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Seafood CRC: Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) executive redirection challenge project

Project number: 2010-786
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $13,135.00
Principal Investigator: John Whiteoak
Organisation: University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Project start/end date: 17 Jan 2011 - 17 Mar 2011
Contact:
FRDC

Need

As with any Board there are conflicts and tensions on the APFA Board that arise from the mix of small and large farms represented,
level of experience, an annually rotating Board membership, differing R&D priorities and regulations challenges that continue to impact on future developments, as well as looking at the future business aspects of the APFA this workshop will also help the Board identify better ways to work as a more effective team.

Objectives

1. To identify and obtain agreement on the highest priority questions and opportunities facing the prawn farming industry and develop R & D and other strategies to address them.
2. To assist the APFA Board establish a unified vision and sense of purpose.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-777
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: identification of the core leadership group and network structure of East Coast Trawl to develop, implement and evaluate strategic opportunities

The East Coast Trawl Fishery (ECTF) is spread over a large geographical area (from the Torres Strait to the Queensland/New South Wales border), and comprises a large number of small independent fishers. Importantly, it is one of Australia's largest fisheries and has an annual volume of 10,000 tonnes...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-724
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: genetic technologies to support a transformation to profitability and competitiveness in F. merguiensis and P. monodon

Seafarm, at Cardwell, for most of the last 20 years, has been Australia’s largest prawn farm and the major producer of Banana Prawns. This producer wanted to understand and resolve the suspected inbreeding/ loss of diversity issues, and if necessary, redesign their breeding program to ensure it...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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