PROJECT NUMBER
•
1993-199
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
6 results
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1992-125.30
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Making the most of the catch: a forum for Industry
The papers published in this book were all presented at the Symposium "Making the Most of the Catch..." held in Brisbane, Australia, 25-27 July 1996.
The contributors came from many countries and from many different institutions. They were selected in an endeavour to present a broad spectrum of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1997-400
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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
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30 Jun 2001
Contact:
FRDC
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.
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
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2000-09-15
•
3.54 MB
1999-333-DLD.pdf
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
•
1986-010
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Factors affecting the toxicity of the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus, and the development of ciguatera outbreaks
This project confirmed that the benthic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus is an origin of putative ciguatoxin precursors called gambiertoxins. It was recently found in French Polynesia that gambiertoxins could be extracted from biodetritus containing wild G. toxicus and that gambiertoxins were...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1997-300
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Identification of market requirements for future development of the Australian Seafood Catering Manual
This report aims to identify the market requirements for the future development of the Australian Seafood Catering Manual. Although the manual generated extremely positive feedback from industry, only a small proportion of the potential target market was tapped.
Consumer research has been conducted...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
