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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-025
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessing post-release survival of Southern Bluefin Tuna from recreational fishing

Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) are an important component of the recreational game fishery in Australia. Recreational fishers in waters around South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales catch this species seasonally. Each state respectively is responsible for the management of this...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Rac Tas
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-089
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Inland saline aquaculture - past progress, new opportunities and a synthesis of available knowledge

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Fisheries, other state governments, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation ( FRDC), the Australian Government (then DAFF) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) made a major...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Aquaculture
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-197
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing FRDC’s 2020-2025 RD&E Plan

This report covers the second of two CSIRO contributions to the project FRDC 2018-197. This project was reviewing FRDC research objectives through a process that developed alternative scenarios of possible futures relevant to Australian fisheries. Discussed here is the development of a...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Rac Vic
Rac Sa
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
Royal Red Prawn
Giant Scarlet Prawn
Red Prawn
Black Tiger Prawn
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-109
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of Fish Health Indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card

As the link between land and sea environments, estuaries are complex ecosystems vulnerable to human impacts, which directly and indirectly affect plants and animals, including fish. Fish are key biological indicators of environmental contamination, as they are water breathers, common in aquatic...
ORGANISATION:
CQUniversity (CQU) Gladstone
TAGS
Innovation
Health Benefits
Data
Contamination
Behaviour
SPECIES
Pikey Bream
Yellowfin Bream
Barramundi
Mullets
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Direct age determination with validation for commercially important Australian lobster and crab species (western, eastern, southern and ornate rock lobsters, and crystal, Tasmanian giant and mud crabs)

This research project was undertaken by a national collaboration of government and academic scientists representing key Australian crustacean fisheries. The collaborating institutions were the: Marine Ecology Research Centre – Southern Cross University, Department of Fisheries Western...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore Campus
TAGS
Tagging
Stakeholder
Disease
Analytics
Ageing
SPECIES
Giant Crab
Western Rock Lobster
Eastern Rock Lobster
Southern Rock Lobster
Mud Crabs
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-183
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identifying and synthesizing key messages from projects funded by the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group

What the report is about This project identifies, synthesises and summarises the key messages of eight projects that have been funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) on fisheries. These key messages have been presented through a...
ORGANISATION:
Land to Sea Consulting
TAGS
Training
Stakeholder
Indigenous
Data
Community
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing environmental management standards for the Australian seafood industry

The purpose of this report is to illustrate the value of EMS as a management tool for seafood businesses to achieve their environmental, economic and social goals and in achieving broader natural resources management goals associated with fishing and aquaculture as well as demonstrating to the...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
TAGS
Fisheries Management
Awareness
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-711.40
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: new opportunities for seafood processing waste

This report summarises the research undertaken under FRDC 2013/711.40: New Opportunities for Seafood Processing Waste Industry consultation and the development of a modified value chain analysis framework for new products from processing waste resulted in eleven industry case studies being...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Waste
Value Add
Survey
Supply Chain
Stock Assessment
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Patagonian Toothfish
Blue Mussel
Abalone
Octopuses
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