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PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-357
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Update of the Australian prawn farming industry R&D plan

The Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) was formed in 1993 to represent the interests of prawn farmers and to foster the development of the Australian prawn farming industry. The industry now produces over 2,000 tonnes of product with a farm gate value in excess of $40 million and, while one...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Aquaculture
People
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-733
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Driving Commercialisation - R & D Workshop, Australian Prawn and Barramundi Farmers Conference, Cairns 2012

The Australian Seafood CRC and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) sponsored a two hour mini R & D Forum in association with the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) and the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA) conference. The forum was an open event that...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Supply Chain
Stock Assessment
Innovation
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-076
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Strategic management of the Australian Prawn Farmers Association RD&E portfolio

This report describes the outcomes from a five-year Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) between Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA). The project was led by APFA Executive Officer, Kim Hooper with assistance from members of the...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-426
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

APFA integrated HACCP/QA/EMS program

Prior to the commencement of this project approximately eighteen months ago there was no food safety program developed for the Australian prawn farming industry. Nor was there was a quality program. There were no training modules available for the industry in relation to food safety or...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Training
Stakeholder
Food Safety
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Industry
People
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-224
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Increasing the profitability of Penaeus monodon farms via the use of low water exchange, microbial floc production systems at Australian Prawn Farms and at CSIRO

The economic viability of the Australian prawn farming industry is under threat from increased production of farmed prawns in south-east Asia and the substantial decrease in global prawn prices. The Australian industry is experiencing difficulty competing with imports; prawns can be landed...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Sustainability
Supply Chain
Profitability
Innovation
Economic
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
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