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Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-096
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Workshop - Aquaculture opportunities in northern Australia: Solutions and Strategies

This report provides a summary of the ‘Aquaculture opportunities in northern Australia: Solutions and Strategies Workshop’ held in Rockhampton, 5-6 February 2020. This FRDC project supported James Cook University, the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association, Australian Prawn Farmers...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Workshop
SPECIES
Barramundi
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-138
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Effects of live-fish capture and targeting spawning aggregations on logbook catch rate data in the Great Barrier Reef commercial demersal line fishery

This research was done over two years (1996-98) in the early development of the trade in live reef fish from the GBR to clarify the implications of the switch in market for fishing practices, harvest rates, and effort distribution. The research was based on four sources of information: ...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Trade
SPECIES
Coral Trouts
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-103
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: Adapting to change - minimising uncertainty about the effects of rapidly-changing environmental conditions on the Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery

With the severity and intensity of tropical cyclones predicted to increase with global climate change (Webster et al. 2005), the need to understand the effects of these events on fisheries production is paramount. The northern tropical margin of the Australian continent is subject to tropical...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-062
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Driving innovation in environmental performance in the Queensland fishing industry

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Workforce
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-049
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A Better Way to Fish: testing the feasibility of tunnel net ‘fish trap’ gear in North Queensland

This study found that tunnel nets are technically feasible in this location. In spite of the weather conditions, the fishing gear remained intact and successfully captured significant numbers of marketable fishes. Importantly, SOCI species were released alive and in excellent condition, as were...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Threatened Endangered Protected Species
SPECIES
King Threadfin
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