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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)
TAGS
Workshop
Training
Stakeholder
Social Science
Social Science

SCRC: SCRC Abalone Research Forum

Project number: 2011-773
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Caleb Gardner
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 31 Dec 2011 - 29 Jun 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Training
Sustainability
Survey
Stakeholder
Fisheries Management

Need

The CRC has a significant investment in abalone production from both aquaculture and wild catch sectors. This project will address two needs across this broad suite of projects.

The first is to engage with national and international industry members, researchers and managers, working on similar topics elsewhere in the world to avoid repetition of existing and future research, learn from their experiences, and to ensure that CRC research is cutting edge.
The second is to enhance the outcomes from these projects through engaging with and communicating to numerous national and international stakeholders.

The forum proposed here is a cost effective opportunity to address these needs for CRC projects on abalone for both production sectors. It will be held as part of the 8th International Abalone Symposium in Hobart in May 2012 so that research and participants from elsewhere can be part of the sessions.

The CRC Forum will run over at least a single day to encourage participation of industry at a conference that would otherwise be dominated by academics. Funding sought here is to subsidise industry attendance to increase participation.

The forum will be based on areas of CRC research activity:
1) Reseeding workshop
2) Marketing session
3) SnailBASE workshop
4) Aquaculture nutrition session

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-40-4
Author: Caleb Gardner and Nick Elliot
Final Report • 2012-06-30 • 394.30 KB
2011-773-DLD.pdf

Summary

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 Hobart in May 2012 so that research and participants from elsewhere could be part of the sessions. The conference and thus the forum attracted a large number of registrants (261) from 19 countries.  The forum dealt with areas of special relevance to CRC projects and was effective in generating outputs from the CRC with many papers currently under review for publication in a refereed journal.  The forum also included sponsorship for industry registrations which contributed to the larger than usual participation of industry in this type of event (130 registrations).

The reseeding workshop was held to review and reinvigorate the concept of abalone enhancement. Enhancement operations were showcased from Japan, the USA and New Zealand. Presentations explored field methods of stock enhancement/reseeding and evaluating survival to help direct future efforts and maximise efficacy.

The CRC has substantial investment in marketing.  The forum assisted with this through the presentation of information on global production and markets. The intent was to develop a better-informed Australian research and industry community fully aware of the latest global trends.

A workshop was also held to progress the development of “SnailBASE” which involved participants from several countries.

Environment

SCRC: Seafood CRC Research Travel Grant: Targeted meetings with key research providers and industry personnel in the UK relevant to CRC projects 2011/703 and 2011/735

Project number: 2012-718
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Catriona Macleod
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 27 Mar 2012 - 30 Jul 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Recreational Fishing
Health And Safety
Aquaculture

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-38-1
Author: Catriona Macleod
Final Report • 2012-07-31 • 218.61 KB
2012-718-DLD-RTG.pdf

Summary

This trip involved targeted meetings with key research and industry personnel to consolidate the existing relationship and secure ongoing research support for two Seafood CRC student projects as well as to advance the research agendas developed as part of those projects and establish ongoing international research partnerships.

These projects included “An evaluation of the options for expansion of salmonid aquaculture in Tasmanian waters”, and “Tracking methyl mercury contamination pathways in key commercially and recreationally fished species”. The travel grant supported meetings with researchers and industry in the UK, including representatives from the University of Plymouth, Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth, Marine Harvest International and the University of St Andrews.

People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-005
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Research to support the development of a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery

This study documents the first comprehensive evaluation of the spawning biomass of the South Eastern Stock of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax). This stock occupies continental shelf waters from the Victorian-South Australian border, east through Bass Strait and along the north-western and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Rac Tas
Fisheries Management
Biomass
SPECIES
Sardines
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Environment

Tactical Research Fund - Empowering Industry: energy audit of prawn trawler with auxiliary sail power

Project number: 2011-229
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $14,680.00
Principal Investigator: Giles A. Thomas
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 2 Oct 2011 - 10 Jun 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Pollution
Fishing Technology
Fishing Gear
Energy
Energy

Need

Commercial fishing is one of the most energy intensive food production methods today and the Australian industry consumes approximately 205 million litres of diesel fuel per annum. The fishing industry needs to radically improve the energy efficiency of its operations primarily due to the rising cost of fuel and its effect on operating margins. The recent rapid increase in cost of diesel has reduced margins to such a low level that it is rapidly becoming uneconomical for operators to continue to trade. This has significant flow-on effects down the whole production-processing-retail chain.

In addition there is a global need to reduce the emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel combustion. The global fisheries industries emit annually more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Trawling is a very energy intensive fishing method, for example Australian prawn trawlers incur fuel costs of approximately 35% of total production costs. The use of alternative auxiliary powering systems, such as sails, has the potential to radically reduce fuel consumption by a combination of providing supplementary propulsive thrust and reducing vessel motions and consequent drag.

Several fishers in Australia have installed sails onto their vessels with the aim of reducing fuel consumption, but no investigations have been conducted to ascertain the effect the auxiliary systems actually have on fuel consumption, performance and costs. The results from an energy audit on such a vessel would provide valuable information to other fishers on the benefits, or otherwise, of fitting such a system to their vessel.

The need for this work was highlighted by the results from recent FRDC sponsored energy audits of fishing vessels. The 1st International Symposium on Energy Efficiency in Fishing was held in May 2010 and clearly emphasised the need for continuing RD&E in this area.

Objectives

1. Energy audit (level 2) on prawn trawler fitted with auxiliary sail system.
2. Collect data on effect of use of sail system on fuel consumption in varying environmental conditions.
3. Analyse energy audit data to determine effect of sail system on fuel consumption.
4. Disseminate information on effect of sail auxiliary power system to owners and operators of fishing vessels.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-86295-676-6
Author: Giles Thomas
Final Report • 2012-09-01 • 2.29 MB
2011-229-DLD.pdf
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-067
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: Nutrient and phytoplankton data from Storm Bay to support sustainable resource planning

This project has provided preliminary data on environmental conditions in Storm Bay that is assisting managers and marine industries to better understand effects of climate change and climate variability on fisheries and aquaculture in the region, including changing currents and primary...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Sustainability
Storm Bay
Policy
Innovation
Fisheries Management
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