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PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-017

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Development of a northern Australian squid fishery

Squid are an increasing component in the reported byproduct of commercial prawn and finfish trawlers in northern Australian shelf waters and interest has been shown by Queensland and Northern Territory fishers in developing target fisheries for squid using jigs. In general, squid caught on jigs or...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

TAGS

Small prawn habitat and recruitment study

Project number: 1992-007

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $553,079.96

Principal Investigator: Kurt Derbyshire

Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

Project start/end date: 3 Apr 1993 - 1 Jan 1996

Contact:

FRDC

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Objectives

1. Evaluate the relative importance and pattern of use of different seagrass habitats by juvenile commercial penaeid prawns

2. Study and describe the recruitment process of penaeid prawns

3. Provide advice to managers and fishermen on the best use of strip closures

4. Develop an interactive animated model that can be used as an educational and decision support for managers and industry

Final report

Author: Kurt Derbyshire

Final Report • 2017-09-29 • 3.69 MB

1992-007-DLD.pdf

Project products

Guide • 2.16 MB

1992-007 Geographical Fisheries System.pdf

Summary

Geographical Fisheries System (GFS) was developed as part of a project jointly funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Queensland Fisheries Management Authority and the Department of Primary Industries, Queensland and based at the Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns. The project 'Small prawn habitat and recruitment study' (FRDC 92/7) ran from July 1992 to June 1995. GFS was developed during the period August 1994 to June 1995 as an animated, interactive model for displaying the data collected during this project. It can also display other user's data, making GFS a more flexible tool.

Geographical Fisheries System (GFS) is an interactive, animated tool for visualising fisheries data. It is able to read M.ap Info mif files for importing maps, whilst Access, Paradox, SQL Server, Btreive, Excel and text files can be read for data input. The data can then be displayed on a map. GFS has the facility to track movement through time on the map (such as in tagging data). GFS also has thematic mapping functions (such as densities or species composition at each site mapped through time). Although GFS is set up to be specific to this project, it has been developed to be flexible enough for many different applications depending on the data input.

Guide • 344.90 KB

1992-007 Exploring Strip Closure Options in the Turtle Group Region Using GFS.pdf

Summary

GFS is provided with data from the Turtle Group region that you can use to explore strip closure options. As GFS is a flexible tool, there are a number of ways you can approach this task. What follows is a suggested path for exploring closure options. As you become more familiar with GFS,you may develop your own procedure, or even use your own data for other regions. Consult the GFS User's Manual or the on-line help for full details of how to use the features described below.

PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-734

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: controlling biofouling of pond aerators on marine prawn farms

Biofouling of aeration equipment is a significant farm management issue and production cost for Australian marine prawn farms. Defouling aeration equipment has a high labour demand and once fouled, the energy efficiency of paddle-wheels and other aerating equipment can be markedly reduced, leading...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-034

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of an emerging bacterial disease in wild Queensland gropers, marine fish and stingrays with production of diagnostic tools to reduce the spread of disease to other states of Australia

This project has assisted in ensuring the future sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry and natural fisheries resources in Queensland, Australia (including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park), by providing industry, the public, State and Commonwealth governments with improved...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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Establishment of Seafood Services Australia stage 1 - extension and advisory services

Project number: 1999-333

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $193,861.00

Principal Investigator: Stephen Thrower

Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

Project start/end date: 11 Jul 1999 - 30 Jun 2001

Contact:

FRDC

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Need

Demand for assistance from clients in areas such as live transport, modified atmosphere packaging, value adding, market information, etc continues. Requests for information in three new areas have increased. These are:

(i) A search for alternative export markets and domestic outlets for product formerly sent to Asia. In order to assist in this area, Alan Snow has recently competed an export facilitation course through the Australian Institute of Export.

(ii) A need to comply with food safety regulations and quality assurance specifications of customers and ultimately ANZFA. This is expected to increase as a result of the SeaQual initiatives.

