PROJECT NUMBER
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2022-018
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
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99 results
PROJECT NUMBER
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2021-086
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
TAGS
Determining if the CCSBT Management Procedure sufficiently demonstrates sustainability credentials of Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna
Project number:
2021-037
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$34,377.00
Principal Investigator:
Daniel Casement
Organisation:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
Project start/end date:
5 Aug 2021
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13 Oct 2021
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
After discussions with MSC, ASBTIA applied for MSC and completed the pre-assessment (ACDR) for SBT caught in the Great Australian Bight (GAB) for farming. An approved CAB, Marine Resources and Assessment Group (MRAG) completed the ACDR (attached) and identified three possible challenges to certification. First was that the MSC Standard requires the product to be “landed.” This was resolved because SBT caught for farming is officially deemed “landed” by AFMA and CCSBT. Second was the SBT listing under the EPBC Act 1999 – the same problem faced by Orange Roughy East (ORE). ASBTIA has applied to the Australian Minister for Environment for SBT to be delisted in 2021.
Another major problem is that the MSC Standard requires the SBT stock to be “at least an 80% probability that the true status of the stock is higher than the point at which there is an appreciable risk of recruitment being impaired” (MSC Standard SA2.2.1.1 and SA2.2.1.2). The Standard notes that: “Where proxy indicators and reference points are used to score Principle 1 (Pl 1.1.1), the team shall justify their use as reasonable proxies of stock biomass for the PRI and/or MSY.” The Standard also notes that “The recent trends in fishing mortality rate may be used as a means of scoring stock status.” (SA2.2.4). Currently the CCSBT MP is tuned to a 70% probability of rebuilding the stock to the interim rebuilding target reference point of 20% of the original spawning stock biomass by 2035, which does not meet the MSC Standards.
As soon as this problem was identified by MRAG in the ACDR – ASBTIA had detailed discussions with AWE and CSIRO on how this barrier could be overcome. The view that SBT could not pass the MSC Principle 1 without this being resolved was then supported by the ISSF analysis in February 2021 (see www.iss-foundation.org) CSIRO noted that the problem could be addressed by a project – but that it required use of data and analysis which evolved from the meetings of the CCSBT Extended Scientific Committee (ESC) but were not published or used in the ESC annual Reports (see www.ccsbt.org)
1. For CSIRO (on behalf of Australia) to produce a report on how the current CCSBT Management Procedure (MP) can be tuned to achieve the default PRI within the next 3-5 years.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9807000-3-9
Author:
Brian Jeffriess and Claire Webber
Final Report
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2022-02-01
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523.29 KB
2021-037-DLD.pdf
This research project is an important step for the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna fishery for catching fish for farms. The project directly addressed the point which is seen as the remaining barrier to the fishery achieving Marine Stewardship Council certification.
The project establishes that Southern Bluefin Tuna exceeds considerably the Marine Stewardship Council sustainability criteria required to meet Marine Stewardship Council Principle 1: Sustainable target fish stocks. The methodology used by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation was confirmed by the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna Extended Scientific Committee in August 2021 and might be seen as model to be used by other fisheries facing the same problem with certification bodies.
PROJECT NUMBER
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2020-109
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Kin Premium Australian Seafood Pty Ltd
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SPECIES
The effects of vitamins and feeding frequency on the extension of the colour shelf life and maintenance of flesh quality of fresh and frozen Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) flesh
Project number:
2019-166
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$244,271.00
Principal Investigator:
Erin J. Bubner
Organisation:
Flinders University
Project start/end date:
2 Apr 2020
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2 May 2021
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Investigate suitability of alternative bleeding practices of Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) post-harvest and their impact on product quality
Project number:
2019-158
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$52,079.62
Principal Investigator:
Trent D'Antignana
Organisation:
Nutrisea Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
16 Feb 2020
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31 Aug 2020
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2019-088
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Development of a national sector-specific biosecurity plan guideline and template for the sea-cage finfish (non-salmonid) industry of Australia.
In this project, we developed guidelines to provide the Australian sea-cage finfish (non-salmonid) industry with the tools and templates to create an auditable farm biosecurity plan. Consideration was given to the current farming of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi), southern bluefin tuna...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-210
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Long-term analysis of the sea-state in the Great Australian Bight
This report provides a detailed characterisation, assessment and prediction of the meteorological and oceanographic conditions that will be encountered by, and have the potential to impact, future petroleum activities in the Great Australian Bight. In the absence of direct, long-term...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2018-194
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Forecasting spatial distribution of Southern Bluefin Tuna habitat in the Great Australian Bight – updating and improving habitat and forecast models
This project was a collaboration between CSIRO, the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The project aim was to update work done as part of FRDC Project 2012/239 “Forecasting spatial distribution of Southern Bluefin Tuna...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2018-170
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
RMIT University Melbourne City Campus
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