need to be followed and structures implemented. Business concepts that most business owners understand such as:

Payroll
Book-keeping
Regulations
Cash-flow
Staff Management
Planning and marketing

All of the interviewees indicated that they understood and adopted many of the above and one business embraced all standard business practices covered by the questionnaire.

Additionally, the Indigenous business owners interviewed highlighted a second layer of expectations that were regularly considered when planning for and opening a business. This additional layer of requirements included consideration for:

Community expectations.
Cultural obligations.
Guidance from Elders. 
Consideration of Traditional Knowledge.

The above and other expectations highlighted one of the fundamental questions the working group considered - Is it different for Indigenous people to plan and operate a successful fishing business?

The BN project has developed materials that will assist people think through the essential elements when operating a fishing business.

The three main outputs for Indigenous fishing businesses are:

Business Nous Website – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/ 
Business Nous promotional videos – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/about-business-nous-project
Business Nous workshop materials – found in Appendix 9

There are key project materials that have been managed to ensure the above outputs were delivered.
Final Report • 2020-07-06 • 3.28 MB
2016-206-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Business Nous Project (BN) research and outputs have been finalised in November 2019 with the completion of the website and workshop outputs and the project evaluation. The project delivered successfully on three of the four objectives with the workshop component of the project is being held in abeyance until specific groups and/or communities are identified.

Twenty-two individuals from twenty-one existing, closed or about to commence businesses were interviewed. These twenty-two people were drawn from a range of locations but were from Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Interviewees were drawn from many age groups, but the highest percentage were from the 55+ age group. Both males and females were interviewed the gender bias was skewed to males. Interviewees were from both fishing and non-fishing businesses and most were sole traders.

The interviewees were generous with their information and were able to provide insight into the skills and knowledge they had used to build and grow their businesses. The interviewees were also able to detail the areas of knowledge that all business owners should have been commencing or running a business.

The findings from twenty-one interviews were the base for developing the information presented on the Business Nous website. However, it should be noted that this output was modified from a decision-making tree. The working group presented the decision-making tree to the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) and the consensus was that the decision-making tree would either be too complex or too simplistic in assisting Indigenous fishers with relevant fishing business nous.

The key findings suggest that to manage and/or own an Indigenous fishing business, standard principles need to be followed and structures implemented. Business concepts that most business owners understand such as:

Payroll
Book-keeping
Regulations
Cash-flow
Staff Management
Planning and marketing

All of the interviewees indicated that they understood and adopted many of the above and one business embraced all standard business practices covered by the questionnaire.

Additionally, the Indigenous business owners interviewed highlighted a second layer of expectations that were regularly considered when planning for and opening a business. This additional layer of requirements included consideration for:

Community expectations.
Cultural obligations.
Guidance from Elders. 
Consideration of Traditional Knowledge.

The above and other expectations highlighted one of the fundamental questions the working group considered - Is it different for Indigenous people to plan and operate a successful fishing business?

The BN project has developed materials that will assist people think through the essential elements when operating a fishing business.

The three main outputs for Indigenous fishing businesses are:

Business Nous Website – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/ 
Business Nous promotional videos – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/about-business-nous-project
Business Nous workshop materials – found in Appendix 9

There are key project materials that have been managed to ensure the above outputs were delivered.
Final Report • 2020-07-06 • 3.28 MB
2016-206-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Business Nous Project (BN) research and outputs have been finalised in November 2019 with the completion of the website and workshop outputs and the project evaluation. The project delivered successfully on three of the four objectives with the workshop component of the project is being held in abeyance until specific groups and/or communities are identified.

Twenty-two individuals from twenty-one existing, closed or about to commence businesses were interviewed. These twenty-two people were drawn from a range of locations but were from Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Interviewees were drawn from many age groups, but the highest percentage were from the 55+ age group. Both males and females were interviewed the gender bias was skewed to males. Interviewees were from both fishing and non-fishing businesses and most were sole traders.

The interviewees were generous with their information and were able to provide insight into the skills and knowledge they had used to build and grow their businesses. The interviewees were also able to detail the areas of knowledge that all business owners should have been commencing or running a business.

The findings from twenty-one interviews were the base for developing the information presented on the Business Nous website. However, it should be noted that this output was modified from a decision-making tree. The working group presented the decision-making tree to the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) and the consensus was that the decision-making tree would either be too complex or too simplistic in assisting Indigenous fishers with relevant fishing business nous.

