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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
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-759
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Towards all female Penaeus monodon populations using androgenic gland manipulations

Australian prawn aquaculture production is based predominantly on P. monodon farming, with larger sized prawns attract premium prices in the local market. Females grow significantly larger than males, and hence, a technology to develop all-female monosex populations would offer competitive advantage...
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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