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Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) - Marine oils from Australian fish: characterisation and value added products

Project number: 1994-115.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,981.05
Principal Investigator: Gerry Geen
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Project start/end date: 26 Oct 2002 - 28 Oct 2002
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Objectives

1. To assist Australian industry develop new marine oil based, value-added products from existing or new fisheries including the bycatch and waste generated by the fishing and related industries (See Attachment to B4)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-767
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Australian aquaculture genetic support capability

A proven requirement for sustainable and efficient primary production is well managed selective breeding programs of domesticated stock. This project was undertaken to provide the proponents (CSIRO and CRC) with an independent assessment of a business case upon which to progress a strategy and...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-045
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development, application and evaluation of the use of remotely sensed data by Australian fisheries

The genesis of this project was in 1992 when we foresaw the arrival of a range of new remote sensing systems, and the opportunity to utilize an increasing archive of sea-surface temperature images, which could be of potential benefit to fisheries operations and management. We sought to develop,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
Industry

Marine oils from Australian fish: characterisation and value added products

Project number: 1994-115
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $178,862.00
Principal Investigator: Peter D. Nichols
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Project start/end date: 14 Sep 1994 - 30 May 1998
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Objectives

1. To assist Australian industry develop new marine oil based, value-added products from existing or new fisheries including the bycatch and waste generated by the fishing and related industries (See Attachment to B4)

Final report

ISBN: 0643-061533
Author: Peter Nichols
Final Report • 1998-01-18 • 9.01 MB
1994-115-DLD.pdf

Summary

Fish contain an array of oils, which vary markedly between species. The waste, by-catch and by­products from the Australian :fishing industry can therefore be value-added to yield a range of marine oils. It is estimated that 100 000 tonnes per annum of the Australian fish catch goes to waste. Research from this Project ( and its forerunner 91/77) has focused on oil from deep water and pelagic fish, and as a result of this work several companies have commenced production of marine oils for export and local use. Our research involved characterization of marine oils from Australian species, searching for new sources of commercially sought-after oils, development of new or refinement of existing processes suitable for Australian oils, and transfer of know-how to industry. Strong links exist with industry, giving an increased return for both the fishermen and oil processors, without increasing catch effort. Oils examined include: (i) wax esters derived from orange roughy, oreo dories and other fishes, (ii) shark liver oils containing squalene and diacylglycerol ethers, and (iii) triacylglycerol oils rich in essential omega-3 fatty acids. The oils are used as lubricants, in degreaser and hand cleaner products, in cosmetics and nutraceuticals.

The strengths of the Australian Marine Oils industry include: (i) relative sustainability of raw material (some countries show resources in decline), (ii) a clean and green image of the local resource, (iii) closeness to Asian markets, (iv) uniqueness of composition of several marine oils, (v) an increasing knowledge of marine oils and (vi) development of appropriate technologies. Opportunities exist based on these strengths and the Marine Oils industry has taken several products into the international market place. Together these features provide the Australian fishing and associated industries with the capacity to better utilize existing resources.

Project products

Report • 1998-01-18 • 1.13 MB
1991-077and1994-115-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report describes an ex-post cost/benefit analysis on two FRDC projects:

•  1991-077, Orange Roughy and Other Marine Oils: Characterization and Commercial Applications; and
•  1994-115, Marine Oils from Australian Fish: Characterization and Value Added Products.

The initial 1991 project was framed in the context of the boom orange roughy catches of the late 1980s-early 1990s and widespread concern over the amount of wastage that was occurring in terms of the landed orange roughy catch and the deep water sharks that were taken as bycatch by the orange roughy fleet.

Accordingly, project 1991-077 was focused on characterising the oil composition of orange roughy, oreo dories and deep sea sharks, on identifying processing techniques to extract and purify orange roughy and shark liver oils, and on identifying potential commercial products based on orange roughy-type oils and shark liver oils.

Project 1994-115 continued these general themes, though with less focus on the orange roughy-type oils and greater emphasis on the polyunsaturated omega-3 type fish oils. New species were characterised - with particular reference to their omega-3 content - and attention was given to developing processes to purify omega-3 type oils. The shark liver work continued - more species of shark were characterised - and further efforts were made at improving processes to extract and purify shark liver oils.

Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-347
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identification of a Y-chromosome marker in Atlantic salmon (extension to FRDC 95/80)

The aquaculture of Atlantic salmon began in Australia in the mid-1960' s with an importation of ova from Canada to New South Wales. Anecdotal evidence suggested that the Australian population went through a severe bottleneck event during the early years due to poor survival and subsequent small...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment

RFIDS: a coordinated national data collection for recreational fishing in Australia

Project number: 2011-036
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $475,000.00
Principal Investigator: Shane Griffiths
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Project start/end date: 14 Jul 2011 - 29 Jun 2013
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Need

In many states and regions around Australia there is a lack of current and reliable recreational fisheries data (e.g. participation rates, catch) that can be used in decision-making processes. Since the stock boundaries of some recreationally-important species can span several State and Federal jurisdictions, reliable stock-specific data is needed. The results of the last national recreational fishing survey undertaken in 2000-2001 are now considered outdated in many respects, or are of limited use for rarely-caught species and some fisheries or regions due to issues of scale.

Since the national survey, various recreational fishing surveys have been undertaken by State fisheries agencies to address their own specific management issues. These surveys have generally been telephone-diary approaches based on the National survey methodology. Additionally, community-based recreational fishing data collection have been undertaken at regional levels by community and recreational fishing groups. However, there has been a lack of coordination between agencies to report at a national level. Therefore, there is a need to assess the feasibility of aggregating data from these surveys to provide reliable up-to-date information at regional and national levels.

Objectives

1. Provide an understanding of the current state of knowledge, and identify information gaps, across the recreational fishing sector at a national scale
2. Explore approaches to filling key information gaps and begin development of system(s) and protocols that will allow data to be stored, aggregated and analysed to answer questions related to recreational fishing in a timely and responsive way
3. Assess the feasibility of aggregating available recreational fishing datasets to provide reliable regional and national information on catch, effort, participation, and social and economic aspects in the recreational fishing sector
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