The key findings suggest that to manage and/or own an Indigenous fishing business, standard principles need to be followed and structures implemented. Business concepts that most business owners understand such as:

Payroll
Book-keeping
Regulations
Cash-flow
Staff Management
Planning and marketing

All of the interviewees indicated that they understood and adopted many of the above and one business embraced all standard business practices covered by the questionnaire.

Additionally, the Indigenous business owners interviewed highlighted a second layer of expectations that were regularly considered when planning for and opening a business. This additional layer of requirements included consideration for:

Community expectations.
Cultural obligations.
Guidance from Elders. 
Consideration of Traditional Knowledge.

The above and other expectations highlighted one of the fundamental questions the working group considered - Is it different for Indigenous people to plan and operate a successful fishing business?

The BN project has developed materials that will assist people think through the essential elements when operating a fishing business.

The three main outputs for Indigenous fishing businesses are:

Business Nous Website – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/ 
Business Nous promotional videos – https://www.irgbusinessnous.com.au/about-business-nous-project
Business Nous workshop materials – found in Appendix 9

There are key project materials that have been managed to ensure the above outputs were delivered.
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-204
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry - 'Wave to plate' establishing a market for Tasmanian cultural fisheries

The FRDC project, ‘Wave to Plate’: establishing a market for cultural fisheries in Tasmania, is the first time that an Aboriginal Tasmanian postdoctoral researcher has engaged with marine research in Tasmania. Indigenous-led research has delivered a raft of outcomes that can be...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Indigenous fishing subprogram: Business opportunities and impediments for Aboriginal community development in supportive fishing industries in the Roper River to Robinson River area of the Northern Territory

Project number: 2016-201
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $87,360.34
Principal Investigator: Lorrae McArthur
Organisation: Northern Land Council (NLC)
Project start/end date: 31 Aug 2016 - 27 Feb 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Aboriginal communities have property rights for 85% of the Northern Territory’s coastline, with respect to the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act 1976. This significant asset that is unique to the rest of Australia provides an important opportunity for communities to create niche markets and build their capacity around providing services to and engaging directly in the fishing and seafood sectors. However, these mostly remote Aboriginal communities have limited capacity to access to services and expertise that is needed to assist them in their planning and development of commercial interests.

The Aboriginal led Wurrahiliba Management Committee for the region from Roper River to Robinson River in the Gulf of Carpentaria has identified a clear need for instruments that will assist the local community in developing sustainable and low risk business investments that enhance local fishing activity and community participation through jobs and enterprises. Any achievements toward this will assist Aboriginal communities in realising the benefits from their unique property right.

While the focus of the project is in the Gulf region, the approach taken in addressing local needs would easily transfer to other regions, both in the Northern Territory and nationally. The tools applied to build the capacity of Aboriginal people in determining business opportunities provides a useful model that could be reshaped, based on local aspirations, and applied in other regions where communities are similarly struggling to consolidate ideas and identify the steps and support services necessary to start up small business in supporting local economies generated by fishing and seafood sectors.

Objectives

1. The overarching objective is to build the capacity of the Wurrahiliba Management Committee ina. identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies b. realising impediments and c. developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition.
2. Ensure community based planning approaches inform the project and meet specific needs of the community, particularly Aboriginal social and cultural aspirations in fishing and seafood sectors which are often missed in mainstream planning stages.
3. Support best practice through informed consent from Traditional Owners in all stages of enterprise development on their land and tidal waters.
4. 3. Develop Traditional Owners networks with fishing industries, local Aboriginal Ranger programs, local business, relevant agencies and other stakeholder interests.
5. 4. Facilitate robust communication and relationship building among Traditional Owners and stakeholders through forums and consultations.
6. 5. Raise community awareness through networks and communication materials.
7. 6. Support a consultative process that facilitates the mapping of existing local fishing activity and services and identifies needs as well as new opportunities and gaps.
8. 7. Refine interests into potential business scenarios that can be used in a second phase of this project which is to develop and test the feasibility of business cases.
9. 8. Develop a report for the community that will provide a legacy product to assist the Wurrahiliba Management Committee in setting priorities and developing its interests over the next 10-15 years.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-646-81602-9
Authors: Sinclair M. Dulfer-Hyams M. & Nona H.
Final Report • 2020-02-01 • 8.17 MB
2016-201-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report provides an account of the Yanyuwa Traditional Owner-led project, Business opportunities and impediments for Aboriginal community development in supportive fishing industries in the Roper River to Robinson River Area of the Northern Territory which was grounded in a Participatory Action Research Approach (PAR). It was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and aimed to: 
Build capacity of the Wurrahiliba Management Committee (WMC)1 in identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies, realising impediments, and developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
 
