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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-735
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: an evaluation of the options for expansion of salmonid aquaculture in Tasmanian waters

The Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association (TSGA) strategic plan to 2030 targets a 100% expansion to a $1 billion industry over the next 20 years. The challenge for the Tasmanian Atlantic salmon industry is for sustainable strategic growth. The strategic plan recognises that to achieve this industry...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Trade
Marketing
Market Opportunities
Consumer
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-308
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigating options to improve bycatch reduction in tropical prawn trawl fisheries - a workshop for fishers

Since 2000 the use of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) and turtle excluder devices (TEDs) has been a mandatory requirement in most tropical prawn trawl fisheries in Australia. Despite this period of mandatory use, the number of BRD designs has remained largely unchanged and their performance can, at...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Workforce
Stakeholder
Nutrition
SPECIES
King Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-044
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Establishment of the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania: a first assessment of the threat to abalone and rock lobster fisheries

The pattern of distribution of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii over ca. 40 y in the Kent group, Bass St., suggests initial establishment in the mid 1960s with subsequent expansion of populations to its current status as the dominant invertebrate on shallow subtidal rocky reef....
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Survey
Oceanography
Harvest Strategy
Habitat
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
Blacklip Abalone
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-177
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Phase 2: Traceability Systems for Wild Caught Lobster, via Sense-T and Pathways to Market

This document is the final report of the project (FRDC 2016-177) ‘Traceability Systems for Wild Caught Lobsters’. It has been prepared by researchers from University of Tasmania. Background The project ‘Traceability Systems for Wild Caught Lobster, via Sense-T and Pathways...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Traceability
Market Opportunities
Labelling
Food Safety
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-718
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: RTG:To learn practical skills in conducting viral disease challenge techniques in Penaeid prawn species using white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV) as a model virus to be conducted at Shrimp Biotechnology Business Unit (BIOTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand.

Due to the nature of commercial prawn farming, constraints within the industry such as disease management will always pose problems from managing endemic diseases; such as gill-associated virus in Australia, to exotic diseases including Yellow Head Virus and White Spot Syndrome Virus. The need to...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Disease
Aquaculture
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