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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-205
PROJECT STATUS:
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Pathways and opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint of the Australian prawn farming industry

This report provides an updated assessment of the carbon footprint of farmed prawns in Australia, building upon the foundation laid by previous projects (FRDC Project 2020-089), which focused on the overall carbon footprint of the fisheries and aquaculture sector. This project involves a...
ORGANISATION:
Blueshift Consulting
TAGS
Sustainability
Energy
Energy
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
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FRDC investments in CRC SAAFE

Project number: 2022-196
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $1,000,000.00
Principal Investigator: Alex Lloyd
Organisation: CRC for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (SAAFE Ltd)
Project start/end date: 25 May 2023 - 30 May 2033
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Vaccine
Disease
Aquaculture
Animal Welfare

Need

FRDC has obtained Board approval FRDC Board Meeting # 194, 24 November 2022) to become a member of CRC SAAFE and investment up to $1.0 million. This project is needed to manage the FRDC investment that will be comprised of investments seafood related projects. Conducting projects within CRC SAAFE will provide linkages to additional resources, expertise and knowledge sharing that will improve project outputs and foster national collaboration in addition to that currently provided by the FRDC. This will include the research and industry participants that are partners of CRC SAAFE.

Objectives

1. Best practice AMR mitigation and management in the seafood industry and the aquatic environment.
2. Improved biosecurity and animal welfare through development of vaccines to minimise use of antibiotics.
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