Further research objectives were stated as: 
  1. The overarching objective is to build the capacity of the WMC in:
    • Identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies 
    • Realising impediments and 
    • Developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
  2. Ensure community-based planning approaches inform the project and meet specific needs of the community, particularly Aboriginal social and cultural aspirations in fishing and seafood sectors which are often missed in mainstream planning stages. 
  3. Support best practice through informed consent from Traditional Owners in all stages of enterprise development on their land and tidal waters.
  4. Develop Traditional Owners networks with fishing industries, local Aboriginal Ranger programs, local business, relevant agencies and other stakeholder interests. 
  5. Facilitate robust communication and relationship building among Traditional Owners and stakeholders through forums and consultations.
  6. Raise community awareness through networks and communication materials. 
  7. Support a consultative process that facilitates the mapping of existing local fishing activity and services and identifies needs as well as new opportunities and gaps. 
  8. Refine interests into potential business scenarios that can be used in a second phase of this project which is to develop and test the feasibility of business cases. 
  9. Develop a report for the community that will provide a legacy product to assist the WMC in setting priorities and developing its interests over the next 10-15 years. 
The WMC is a resource co-management committee led by Yanyuwa Traditional Owners. Its establishment is provisioned under the intertidal agreement between the Northern Land Council on behalf of Traditional Owners and the Northern Territory Government. The agreement provides permit- free access for commercial and recreational fishers and fishing tour operators to enter intertidal waters over Aboriginal-owned land across the Sir Edward Pellew Islands and McArthur River area. 
To implement this project using community-based planning approaches and support relationship building, lead facilitators enabled WMC members and other interested stakeholders to form a PAR community of co-researchers to collectively inquire into the supportive fishing industries opportunities in the area, identify impediments and develop strategic actions to bring opportunities to fruition. 
Lead facilitators enabled the collective inquiry through implementing a range of community-based workshops, meetings and structured interviews, and facilitated information sharing between the co- researchers. The lead facilitators also distributed information to inform the PAR community’s collective inquiry, and meeting and workshops reports to co-researchers to support their reflection of workshops. 
This report has been authored by the lead facilitators and presents the project findings for the consideration of the PAR community. It aims to assist in their determination of future strategic actions to pursue their aspirations in growing the fishing sector in Borroloola and addressing the impediments of Aboriginal economic development.
This report considers the aspirations and impediments to Aboriginal community development according to the Yanyuwa Traditional Owners that participated in the project and other industry representatives, government agencies and the Northern Land Council. It does not necessarily represent the views of all Yanyuwa Traditional Owners.
It is recommended that the PAR community consider the findings of this project, and subsequently identify their next strategic actions.
Final Report • 2020-02-01 • 8.17 MB
2016-201-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report provides an account of the Yanyuwa Traditional Owner-led project, Business opportunities and impediments for Aboriginal community development in supportive fishing industries in the Roper River to Robinson River Area of the Northern Territory which was grounded in a Participatory Action Research Approach (PAR). It was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and aimed to: 
Build capacity of the Wurrahiliba Management Committee (WMC)1 in identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies, realising impediments, and developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
 