(iii) A requirement to support the SeaQual Chooser initiative through supply of suitable material for the SeaQual packs and through an increased volume of requests for customised information packages resulting from the distribution of 35,000 Choosers.

More specifically, industry needs from AUSEAS that we have identified are:

1. Assistance to people who are exploring new ventures, products, and processes. This includes value adding and processing options, market details, and technical information.

2. Information on contacts in markets, government agencies, and other service providers (eg consultants, freight forwarders, equipment providers). AUSEAS needs to maintain a comprehensive list of contacts and to keep information on the capabilities of providers of services to improve coordination across the seafood industry.

3. Customised assistance to companies implementing food safety plans and quality management programs in cooperation with SeaQual initiatives.

4. Trouble shooting when problems occur, usually in the form of telephone advice or short targeted written material.

5. Advice on funding assistance, usually in the areas of product and process development applications to NSC. This can include reviewing applications before and after submission and assessment of reports.

6. Demand for brief targeted information to be provided free of charge through delivery methods such as internet, fax-back, etc.

7 A centralised delivery point for information on seafood related matters acting as a "one stop shop" for the industry.

8 A need to promote the national post-harvest infrastructure services of FRDC. i.e. AUSEAS, NSC, and SeaQual.

Objectives

1. To provide the Australian seafood industry with technical information and advice that is timely, relevant and accurate.

2. To provide fast targeted responses to approaches by industry when problems occur.

3. To maintain an inventory of the sources of funding assistance available for industry development.

4. To develop a comprehensive web page that provides basic free information to industry, the public, and students as well as further access to AUSEAS resources and other post harvest programs.

5. To participate in the development and promotion of Seafood Services Australia.

Final report

ISBN: 0 646 40220

Author: Stephen Thrower

Final Report • 2000-09-15 • 3.54 MB

1999-333-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report covers the activities projects 1996/341 and 1999/333 for the period 1996 to 2000. In October 1999 AUSEAS along with the National Seafood Centre (NSC) and SeaQual were brought together under the umbrella name of Seafood Services Australia (SSA).

To avoid confusion, for the remainder of this report, the previous name of the service AUSEAS (Australian Seafood Extension and Advisory Service) has been replaced with the new title SSA.

The report begins with a review of current activities including:

industry inquiries and the SSA responses;
consultancies;
the preparation of the Australian Seafood Industry Directory;
the sales of technical literature packages.

A discussion of the available information resources is then followed by promotional activities. This is followed by a consideration of staffing issues including staff skills development to better service clients’ needs.

Finally, there is a discussion of planned new initiatives including development of a “one-stop shop” Internet site for the post-harvest fisheries sector. This will allow clients to access a wide range of information held in the SSA databases including: the bibliography of the technical information available through this service; sources of assistance for industry development; and a topical issues discussion line. A special feature of this will be a series of technical advisory notes.

Keywords: Literature searches; Publications; Information; Advice; Research.

PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-354

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Electronic cooking end point determination and the effectiveness of alternative cooking methods for Crustacea

A prawn cooking meter and self-centring thermocouple clip has been successfully developed for monitoring the cooking of prawns. This cooking meter provides a much needed control tool for ensuring reliable and consistent quality required of modern quality assurance programs. The design of the prawn...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

TAGS

Animal Health

SPECIES

Western Rock Lobster

PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-020

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Determining the spatial distribution and abundance indices for Moreton Bay Bugs, Thenus parindicus and Thenus australiensis in Queensland to improve stock assessment and management

We report on the first comprehensive investigation into the spatial distribution of Moreton Bay Bugs within the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery. This research was a collaboration between the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and James Cook University, applying...

ORGANISATION:

Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-014

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Estimating the impacts of management changes on bycatch reduction and sustainability of high-risk bycatch species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

Keywords: Discards, elasmobranchs, post-trawl survival, Aptychotrema rostrata, Trygonoptera testacea, turtle excluder device, bycatch reduction device, TEDs, BRDs, ecological risk assessment, ERA Executive Summary: Researchers from the Queensland Government’s Department of...

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Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

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