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People
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)
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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)
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)
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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)

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

Project number: 2010-765
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Tom Ross
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 2 Jan 2011 - 17 Apr 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The proposal is primarily concerned with improving skills and productivity of the Australian seafood processing and retailing industry as a whole. The Food Safety Centre is, essentially, merely the proponent.

The Seafood CRC has identified chilled, pre-packaged, seafood presentations as a way of increasing industry profitability. Such products, by virtue of the greater handling and longer shelf-life, are potentially at higher risk of contamination with unacceptable levels of microbial pathogens requiring higher skills and technology for management of the risk. Coupled with rapid diagnostics technologies, predictive models and quantitative knowledge of the microbial ecology of seafoods form a strategic platform for expansion into new markets based on these value-added products. Such products are already well established in Europe.

Dr. Dalgaard is an international expert in seafood microbiology, being a long-term member of the National Food Institute (DTU Food) (formerly: Danish Institute for Fisheries Research). The Food Safety Centre has collaborated with Dr. Dalgaard on various predictive microbiology projects over the last 15 – 20 years but few have specifically involved seafood applications due to sources of funding within Australia. With our involvement in the Seafood CRC we consider that useful synergies will arise, particularly in the areas of histamine contamination of seafoods, and Listeria monocytogenes control, in long-shelf life, mildly-preserved fish products – a market that the Australian industry has to develop to increase profitability. This Master Class series will support the > $2million investment of the Australian seafood industry (through the CRC) into new retail and foodservice presentations with longer shelf life and employing novel processing/preservation technologies. It will provide a means to develop new products and processes, but with far less reliance on costly and time consuming challenge trials.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925982-69-5
Author: Tom Ross
Final Report • 2011-04-18 • 2.23 MB
2010-765-DLD.pdf

Summary

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 from measurements of temperature, pH. salt-in-water, organic acids and gaseous atmosphere in the case of modified atmosphere-packed seafood. Those computer models can be accessed, free-of-charge, and are known as the Seafood Spoilage and Safety Predictor (‘SSSP’; http://sssp.dtuaqua.dk/). They are widely used in Europe and internationally.

Dr. Dalgaard’s visit was an opportunity to deliver a number of master classes in Australia, and to showcase the newly developed Australian Oyster Refrigeration Index (an analogous tool to assess microbiological safety and quality of oysters) developed in Australia with Seafood CRC funding.

The visit occurred from 29 May to 10 June 2011, and involved visits and discussions with staff from various seafood business, research and regulatory organisations. Furthermore, Dr Dalgaard presented two master classes on predictive microbiology for seafood and one symposium on management of Listeria monocytogenes in ready to eat foods.

Overall, approximately 80 stakeholders in the Australian seafood industry interacted with Dr. Dalgaard, and a further 100 food safety managers in government, retail, consultants etc. attended lectures by Dr. Dalgaard at the Listeria management symposium.

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)