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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-020

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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

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Southern Rock Lobster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-177

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COMPLETED

'If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else' - Future proofing the Australian Mud Crab Industry through improved strategic direction

BACKGROUND Australian mud crab fisheries extend from northern Western Australia (WA) across the Northern Territory (NT) and Queensland (Qld) through to northern New South Wales (NSW) and are managed across the four jurisdictions. The product from each jurisdiction is sold into a...

ORGANISATION:

C-AID Consultants

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-407

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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

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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

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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 • 2022-153

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COMPLETED

Fishing and Aquaculture Workforce Capability Framework

In 2023 RM Consulting Group (RMCG) was contracted by FRDC to develop a Fisheries and Aquaculture (F&A) Workforce Capability Framework (hereafter referred to as the Framework) that would be used as a high-level, standardised tool across all F&A sectors. The FRDC and other groups in leadership...

ORGANISATION:

RM Consulting Group (RMCG)

TAGS

Workforce

Leadership

Capacity Building

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065

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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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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-024

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COMPLETED

Investigation and improvement of live Blue Swimmer Crab handling in NSW

This report presents pivotal findings from an in-depth investigation into optimising live handling practices for the commercial Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) industry in New South Wales (NSW), with the overarching goal of unlocking high-value live trade opportunities. Initiated in...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-173

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CURRENT

Security of resource access - what is legislative best practice for the commercial seafood industry?

ORGANISATION:

Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-012

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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)

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Wild Catch

Survey

Stakeholder

Resource Access And Allocation

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