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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)
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Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-115
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018

The first national workshop on tropical oyster aquaculture was held in Darwin on 22 to 23 October, 2018 at the Waterfront Campus of Charles Darwin University (CDU). The workshop brought together representatives from Aboriginal communities, industry, government agencies, and Australian and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
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Investigating sources of broodstock and grow out sites for the farming of sponges in regional Northern Territory

Project number: 2003-248
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $13,500.00
Principal Investigator: Richard Sellers
Organisation: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
Project start/end date: 23 Oct 2003 - 30 Aug 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Whilst at least three potential species of sponge have been identified, together with communities eager to participate, there is no information on the abundance of these sponges to act as broodstock, not detailed information on site suitability.

This project will build on the work of the pilot study (FRDC 2001/225) which indicated sponge farming appeared to be technologically, economically and culturally suited to remote indigenous areas.

Commonwealth and State governments increasingly recognise the need to foster economic activity which increases the participation of indigenous people in the fishing industry. This is particularly relevant in the NT where 28% of the population is aboriginal and some 85% of the coastline is aboriginal owned.

Objectives

1. Survey the area surrounding participating communities to determine broodstock abundance.
2. Select possible sites on which to establish farms.

Final report

ISBN: 0-7245-4712-6
Author: Richard Sellers
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