Further research objectives were stated as: 
  1. The overarching objective is to build the capacity of the WMC in:
    • Identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies 
    • Realising impediments and 
    • Developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
  2. Ensure community-based planning approaches inform the project and meet specific needs of the community, particularly Aboriginal social and cultural aspirations in fishing and seafood sectors which are often missed in mainstream planning stages. 
  3. Support best practice through informed consent from Traditional Owners in all stages of enterprise development on their land and tidal waters.
  4. Develop Traditional Owners networks with fishing industries, local Aboriginal Ranger programs, local business, relevant agencies and other stakeholder interests. 
  5. Facilitate robust communication and relationship building among Traditional Owners and stakeholders through forums and consultations.
  6. Raise community awareness through networks and communication materials. 
  7. Support a consultative process that facilitates the mapping of existing local fishing activity and services and identifies needs as well as new opportunities and gaps. 
  8. Refine interests into potential business scenarios that can be used in a second phase of this project which is to develop and test the feasibility of business cases. 
  9. Develop a report for the community that will provide a legacy product to assist the WMC in setting priorities and developing its interests over the next 10-15 years. 
The WMC is a resource co-management committee led by Yanyuwa Traditional Owners. Its establishment is provisioned under the intertidal agreement between the Northern Land Council on behalf of Traditional Owners and the Northern Territory Government. The agreement provides permit- free access for commercial and recreational fishers and fishing tour operators to enter intertidal waters over Aboriginal-owned land across the Sir Edward Pellew Islands and McArthur River area. 
To implement this project using community-based planning approaches and support relationship building, lead facilitators enabled WMC members and other interested stakeholders to form a PAR community of co-researchers to collectively inquire into the supportive fishing industries opportunities in the area, identify impediments and develop strategic actions to bring opportunities to fruition. 
Lead facilitators enabled the collective inquiry through implementing a range of community-based workshops, meetings and structured interviews, and facilitated information sharing between the co- researchers. The lead facilitators also distributed information to inform the PAR community’s collective inquiry, and meeting and workshops reports to co-researchers to support their reflection of workshops. 
This report has been authored by the lead facilitators and presents the project findings for the consideration of the PAR community. It aims to assist in their determination of future strategic actions to pursue their aspirations in growing the fishing sector in Borroloola and addressing the impediments of Aboriginal economic development.
This report considers the aspirations and impediments to Aboriginal community development according to the Yanyuwa Traditional Owners that participated in the project and other industry representatives, government agencies and the Northern Land Council. It does not necessarily represent the views of all Yanyuwa Traditional Owners.
It is recommended that the PAR community consider the findings of this project, and subsequently identify their next strategic actions.
Final Report • 2020-02-01 • 8.17 MB
2016-201-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report provides an account of the Yanyuwa Traditional Owner-led project, Business opportunities and impediments for Aboriginal community development in supportive fishing industries in the Roper River to Robinson River Area of the Northern Territory which was grounded in a Participatory Action Research Approach (PAR). It was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and aimed to: 
Build capacity of the Wurrahiliba Management Committee (WMC)1 in identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies, realising impediments, and developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
 
Further research objectives were stated as: 
  1. The overarching objective is to build the capacity of the WMC in:
    • Identifying well founded opportunities to grow local fishing sector economies 
    • Realising impediments and 
    • Developing a strategy of steps to bring opportunities to fruition. 
  2. Ensure community-based planning approaches inform the project and meet specific needs of the community, particularly Aboriginal social and cultural aspirations in fishing and seafood sectors which are often missed in mainstream planning stages. 
  3. Support best practice through informed consent from Traditional Owners in all stages of enterprise development on their land and tidal waters.
  4. Develop Traditional Owners networks with fishing industries, local Aboriginal Ranger programs, local business, relevant agencies and other stakeholder interests. 
  5. Facilitate robust communication and relationship building among Traditional Owners and stakeholders through forums and consultations.
  6. Raise community awareness through networks and communication materials. 
  7. Support a consultative process that facilitates the mapping of existing local fishing activity and services and identifies needs as well as new opportunities and gaps. 
  8. Refine interests into potential business scenarios that can be used in a second phase of this project which is to develop and test the feasibility of business cases. 
  9. Develop a report for the community that will provide a legacy product to assist the WMC in setting priorities and developing its interests over the next 10-15 years. 
The WMC is a resource co-management committee led by Yanyuwa Traditional Owners. Its establishment is provisioned under the intertidal agreement between the Northern Land Council on behalf of Traditional Owners and the Northern Territory Government. The agreement provides permit- free access for commercial and recreational fishers and fishing tour operators to enter intertidal waters over Aboriginal-owned land across the Sir Edward Pellew Islands and McArthur River area. 
To implement this project using community-based planning approaches and support relationship building, lead facilitators enabled WMC members and other interested stakeholders to form a PAR community of co-researchers to collectively inquire into the supportive fishing industries opportunities in the area, identify impediments and develop strategic actions to bring opportunities to fruition. 
Lead facilitators enabled the collective inquiry through implementing a range of community-based workshops, meetings and structured interviews, and facilitated information sharing between the co- researchers. The lead facilitators also distributed information to inform the PAR community’s collective inquiry, and meeting and workshops reports to co-researchers to support their reflection of workshops. 
This report has been authored by the lead facilitators and presents the project findings for the consideration of the PAR community. It aims to assist in their determination of future strategic actions to pursue their aspirations in growing the fishing sector in Borroloola and addressing the impediments of Aboriginal economic development.
This report considers the aspirations and impediments to Aboriginal community development according to the Yanyuwa Traditional Owners that participated in the project and other industry representatives, government agencies and the Northern Land Council. It does not necessarily represent the views of all Yanyuwa Traditional Owners.
It is recommended that the PAR community consider the findings of this project, and subsequently identify their next strategic actions.

