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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-134
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2017

The research undertaken in this project (2018/134) produced data on the volume and value of production from Commonwealth, state and Northern Territory fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product, covering the years 2006-07 to 2016-17. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-127
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Validation and implementation of rapid test kits for detection of OsHV-1

Following the outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) in the Port River, South Australia in summer 2017-18, a need was identified for rapid diagnostic technology for OsHV-1, the causative agent of POMS. During the February 2016 OsHV-1 outbreak in Tasmania, tracing activities in...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation

Evaluation of practical technologies for Perfluoroalkyl (PFA) remediation in marine fish hatcheries

Project number: 2018-125
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $60,000.00
Principal Investigator: Wayne O'Connor
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Project start/end date: 29 Apr 2019 - 30 Jan 2020
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Per- and poly-fluoroalklys (PFASs) are now emerging as pollutants with potentially catastrophic impact on aquaculture facilities. Two key research institutes have already demonstrated the presence of PFASs in marine fish broodstock and have observed impacts on offspring that are consistent with those observed in
literature studies. As testing continues there is the expectation that the number of facilities affected will increase. To compound the challenge our understanding of the impacts of PFASs on aquatic species is limited. In order to further assess these impacts, PFASs must be introduced into experimental systems in a
controlled fashion and therefore we must have the capacity to remove those pollutants before release. To protect our facilities and permit PFAS impacts research there is a need to rapidly assess available PFAS treatment technologies.

Objectives

1. confirm the effectiveness of ozofractionation and linseed infused polypropylene in the removal of PFAS from seawater,
2. investigate the impacts of flow rate through fractionation chambers on PFAS removal
3. test fractionation PFA removal efficiency without ozone and with ozone at addition levels compatible with aquaculture practices.*

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-76058-392-7
Authors: Wayne O’Connor Gavin Partridge Stewart Fielder Lindsey Woolley Thava Palanisami
Final Report • 2020-06-01 • 1.29 MB
2018-125-DLD.pdf

Summary

Per- and poly-fluoroalkly substances (PFASs) are now emerging as pollutants with potentially catastrophic impact on aquaculture facilities. Two key research institutes, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) in NSW and Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research (ACAAR) in Western Australia have discovered the presence of PFASs in their influent seawater sources and in their broodstock fish. PFASs are proven Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals of fish and can cause reduction in fecundity, and deformity, abnormal development and increased mortality of fish larvae. Both research institutes have observed impacts on larvae that are broadly consistent with those observed for PFASs in literature studies. As testing for PFASs continues we expect that the number of facilities affected in Australia, and indeed globally, may increase. Further, to assess impacts, PFASs must be introduced into experimental systems in a controlled fashion and therefore we must have the capacity to remove those pollutants before release of effluent water. To protect our facilities and permit PFASs impacts research there was a need to assess available treatment technologies for removal of PFASs in seawater.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-121
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sex reversal and sex differentiation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

The Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry strives to produce all-female fish, as male Atlantic Salmon are subject to precocious maturation and consequently reduced flesh quality and increased disease susceptibility when reared in high water temperatures. Several fish species,...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Warrnambool Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-119
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a hydrodynamic model to investigate near field and regional connectivity around Okehampton Bay

The study aims to satisfy the regulatory requirements of Environmental Licence 10172/2 from the Tasmanian EPA around Tassal’s use of Okehampton Bay for salmonoid aquaculture, particularly the possible fate of material released within Okehampton Bay into the receiving environment. To...
ORGANISATION:
Tassal Group
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-115
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018

The first national workshop on tropical oyster aquaculture was held in Darwin on 22 to 23 October, 2018 at the Waterfront Campus of Charles Darwin University (CDU). The workshop brought together representatives from Aboriginal communities, industry, government agencies, and Australian and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
SPECIES
Communities
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-106
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identifying electronic platforms to increase safety at sea in the Australian commercial fishing fleet

Maintaining safety at sea requires a multi-faceted and complex system including coordinating vessel integrity and the carriage of the correct equipment, the provision of accurate information on weather and sea conditions, the training of the crew and managing their actions at sea. ...
ORGANISATION:
Diversity Sustainable Development Consultants Pty Ltd
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