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Environment
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-216
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

This project implemented the agreed Strategic R&D Plan for the SBT aquaculture industry for the period of 2004-2008 and in doing this provided the key linkage with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Aquafin CRC. It provided an administrative framework and processes that:...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
People
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-205
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Construction and evaluation of an underwater setting device to prevent accidental capture of seabirds on tuna longliners

Longline fishing is one of the world's major methods of catching fish (Lokkeborg 1999). Some seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels have learnt to take bait from longlines while the lines are being set and when doing so put themselves at risk. If they either swallow the hook or become...
ORGANISATION:
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1997-361
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Southern Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture Subprogram Project 1: implementation and coordination of research experiments conducted with farmed southern bluefin tuna to assess manufactured diets, feeding regimes and harvesting techniques

The Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT), Thunnus maccoyii, Aquaculture Industry has undergone rapid expansion since it commenced in 1990. In 2002/03 the industry was Australia’s third largest export fishing industry (ABARE, 2002) with most of its value coming from aquaculture. In this year the...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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