PROJECT NUMBER
•
2008-099
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
435 results
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2007-040
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2005-081
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Assessment of information needs for freshwater flows into Australian estuaries
Water is a critical resource management issue in Australia and is recognised as being “part of Australia’s natural capital, serving a number of important productive, environmental and social objectives” (IGA-NWI, 2004, p. 1). The demand for water for residential supplies, agriculture, industry, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources Mines and Energy (DRNME) Indooroopilly
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: conduct of a multi-jurisdiction simulation exercise focussed on health management in Australian aquaculture
Project number:
2003-669
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$92,196.00
Principal Investigator:
Iain East
Organisation:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date:
30 Aug 2003
-
31 Oct 2005
Contact:
FRDC
The current program of simulation exercises conducted under the auspices of the Federal Budget Initiative is designed to provide individual jurisdictions with training in the management of aquatic animal disease emergencies. However, within Australia, both marine and freshwater environments cross State/Territory boundaries. The need for inter-jurisdictional co-operation in successful disease control and eradication has not previously been addressed. A current FRDC project, 2002/660 is providing training focussed on the operation of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Diseases, however, the aims and objectives of the current proposal are to develop cooperation at a technical and operational level rather than the strategic level addressed by project 2002/660.
The current proposal follows on from a previous project (2002/655) that involved:
1. Recruitment of stakeholders to the proposed exercise,
2. The development of the exercise documentation and plans,
3. Obtaining financial support from stakeholders
All of these objectives have been met. The project outlined in the current proposal will allow for the conduct of the exercise as planned. This project submission has been requested by the FRDC Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram.
1. To conduct, in cooperation with a range of government and non-government organisations, a simulation exercise that will effectively address issues of inter-jurisdictional communication and cooperation in response to an emergency disease incident.
2. To enhance the capabilities of the States/Territories that share the Murray/Darling Basin in the area of management of aquatic animal disease incidents.
3. To heighten the awareness of these jurisdictions to the potential for incursions of emergency diseases.
Final report
Author:
Iain East
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: revision and expansion of the Australian Aquatic Animal Disease Identification Field Guide for publishing to CD ROM
Project number:
2003-642
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$19,961.00
Principal Investigator:
Alistair Herfort
Organisation:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date:
26 Feb 2003
-
30 Dec 2005
Contact:
FRDC
A revision of the original Field Guide is necessary to update information in respect of recent changes to the National List as well as an increase in knowledge of diseases currently covered by original Field Guide. The revised Field Guide also needs to target a more technical audience than that of the original version and will be upgraded accordingly. Production of the Field Guide on CD ROM provides an excellent opportunity for wider and more efficient dissemination.
1. To update information in the existing Australian Aquatic Animal Disease Identification Field Guide, with improved data and to expand on the technical aspects of disease aetiology, diagnostics and response options, while remaining relevant to the non-technical audience
2. To produce the revised Field Guide in a cost-effective and easily distributed format
Final report
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Design and Organisation of a multi-state disease emergency simulation exercise
Project number:
2002-655
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$38,557.00
Principal Investigator:
Iain East
Organisation:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date:
30 Oct 2002
-
30 Jun 2006
Contact:
FRDC
The current program of simulation exercises to be conducted under the auspices of the Federal Budget Initiative is designed to provide individual jurisdictions with training in the management of an aquatic animal disease emergency.
However, within Australia, both marine and freshwater environments cross State/Territory boundaries. The need for inter-jurisdictional co-operation in successful disease control and eradication has not previously been addressed. A current FRDC project, 2002/660 is providing training focussed on the operation of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Diseases, however, the aims and objectives of the current proposal are to develop cooperation at a technical and operational level rather than the strategic level addressed by project 2002/660.
This project is needed to allow the development of the exercise materials and ensure that the exercise is effectively and efficiently planned.
This project submission has been requested by the FRDC Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram.
1. To develop in consultation with a range of government and no-government organisations, a simulation exercise that will effectively address issues of inter-jurisdictional communication and cooperation in response to an emergency disease incident.
2. To engage the States/Territories that share the Murray/Darling Basin in the planning exercise and in doing so, heighten the awareness of these jurisdictions to the potential for incursions of emergency disease.
3. To negotiate funding for the subsequent simulation exercise from a range of participating agencies.
Final report
ISBN:
0-9751859-0-x
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1999-424
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Value adding to fish processing waste through aquafeed development
The management and disposal of solid wastes from seafood processing, food manufacturing and allied industries is a major economic and environmental issue for Australian industry. Large quantities of wet waste of this nature are routinely disposed of to landfill at considerable cost to...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
TAGS
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1999-376
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
SPECIES
Support for Outlook 98 and a post-economic analysis of Wallis Lakes: impact of hepatitis A
Project number:
1997-349
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$13,015.00
Principal Investigator:
Perry Smith
Organisation:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date:
28 Jun 1997
-
1 Dec 1998
Contact:
FRDC
This project has arisen because of the Hepatitis A outbreak possibly associated with oysters at Wallis Lakes, 1997. Food safety issues are regarded by sea food industry as a major threat. While the majority of industry can see the benefit of implementing food safety plans others are still to be convinced. The hepatitis outbreak offers a unique opportunity to determine the cost both socially and economically of a major disease outbreak, its impact on consumers, and the economic benefit of effective food safety plans. The need for the project is:
1. to quantify the economic cost to the industry as a result of reduced market acceptance for oysters products;
2. to determine the extent that the outbreak impacted on other seafood products both from Wallis lakes and other sources;
3. the development of this economic analysis will allow the industry to assess the risk associated with addressing food safety issues;
4. to provide the basis for ABARE’s presentation to Outlook 98, which can be further extended to industry as a case study; and,
5. additionally, the project will act as a vehicle as part of FRDC's sponsorship of the fisheries outlook session of the 98 Outlook conference .
1. 1. to quantify the extent of reduction in oyster sales as a result of the hepatitis A outbreak
2. 2. to quantify the costs to other sectors of the seafood sector as a result of the hepatitis A outbreak, this will primarily focus on the Sydney seafood markets
and,
3. 3. to extend the results both as part of Outlook 98 and as a case study for industry.
Final report
Author:
Perry Smith
PROJECT NUMBER
•
1997-302
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
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