Growing a profitable, innovative, collaborative Australian Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture industry: bringing ‘white’ fish to the market. WA Component

Project number: 2016-200.40
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $175,709.80
Principal Investigator: Gavin J. Partridge
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Project start/end date: 29 Feb 2016 - 29 Apr 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Yellowtail kingfish (YTK) farming is identified nationally as the greatest opportunity for new aquaculture development in the next few decades through substantial increases in farmed area and product, and use of aquafeeds, resulting in growth in regional economies and employment. Within 10 years, YTK production is expected to increase by 34,000 tonnes, worth $440 million, and using 68,000 tonnes of aquafeed worth $136 million. The key challenge to achieving this growth is for industry to diversify its focus from supplying only the relatively small volume, high price sashimi market to the larger volume, lower price Australian ‘white fish’ market, while enhancing farm productivity and reducing operating costs to maintain profitability.

This project will enable industry to grow its position by developing more cost effective, sustainable feeds and feeding strategies to enhance YTK growth and health. It will also network three key Australian YTK aquaculture companies and their aligned research institutions (SA NSW and WA). The WA producer Indian Ocean Fresh will participate in the first year with the view to invest further in subsequent years.

As such, this project will meet the designated ‘Rural Research & Development for Profit Programme’ objectives:
1. “Generating knowledge, technologies, products or processes that benefit primary producers",
2. “Establishing and fostering industry and research collaborations that form the basis for ongoing innovation and growth of Australian agriculture”.

The key Activities will address the YTK industry's common R&D priorities through three components/themes:
1. Economically sustainable feeds and improved diet formulation (NUTRITION);
2. Improved FEEDING STRATEGIES to increase profit; and
3. Improving nutritional HEALTH to boost productivity.

Objectives

1. Benchmark the performance of yellowtail kingfish grown in waters representative of the warm waters of the mid west of Western Australia
2. Determine the effect of different commercial diets on the health status of yellowtail kingfish
3. Compare performance of YTK derived from WA and SA broodstock

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9871696-3-1
Authors: Dr Gavin J Partridge Dr Lindsey Woolley Dr Cecile Dang Dr Fran Stephens
Final Report • 2017-04-01 • 3.41 MB
2016-200-40-DLD.pdf

Summary

This set of experiments compared the growth performance, survival and health of yellowtail kingfish (YTK) sourced from two different hatcheries (Strain 1 and Strain 2) fed on various diets over a commercially relevant time period of 56 weeks (ca. 13 months). Fish health was assessed routinely throughout the trial using histology, haematology, blood biochemistry and by measuring various immune parameters via both flow cytometry and more classical techniques.
This project demonstrated significant differences in the performance of YTK fed different diets across a commercially relevant time frame. It has generated growth and FCR data that are superior to those reported previously and that will be used to generate more industry-relevant growth models for optimising feeding and food conversion ratios in warm-water environments. The project has been highly successfully in generating large volumes of baseline data on health and has generated new techniques and skill sets within Western Australia that will be of key importance to the developing YTK industry in this state. The project has identified several areas for future work that have potential in improving YTK health and subsequently the profitability and sustainability of the industry.
Final Report • 2017-04-01 • 3.41 MB
2016-200-40-DLD.pdf

