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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-020

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Stable isotopes: a rapid method to determine lobster diet and trace lobster origin?

Scientists at IMAS conducted a stable isotope study on Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) collected from Southern Australian sites to determine whether or not capture site could be determined post-harvest.

ORGANISATION:

University of Tasmania

SPECIES

Southern Rock Lobster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-407

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Capability and Capacity: Nuffield Australia Scholarships

The Australian seafood industry has a long and proud history of employment of very sound environmental and economic management principles which have made it the envy of much of the world. An altogether robust Australian seafood industry is hyper critical to the social and economic fabric of...

ORGANISATION:

Nuffield Australia

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-060

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

The Detection of Ciguatera Toxins in NSW Spanish Mackerel

Ciguatera Poisoning (CP) is an illness through the consumption of fish containing naturally occurring toxins, and is considered a high risk for Australian seafood safety. Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are produced by benthic microalgae (Gambierdiscus spp). In Australia, CP cases are related to fish caught in...

ORGANISATION:

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-126

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Australian Agrifood Data Exchange (OzAg Data Exchange): Deliver an interconnected data highway for Australia's AgriFood value chain - Proof of concept

Pain point: The delay in exchange and reconciliation of catch data by fishers and processors means that there is a delay in quota accounting which impacts planning due to lack of timely information. Furthermore, with no access to pre-fishing information data to the processors means they are unable...

ORGANISATION:

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

TAGS

Traceability

Digitisation

Data

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...

ORGANISATION:

IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd

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SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-012

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Investigating social acceptance for the wild catch commercial fishing industry of Southeast Queensland

This research project aimed to develop an engagement strategy that would assist the Southeast Queensland (SEQ) wild catch commercial fishing industry to gain social acceptance, or a Social Licence to Operate (SLO). SLO is needed to maintain access to the resource and market confidence. A scan of...

ORGANISATION:

University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)

TAGS

Wild Catch

Survey

Stakeholder

Resource Access And Allocation

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