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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-053
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enhancing the understanding of the value provided to fisheries by man-made aquatic structures

In 2018, the state’s recreational and commercial fishers (represented by the peak bodies Recfishwest and WAFIC) commissioned a program of research as part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation project aimed at documenting the social and economic values and benefits that stakeholders...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Social Science
Social Science
Recreational Fishing
Rac Wa
Policy
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-118
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of factors influencing prices of domestic seafoods

Australian fisheries are managed by governments to ensure that commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable and economically efficient manner. Fisheries management decisions influence the level of catch from a fishery, either directly through setting the total allowable catches that the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Survey
Profitability
Offshore
Marketing
Market Opportunities
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-113
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Controlled advance of out of season Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) brood stock spawning through manipulation of environmental cues using RAS technology (Huon Aquaculture Company)

Tasmania’s available areas of sheltered Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) marine lease space are highly utilised with collaborative research recommending greater utilisation of onshore recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) combined with expansion into offshore areas to produce more...
ORGANISATION:
Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Longfin Eel
Southern Shortfin Eel
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-093
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of biological tagging techniques for penaeid prawns

The objective of this project was to develop novel biological tags for penaeid prawns. The impetus for this research was the growing interest in Australia in the potential for stock-enhancement of penaeid fisheries with hatchery reared juveniles. In any stock- enhancement program some...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Traceability
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Biotechnology
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-186
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Oil and Gas: National coordination - seismic and other issues

Commercial fishing industry throughout Australia is under continued pressure on its operation due to activities relating to the oil and gas sector such as seismic surveys, drilling, construction of sub-sea infrastructure and commissioning. Generally, the commercial fishing sector throughout...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
TAGS
Seismic
Fisheries Management
Environmental Impact
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-047
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Addressing knowledge gaps for studies of the effect of water resource development on the future of the Northern Prawn Fishery

Overview The objectives of this project were to use historical data and derived knowledge from banana prawn research in the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC) to identify knowledge gaps and examine estuarine juvenile banana prawn abundance in a subset of Gulf estuaries where water development is...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Resource Enhancement
Modelling
Migration
Estuarine
Ecosystem
SPECIES
Banana Prawns
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-033
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enhancement of the NSW blacklip abalone fishery using hatchery produced seed

This project is a revision of FRDC Project 2001/033 which was originally titled Enhancement of the NSW blacklip abalone fishery using hatchery produced seed. The original project included a significant cash contribution from the NSW Abalone Fishing Industry but unfortunately after FRDC approved the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Survey
Stock Assessment
Population Dynamics
Modelling
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 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
TAGS
Oceanography
Modelling
Climate Change
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
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