Summary

This set of experiments compared the growth performance, survival and health of yellowtail kingfish (YTK) sourced from two different hatcheries (Strain 1 and Strain 2) fed on various diets over a commercially relevant time period of 56 weeks (ca. 13 months). Fish health was assessed routinely throughout the trial using histology, haematology, blood biochemistry and by measuring various immune parameters via both flow cytometry and more classical techniques.
This project demonstrated significant differences in the performance of YTK fed different diets across a commercially relevant time frame. It has generated growth and FCR data that are superior to those reported previously and that will be used to generate more industry-relevant growth models for optimising feeding and food conversion ratios in warm-water environments. The project has been highly successfully in generating large volumes of baseline data on health and has generated new techniques and skill sets within Western Australia that will be of key importance to the developing YTK industry in this state. The project has identified several areas for future work that have potential in improving YTK health and subsequently the profitability and sustainability of the industry.
Final Report • 2017-04-01 • 3.41 MB
2016-200-40-DLD.pdf

Summary

This set of experiments compared the growth performance, survival and health of yellowtail kingfish (YTK) sourced from two different hatcheries (Strain 1 and Strain 2) fed on various diets over a commercially relevant time period of 56 weeks (ca. 13 months). Fish health was assessed routinely throughout the trial using histology, haematology, blood biochemistry and by measuring various immune parameters via both flow cytometry and more classical techniques.
This project demonstrated significant differences in the performance of YTK fed different diets across a commercially relevant time frame. It has generated growth and FCR data that are superior to those reported previously and that will be used to generate more industry-relevant growth models for optimising feeding and food conversion ratios in warm-water environments. The project has been highly successfully in generating large volumes of baseline data on health and has generated new techniques and skill sets within Western Australia that will be of key importance to the developing YTK industry in this state. The project has identified several areas for future work that have potential in improving YTK health and subsequently the profitability and sustainability of the industry.

Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian Yellowtail Kingfish aquaculture industry: bringing 'white' fish to the market - RnD4Profit-14-01-027 - SA Component

Project number: 2016-200.30
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $2,642,603.00
Principal Investigator: David A. Stone
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2015 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

YTK farming is identified nationally as the greatest opportunity for new aquaculture development in the next few decades through substantial increases in farmed area and product, and use of aquafeeds, resulting in growth in regional economies and employment. Within 10 years, YTK production is expected to increase by 34,000 tonnes, worth $440 million, and using 68,000 tonnes of aquafeed worth $136 million. The key challenge to achieving this growth is for industry to diversify its focus from supplying only the relatively small volume, high price sashimi market to the larger volume, lower price Australian ‘white fish’ market, while enhancing farm productivity and reducing operating costs to maintain profitability.

This project will enable industry to grow its position by developing more cost effective, sustainable feeds and feeding strategies to enhance YTK growth and health; the industry’s highest common R&D priorities as feed and feeding strategies comprise 60% of operating costs. It will also network three key Australian YTK aquaculture companies and their aligned research institutions (SA, NSW and WA). Aquafeed companies are also likely to participate. As such, this project will meet the designated ‘Rural Research & Development for Profit Programme’ objectives:
1. “Generating knowledge, technologies, products or processes that benefit primary producers",
2. “Establishing and fostering industry and research collaborations that form the basis for ongoing innovation and growth of Australian agriculture”.

The key Activities wil address the YTK industry's common R&D priorities through three components/themes:
1. Economically sustainable feeds and improved diet formulation (NUTRITION);
2. Improved FEEDING STRATEGIES to increase profit; and
3. Improving nutritional HEALTH to boost productivity.

Once the project is initiated the Steering Committee will develop an agreed approach to engage with aquafeed companies to maximise participation in and contribution to the project.

