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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-037
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Oysters Australia IPA: the use of FRNA bacteriophages for rapid re-opening of growing areas after sewage spills

The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Food Safety and Innovation (FSI) group with the support of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), TasWater, Central Coast Council, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Shoalhaven Council, New South Wales Food Authority...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-222
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture: spatial impacts and carrying capacity - further developing, refining and validating existing models of environmental effects of finfish farming

As aquaculture continues to grow, both in South Australia and elsewhere, it is becoming increasingly necessary to understand how wastes are circulated through the environment, both to minimize environmental impacts, and to minimize feedbacks that may reduce production. This information will...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation

Development and evaluation of community based monitoring programs for coastal ecosystems and fisheries habitats

Project number: 2004-078
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $261,442.00
Principal Investigator: Jason E. Tanner
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 29 Aug 2008
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Nationally the general public is developing a greater awareness about matters that relate to natural resource management and particularly the accelerating rate of degradation of coastal marine environments. However, concomitant knowledge and information that would enable the community to take a more overt role in supporting the management of these resources does not match this awareness.

There is therefore, a growing need to equip the community with relevant skills and knowledge about coastal ecosystems. The development of these skills will empower local communities and enable them to take an active role both in community based monitoring and advocacy leading in turn to improved management outcomes at local, state and national levels.

Coastal reefs provide an ideal vehicle for the development of such community based programs. These reefs are important in the provision of both food and habitat for many fisheries species and are also sites that receive high visitation rates for recreational fishing, diving and related activities. Importantly, reef systems close to metropolitan areas around Australia (and particularly the metropolitan coast of Adelaide) are degraded due to a combination of factors including waste water disposal, storm water runoff, over-fishing, invasive species and increased sediment mobility (particularly due to associated seagrass losses).

Effective mitigation and rehabilitation strategies can only be developed if managers are informed about the causal linkages between putative impacts and habitat degradation. By developing community-based programs to monitor and evaluate the status of reefs, we can make substantial progress in addressing this need .

Whereas monitoring activities need to be ongoing to provide the best opportunity for early problem detection, marine research is profoundly expensive. The use of well-trained community volunteers will provide an effective way to augment the efforts of other agencies and thus increase overall coverage of coastal ecosystems.

Objectives

1. To develop a better knowledge and understanding of coastal reef ecosystems through:* Identification of appropriate indices for assessment and development of survey methodologies* Application of these methodologies to obtain baseline and time scale data for coastal reef ecosystems which is relevant to the needs of key management agencies including SA Water, EPA, and DEH.
2. To foster community ownership and participation in monitoring and assessment:* Through the development of training and education packages* By encouraging and mobilising community participation
3. To develop a credible assessment program:* Through the process of training, testing and accreditation of all participants* By undertaking scientifically rigorous evaluation of the community monitoring program.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-7308-5393-0
Author: Jason Tanner
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-252
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: infrastructure management, service delivery and technical support

The project provided scientific and technical support to research projects involving live Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) under controlled conditions. These were primarily conducted by the Aquafin CRC and FRDC and managed through the SBT Aquaculture Subprogram. Four experiments were undertaken in...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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