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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-307
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

International symposium on cephalopod lifecycles: biology, management and conservation

The University of Tasmania was invited to host the 7th triennial symposium of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) in February 2006. This is the premier international cephalopod symposium attended by scientists, industry, and managers from around the world. The...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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"

Project number: 2009-720
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Blair
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 10 May 2009 - 29 Sep 2009
Contact:
FRDC

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-21-3
Author: Jennifer Cobcroft and Stephen Battaglene
Final Report • 2009-09-30 • 1.15 MB
2009-720-DLD-RTG.pdf

Summary

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 relationship with Assoc Prof Giorgos Koumoundouros, international expert in malformations in marine fish and helped to build research linkages between Australia, Greece and the broader European hatchery research community.

The laboratory and hatchery visits in Greece coincided with Larvi 09, 5th Fish and Shellfish Larviculture Symposium, the premier international event specialising in larval rearing research, the FineFish Final Workshop and a LARVANET workshop. In Greece, Assoc Prof Koumoundouros hosted a visit to the Laboratory of Zoology, University of Patras, where he demonstrated methods used by his team for assessment of fish samples for skeletal malformations and body shape. The methods used have direct applicability in the rapid processing and thorough classification of fish samples for quality assessment in Australian hatcheries.

Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-149
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Planning for a Blue Future Salmon - informing R&D, regulation and industry development

The Tasmanian salmon industry is seeking to grow production safely and sustainably in the next two decades, further increasing the tangible benefits to the Tasmanian community. Our aim, through the Tasmanian Global Salmon Symposium partnership, is to deliver this by being the most environmentally...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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

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.

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PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-765
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Seafood CRC Visiting Expert and Master Classes - Dr Paw Dalgaard - SSSP and related food safety and quality software

Dr. Paw Dalgaard of the Danish Technical University is internationally recognised for his work on microbial quality, spoilage and safety of fish. His research studies are made accessible to industry through internet software that can be used to predict the growth of bacteria of interest on seafood...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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

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
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-029
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Factors limiting resilience and recovery of fished abalone populations

The aims of this project were to: Determine the efficacy of translocation of mature abalone for stock rebuilding Identify key ecological processes that limit stock recovery Quantify the scale of 'spillover' from translocated populations Cost-benefit analysis of rehabilitated...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)