Objectives

1. NUTRITION: Greater understanding of the conditional dietary requirements for fatty acids (EPA and DHA) and cholesterol in large YTK at summer water temperatures
2. NUTRITION: Improved utilisation of land animal protein to reduce fish meal content in production diets for large YTK during winter
3. NUTRITION: Improved knowledge of the effects of emulsifiers on lipid digestibility and gut health in large YTK at winter water temperatures
4. NUTRITION: Greater knowledge of alternative high n-3 vegetable oils for large YTK at winter water temperatures
5. FEEDING STRATEGIES: Optimise winter feeding strategies for large market size YTK
6. FEEDING STRATEGIES: Understanding the effect of variable oxygen levels in tanks on feed utilisation of large YTK at summer water temperatures
7. HEALTH: Develop and validate a challenge model suitable for assessing health of YTK provided with different diets using different feeding strategies
8. HEALTH: Examine, understand and improve gastrointestinal function and health to enhance YTK performance
9. EXTENDING YTK CAPABILITY: Build the capability of industry and its service providers through increased awareness, education & training

Final report

ISBN: 9781876007171
Authors: David Stone Mark Booth and Steven Clarke
Final Report • 20.50 MB
2016-200-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging Aquaculture Opportunities' (NEAO) Subprogram. The project built on earlier R&D on YTK undertaken through the FRDC and the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC) to delivers outcomes specifically for the industry partners of this project, and also provide benefits to the broader finfish aquaculture industry, particularly the sectors targeting the production of 'white' fish (e.g. Barramundi and Cobia).
This project covers research conducted by the South Australian research and Development Institute (SARDI) as part of the collaborative R&D for Profit "kingfish for profit (K4P)" project including industry and research partners. Within this project SARDI conducted the following activities:
1. Project Initiation and Management 
2. Identify economically sustainable feeds and improve diet formulation (Nutrition)
3. Improve feeding strategies to increase profit (Feeding Strategies)
4. Improve nutritional health to boost productivity (Health)
5. Extension and capability building
Outputs of research activities conducted by SARDI are reported within the final report that includes outputs from all research conducted through the RnD4Profit funded project "Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market".

Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market - RnD4Profit-14-01-027

Project number: 2016-200.20
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $2,003,490.81
Principal Investigator: Mark A. Booth
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2015 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Yellowtail kingfish (YTK) farming is identified nationally as the greatest opportunity for new aquaculture development in the next few decades through substantial increases in farmed area and product, and use of aquafeeds, resulting in growth in regional economies and employment. Within 10 years, YTK production is expected to increase by 34,000 tonnes, worth $440 million, and using 68,000 tonnes of aquafeed worth $136 million. The key challenge to achieving this growth is for industry to diversify its focus from supplying only the relatively small volume, high price sashimi market to the larger volume, lower price Australian "white fish market", while enhancing farm productivity and reducing operating costs to maintain profitability. This project will enable industry to grow its position by developing more cost effective, sustainable feeds and feeding strategies to enhance YTK growth and health; the industry's highest common R&D priorities as feed and feeding strategies comprise 60% of operating costs. It will also network two key Australian YTK aquaculture companies and their aligned research institutions (SA and NSW). A third producer (WA) and aquafeed companies are likely to invest in subsequent years. As such, this project will meet the designated 'Rural Research & Development for Profit Programme' objectives:

1􀀑􀀃. Generating knowledge, technologies, products or processes that benefit primary producers,
2􀀑􀀃. Establishing and fostering industry and research collaborations that form the basis for ongoing innovation and growth of Australian agriculture.

The key Activities wil address the YTK industry's common R&D priorities through three components/themes:
1. Economically sustainable feeds and improved diet formulation (NUTRITION);
2. Improved FEEDING STRATEGIES to increase profit; and
3. Improving nutritional HEALTH to boost productivity.

Once the project is initiated the Steering Committee will develop an agreed approach to engage with aquafeed companies to maximise participation in and contribution to the project.

Objectives

1. Determining the conditional requirements of YTK for key amino acids
2. Determining the digestibility of priority ingredients by YTK
3. Refine and improve bioenergetic models and predictive on-farm management tools for YTK
4. Optimise feeding strategies for YTK by determining the effect of feeding frequency, diet composition and abiotic factors on growth, FCR and health.
5. Increase the reproductive health and potential of YTK broodstock and develop tools that can rapidly screen the quality of eggs and larvae.
6. To provide scientific data to populate bio-economic models for YTK and evaluate the feasibility of farming YTK in NSW
7. To provide scientific data that supports development of the NSW DPI Marine Waters Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy

Final report

ISBN: 9781876007171
Authors: David Stone Mark Booth and Steven Clarke
Final Report • 2019-06-03 • 20.50 MB
2016-200-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging Aquaculture Opportunities' (NEAO) Subprogram. The project built on earlier R&D on YTK undertaken through the FRDC and the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC) to delivers outcomes specifically for the industry partners of this project, and also provide benefits to the broader finfish aquaculture industry, particularly the sectors targeting the production of 'white' fish (e.g. Barramundi and Cobia).
 
