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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1991-100
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Prawn presentation and product development

Australia is one of the few countries in the world where much of the domestic catch of prawns is landed chilled after being cooked onboard the vessel. In most other fisheries the catch is chilled thoroughly and then brought into port. This gives the buyer or processor a much greater range of options...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-069
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquaculture Diet Development Subprogram - Replacement of fishmeal in diets for barramundi - improving nutritive value of alternative feedstuffs using crystalline amino acids

Australia has an abundant supply of terrestrial animal and vegetable protein feeds which has the potential to at least partly if not fully replace the fishmeal presently used in compounded aquaculture diets. A major difference between marine and terrestrial protein sources is the marked difference...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1984-022
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A study of seagrass prawn nursery grounds and juvenile prawn populations in north Queensland

Seagrasses are of immense ecological importance in marine ecosystems. Primary production rates for seagrass beds are amongst the highest recorded for marine and terrestrial systems. They have a well documented role as animal habitat, nursery grounds, and as substrate stabilizers. The proximity of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)

Experimental and clinical studies of mannitol in the treatment of ciguatera

Project number: 1988-017
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $119,284.00
Principal Investigator: Richard Lewis
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1990 - 1 Jul 1992
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Clinically assess the efficiency of mannitol in treating ciguatera.
2. Develop in vitro & in vivo models of ciguatera able to assess the protective effects of mannitol
determine underlying mechanism/s.
3. Use it as a "lead" compound in search for other agents
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-071
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Live transport of crustaceans in air - prolonging the survival of crabs

We studied the live transport of crustaceans in air, using the spanner crab Ranina ranina as an example, and developed guidelines for handling live spanner crabs which we presented to an industry workshop. Our findings were also of general relevance to the live shipment of other oceanic crab...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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