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Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-213
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enabling land-based production of juvenile Yellowtail Kingfish in NSW

NSW DPI conducted a series of experiments and commercial-scale production to investigate the viability of producing advanced juvenile yellowtail kingfish (YTK, Seriola lalandi) at the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) during March 2016 - December 2018. There is a significant shortfall of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-504
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: industry-extension of acoustic release technology for at-call access to submerged head-gear in the NSW rocklobster fishery

Acoustic release systems were purchased by 3 fishing businesses but installation proceeded for only 2 of these businesses, on vessels fishing out of Sydney and Jervis Bay. Installation on the vessel Seeking, working out of Jervis Bay, was a permanent installation, with full integration...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-139
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of nanobubble technology in aquaculture

Nanobubble (NB) technology, i.e. the production of ultrafine bubbles with diameters <1 µm, is an emerging field which has the potential to greatly improve oxygenation efficiencies in aquaculture production. Before this technology can be considered for adoption by the aquaculture...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-360
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Waterproof labelling and identification systems suitable for shellfish and other seafood products

This report outlines the results of investigations into the feasibility of cost effectively marking or labelling individual oysters and other shellfish for product differentiation and to facilitate rapid and efficient recall of product in the event of a potential public health incident. A number of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1981-069
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Clarence River pilot prawn farming project

The research programme was largely comprised of farming trials in a 1 ha prawn farming pond and in swimming pools on the pond bank at the field site. Juvenile school prawns (Metapenaeus macleayi) were collected by commercial trawlers in Lake Wolloweyah, transported by punt to the pond where they...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-042
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sampling estuarine fish species for stock assessments

Estuarine fishes in NSW are exploited by commercial and recreational fishers and are subject to significant pressure from habitat degradation. The NSW commercial estuarine finfish fishery is highly complex as it is based on multi-species and many fishers using variety of methods. Furthermore, there...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1989-078
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving prawn hatchery production by reducing losses due to bacterial disease

Bacterial necrosis was the only bacterial disease syndrome seen during monitoring of 8 larval production runs at 2 commercial hatcheries during the study. Results indicated a possible causal relationship between concentrations of one or more components of the "presumptive Vibrio" populations in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
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)
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