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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-079
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pearl oyster aquaculture: health survey of NT, WA and Qld pearl oyster beds and farms

A comprehensive health survey of pearl oysters Pinctada maxima was undertaken across northern Australian marine waters in a collaborative project between fisheries organisations and pearl producers in Northern Territory (NT), Queensland (Qld) and Western Australia (WA). The majority of animals...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
Environment
Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-223
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: Assessment of heavy metals in tropical rock oysters (blacklip and milky) and implications for placement into the Australian seafood market and for Indigenous enterprise development in the NT.

This small, but extensive, sampling survey was conducted on South Goulburn Island, located off West Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory (NT) to assess the occurrence of heavy metals (both spatially and temporally) in tropical blacklip (Saccostrea mytiloides) and milky (Saccostrea mordax) oysters....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-159
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock structure of northern and western Australian Spanish mackerel

Decisions about the allocation of management responsibilities for fisheries for narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, as well as on-going stock assessments, require an understanding of the spatial relationships of the species. We used a suite of methods, isotope ratios in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
Adoption

Tactical Research Fund: responding to the “Working Together Strategy”: creating a research partnership and coordinated planning approach to fisheries and aquaculture R&D in Northern Australia

Project number: 2010-404
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $15,290.70
Principal Investigator: Bryan McDonald
Organisation: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
Project start/end date: 1 May 2011 - 29 Sep 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Need

It has been widely recognised that Australia needs to adopt a more coordinated, cross-jurisdictional approach to allow for more efficient and effective research and development. The jurisdictions across Northern Australia (NT, Qld and WA) would benefit from this approach as they often share tropical wild stocks, research priorities and occupy similar markets. Collaboration amongst these jurisdictions would deliver better science outcomes by consolidating capability, coordinating the development of new capability, improving networks and stimulating innovation. Social and economic benefits would be realised through more effective resource management and each jurisdiction’s ability to attract investment in business, infrastructure and research would be strengthened. Apart from setting in place a shared vision of tropical fisheries and aquaculture R&D a partnership would facilitate a coordinated approach to significant social R&D.

This proposal directly addresses the National RD&E Strategy for Fishing and Aquaculture that aims to improve the focus, efficiency and effectiveness of RD&E by adopting a more national and co-ordinated approach.

Objectives

1. Facilitate the establishment of a formal partnership that steers tropical fisheries and aquaculture research in Northern Australia
2. Align capabilities and further capacity building activities with the needs of the region
and
3. Develop a clear Strategic Research and Development Plan for Tropical Northern Australia.
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