This project covers research conducted by the NSW DPI Fisheries as part of the collaborative R&D for Profit "kingfish for profit (K4P)" project including industry and research partners. Within this project NSW DPI conducted multiple nutrition and feeding experiments related to the Nutrition, Feeding Strategies and Health themes agreed on in the Y4P Project, including:
1) Determining the conditional requirements of YTK for key amino acids (e.g. methionine).
2) Determining the digestibility of priority ingredients by YTK
3) Refining factorial models for YTK by determining the effect of dietary and abiotic factors on model parameters.
4) Optimise feeding strategies for YTK by determining the effect of feeding frequency, diet composition and abiotic factors on growth, FCR and health.
5) Understanding how diet types affect the reproductive health and output of YTK broodstock with a view to developing tools that can rapidly screen the quality of eggs and larvae.

Outputs of research conducted in NSW are reported within the final report that includes outputs from all research conducted through the RnD4Profit funded project "Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market".
Final Report • 2019-06-03 • 20.50 MB
2016-200-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging Aquaculture Opportunities' (NEAO) Subprogram. The project built on earlier R&D on YTK undertaken through the FRDC and the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC) to delivers outcomes specifically for the industry partners of this project, and also provide benefits to the broader finfish aquaculture industry, particularly the sectors targeting the production of 'white' fish (e.g. Barramundi and Cobia).
 
This project covers research conducted by the NSW DPI Fisheries as part of the collaborative R&D for Profit "kingfish for profit (K4P)" project including industry and research partners. Within this project NSW DPI conducted multiple nutrition and feeding experiments related to the Nutrition, Feeding Strategies and Health themes agreed on in the Y4P Project, including:
1) Determining the conditional requirements of YTK for key amino acids (e.g. methionine).
2) Determining the digestibility of priority ingredients by YTK
3) Refining factorial models for YTK by determining the effect of dietary and abiotic factors on model parameters.
4) Optimise feeding strategies for YTK by determining the effect of feeding frequency, diet composition and abiotic factors on growth, FCR and health.
5) Understanding how diet types affect the reproductive health and output of YTK broodstock with a view to developing tools that can rapidly screen the quality of eggs and larvae.

Outputs of research conducted in NSW are reported within the final report that includes outputs from all research conducted through the RnD4Profit funded project "Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market".
Final Report • 2019-06-03 • 20.50 MB
2016-200-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging Aquaculture Opportunities' (NEAO) Subprogram. The project built on earlier R&D on YTK undertaken through the FRDC and the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC) to delivers outcomes specifically for the industry partners of this project, and also provide benefits to the broader finfish aquaculture industry, particularly the sectors targeting the production of 'white' fish (e.g. Barramundi and Cobia).
 
This project covers research conducted by the NSW DPI Fisheries as part of the collaborative R&D for Profit "kingfish for profit (K4P)" project including industry and research partners. Within this project NSW DPI conducted multiple nutrition and feeding experiments related to the Nutrition, Feeding Strategies and Health themes agreed on in the Y4P Project, including:
1) Determining the conditional requirements of YTK for key amino acids (e.g. methionine).
2) Determining the digestibility of priority ingredients by YTK
3) Refining factorial models for YTK by determining the effect of dietary and abiotic factors on model parameters.
4) Optimise feeding strategies for YTK by determining the effect of feeding frequency, diet composition and abiotic factors on growth, FCR and health.
5) Understanding how diet types affect the reproductive health and output of YTK broodstock with a view to developing tools that can rapidly screen the quality of eggs and larvae.

Outputs of research conducted in NSW are reported within the final report that includes outputs from all research conducted through the RnD4Profit funded project "Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market".

NCCP: Issues Paper - Understanding the potential changes to interactions of parasites and bacteria between carp and native freshwater fish if cyprinid herpes virus 3 ("carp virus") is released in Australia

Project number: 2016-190
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $17,636.00
Principal Investigator: Paul Hardy-Smith
Organisation: Panaquatic Health Solutions Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 13 Jun 2017 - 29 Jul 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

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