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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-038
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Study of ghost fishing in the NSW rock lobster fishery

This project concerns an assessment of the significance ghost fishing in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery and potential modifications to fishing gears and practices that could minimise trap loss and consequent ghost fishing of the target species, Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Nsw
Mortality
Fishing Technology
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
Eastern Rock Lobster
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-355
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review of shellfish purification technology research and development

Depuration in the context of this report can be defined as the process by which harvested shellfish are placed in land based plants containing clean estuarine water to permit the purging of their gastrointestinal contents under controlled conditions. Depuration does not include the practice of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Physiology
Marketing
Disease
Diagnostic
Contamination
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-138
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Mesh selectivity in the NSW demersal trap fishery

The New South Wales demersal trap fishery is a complex, multi-species fishery. The most valuable species in the fishery is snapper, worth approximately half the value of the fishery, with bream, rubberlip morwong, ocean leatherjacket, silver trevally, sweep and pigfish accounting for a further...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Fishing Gear
Fisheries Management
Bycatch
SPECIES
Ocean Jacket
Blue Morwong
Yellowfin Bream
Snapper
Silver Trevally
People
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-175
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Strategic Plan for Research and Development of the Oyster Industry in NSW

The NSW oyster industry is one of the states oldest and most valuable fishery, with a farm gate value of more than $27 million in 1994/ 5. It has an impressive history covering more than a hundred years of farming the native Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis but has experienced a decline...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Training
Reproduction
Marketing
Market Opportunities
Innovation
Industry
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding the factors contributing to decreased school prawn productivity in Camden Haven Estuary and associated lakes, to target ameliorative actions

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) presents new information exploring the effect of catchment-derived stressors on Eastern School Prawn. Declines in School Prawn productivity over decadal time scales have been reported anecdotally across many estuaries in New South Wales, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Rac Nsw
Physiology
Fishing Gear
Estuarine
Climate Adaptation
SPECIES
School Prawns
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-200.20
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market - RnD4Profit-14-01-027

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Sustainability
Nutrition
Market Opportunities
Husbandry
Economic
SPECIES
Yellowtail Kingfish
People
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