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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-083
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review and assessment of the impacts of the proposed broad areas of interest (BAOI) for MPA development in the SE region

On the 14 December 2005 the Australian Government announced detailed proposals for the establishment of an extensive network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the South-east Region of Australia. The 14 candidate MPAs would cover more than 170,000 square kilometres of Commonwealth waters off...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-075
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquaculture-Community Futures: North West Tasmania

This report discusses a study conducted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania on marine and costal wellbeing and how it can be considered in regional marine and coastal development decision making. The need for this project arose from a desire by selected...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-042
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of the tools for long term management of the giant crab resource: data collection methodology, stock assessment and harvest strategy evaluation

The project has developed tools for low cost assessment of the giant crab resource across southern Australia. Stock assessment and management response is now increasingly based on biomass estimates from this project. Risk of poor management decisions is thus reduced, which...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES

Composting of Starfish waste

Project number: 1993-225
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $13,750.00
Principal Investigator: Martin Line
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 25 Sep 1993 - 5 Oct 1994
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To determine the optimal composting conditions for the starfish waste
2. To determine the effect of composting on the saponin toxin present in the starfish
3. To determine levels of faecal coliforms and heavy metals folowing composting
4. To assess the nutrient value and electrical conductivity (salinity) of the resultant compost
5. To demonstrate the effect of the resultant composts on the growth of two plants (lettuces anf radishes) in a glasshouse trials
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-744
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: commercialising translocation of southern rock lobster

Another Seafood CRC project (2006/220) demonstrated that translocation was successful in changing the colour, growth rate and nutritional value of Southern Rocklobster. Based on these results, the Tasmanian rock lobster industry was overwhelmingly supportive of a commercial scale trial. While the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-253
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: a risk assessment of factors influencing the health of farmed southern bluefin

The rapidly developing international tuna aquaculture industry started with a joint Japan/ Australia experiment in 1991. Since then it has grown into the largest finfish aquaculture in Australia with an export value of $290 million. It is based on the capture of wild fish and subsequent fattening of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-164
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Application of molecular genetics to the Australian abalone fisheries: forensic protocols for species identification and blacklip stock structure

Of the nineteen abalone (Haliotidae) species recognised in Australian waters (Geiger 1999), ten are endemic and two dominate the commercial, recreational and illegal harvests in southern States: the blacklip abalone Haliotis rubra Leach and the greenlip abalone H. laevigata Donovan. A third species,...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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