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Industry
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)
TAGS
Toxin
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Rac Nsw
Health And Safety
SPECIES
Spanish Mackerel
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-051
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on Octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster

This report details the portion of FRDC 2019-051: Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on Octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster focusing on the impacts of exposure to a full-scale seismic survey on the early life stages of the Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii),...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
TAGS
Sustainability
Survey
Stakeholder
Seismic
Rac Vic
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
Octopuses
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

South Australian Pacific Oyster selective breeding program: Building POMS resistance to reduce risk for the South Australian oyster industry

A total of 221 new selectively bred families were produced at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, between 2019 and 2023, meeting project objectives. The 2019-year class was challenge tested in the Port River, SA for POMS resistance, after which the imported...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
TAGS
Rac Sa
Disease
Community
Biosecurity
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Pacific Oyster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-036
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Implementation of dynamic reference points and harvest strategies to account for environmentally-driven changes in productivity in Australian fisheries

The need to adapt stock assessment methods and harvest strategies to explicitly and justifiably account for shifts in productivity has been recognised by the AFMA Resource Assessment Group for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF), not least as a result of clearly evident...
ORGANISATION:
Pisces Australis Pty Ltd
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Rac Cmwth
Oceanography
Harvest Strategy
SPECIES
Gemfish
Jackass Morwong
Bight Redfish
Redfish
Blue Grenadier
Industry
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF)

This project sought to produce the first-ever review of technical options for improving fish-trawl selectivity around the planet and then use this information to address a deficit in experimental work quantifying the utility of industry-developed and new selective-gear modifications in the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Rac Cmwth
Innovation
Fishing Gear
Environmental Impact
Economic
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Measuring, interpreting and monitoring economic productivity in commercial fisheries

View the webinar at https://youtu.be/DGDYhk3rITQ The development of indicators to measure and monitor the performance of fisheries against economic objectives continues to challenge fisheries managers. The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of productivity...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
TAGS
Wild Catch
Human Dimensions Research
Fisheries Management
Economic
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