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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-215
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improved performance of marron using genetic and pond management strategies

Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) are the highest valued freshwater crayfish farmed in Australia. This project addressed the need to increase the profitability of commercial marron farms by improving growth rates and pond management strategies. The project evaluated progeny produced from wild populations...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Mortality
Harvest Strategy
Aquaculture
Agriculture
SPECIES
Marron
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-152
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Demersal finfish resource assessment survey of the north-west slope of Western Australia

The nature and extent of demersal finfish resources in deep slope waters (>200m) off the northwest coast of Western Australia are poorly understood. Existing fish trawl, trap and line fishing effort is concentrated in shallower waters (<200m), while trawling in deep slope waters...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Reproduction
Mortality
Harvest Strategy
Fishing Effort
Fisheries Management
Environment
Environment
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-064
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aboriginal fishing strategy

The Western Australian Aboriginal Fishing Strategy (the “strategy”) was developed following a three-year consultative process overseen by former Western Australian Supreme Court Judge, the Hon E M Franklyn QC. Formulation of the draft strategy was assisted by a working group, which...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Survey
Stock Assessment
Resource Sharing
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-016
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

RAC WA: Demographic Performance of Brownlip Abalone: Exploration of Wild and Cultured Harvest Potential

The report provides a comprehensive evaluation of Brownlip Abalone biology and fisheries assessment to date. For wild populations, it has provided the most reliable estimates of natural and fishing mortality, size composition and the first to model growth throughout all stages of life. The project...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Wild Catch
Sustainability
Survey
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
SPECIES
Brownlip Abalone
Industry

People development program: 2013 FRDC emerging leader governance scholarship - Justin McDonald

Project number: 2008-322.16
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $6,240.00
Principal Investigator: Justin McDonald
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2013 - 29 Jun 2014
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Training
Fisheries Management
Efficiency
Education
Community

Need

Industry organisations need to build their capacity to meet future challenges and opportunities. Building the skills and confidence for industry to influence is one aspect of capacity that the people development program aims to address through this project, providing opportunity to influence is another.

There is a need for coordinated delivery of opportunities to develop governance capability in the fishing
industry and and to promote opportunitites to foster diversity through succession planning within industry committees and boards. n.

Objectives

1. To provide one annual scholarship for an emerging leader to the AICD company directors course
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