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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-082
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Ensuring monitoring and management of bycatch in Southern Rock Lobster fisheries is best practice

Bycatch is an important issue in fisheries worldwide, with the impacts of fishing activities on non-targeted species and the wider marine environment receiving increasing public attention. Issues such as the potential wastage of resources through discarding of unwanted catch, ecological impacts on...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: macroalgal monitoring in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania

Project number: 2011-086
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $26,920.24
Principal Investigator: Christine D. Crawford
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 7 May 2012 - 30 Dec 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The Tasmanian salmonid industry is planning for a significant expansion of salmon aquaculture in Macquarie Harbour. This will result in an increase in nutrients – nitrogen and phosphorous – from salmon farming waste products into the environment. These nutrients may result in increased primary production – of micro and macro-algae, although the extent of increased production and the potential for eutrophication of the system is not fully understood The issue of macroalgal growth has been raised by community stakeholders and in light of recent comments the Tasmanian salmonid industry wishes to support baseline research investigations and monitoring. These macroalgae are largely intertidal and therefore obvious to the community, which provides an opportunity to involve community members in the macroalgal assessments.
There is a pressing need to commence baseline monitoring of macroalgal distribution and abundance in Macquarie Harbour before additional salmon farming commences. As different species of macroalgae occur at different times of the year, autumn and spring monitoring will be necessary.

Objectives

1. To conduct preliminary baseline monitoring for macroalgae in Macquarie Harbour in autumn
2. Develop a macroalgal monitoring program for Macquarie Harbour
3. Test monitoring program and conduct seasonal (spring) baseline monitoring
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-241
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Reassessment of intertidal macroalgal communities near to and distant from salmon farms and an evaluation of using drones to survey macroalgal distribution

The salmon farming industry has significantly expanded in South-eastern Tasmanian both in production and in number and location of farms. Along with this expansion has been an increasing concern from the general community about the effects of salmon farms on the environment. This includes a reported...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-300
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Social Science and Economics Research Coordination Program (SSERCP)

The SSERCP project has been successful in providing timely and relevant advice to the drafting and reviewing stages of RD&E priorities, projects and reports in order to maximise beneficial outcomes of this investment for fisheries and aquaculture. It has been successful in supporting the FRDC...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-756
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Aquaculture Production Innovation Hub: Phase II – communication, extension and opportunities

This project was a continuation of the Aquaculture Innovation Hub (Project 2008/902). The Phase II Hub focussed on research extension activities in the finfish, crustacean and shellfish sectors and on increasing trans-Tasman communications among aquaculture producers and researchers. The Phase II...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-720
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: SCRC RTG: Jenny Cobcroft and Stephen Battaglene "Research exchange to the University of Patras and Mediterranean marine fish hatcheries and attendance at larvi 2009 and the LARVANETworkshop"

Dr Jennifer Cobcroft and Assoc Prof Stephen Battaglene were invited to visit the aquaculture research laboratories of the University of Patras, Greece and collaborating research and commercial marine fish hatcheries in Greece (1-4 Sept 09). The visit enabled the development of an existing...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-773
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: SCRC Abalone Research Forum

The main aim of this project was to engage with national and international industry members, researchers and managers, working on topics similar to CRC projects elsewhere in the world. The CRC Abalone Forum was run in Hobart in May 2012, in conjunction the 8th International Abalone Symposium in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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