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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-910
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: automation of western rocklobster processing

Automation of processing is widespread in many food production industries. Currently, labour costs in the Western Rocklobster industry are high and availability of labour is extremely poor. This is especially problematic given the processing of Western Rocklobsters is a highly manual process....
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-504
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: industry-extension of acoustic release technology for at-call access to submerged head-gear in the NSW rocklobster fishery

Acoustic release systems were purchased by 3 fishing businesses but installation proceeded for only 2 of these businesses, on vessels fishing out of Sydney and Jervis Bay. Installation on the vessel Seeking, working out of Jervis Bay, was a permanent installation, with full integration...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Rac Nsw
Electronic Monitoring
SPECIES
Eastern Rock Lobster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-062
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Coordination of the National Priority 1 Subprogram: to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so

The FRDC's RD&E Plan 2015-20 focused on maximising impacts by concentrating on knowledge development around three national priorities including National Priority 1(NP1): to ensure that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so. In...
ORGANISATION:
Oceanomics Pty Ltd
TAGS
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Fisheries Management
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
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-150
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Attendance at the Annual Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) - 4-9 December 2018 in Honolulu, USA

This report is an overview of my attendance at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Meeting 15 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 9–16 December 2018 which was made possible through a FRDC Development Award. The report includes information on: (i) what issues were discussed at the meeting,...
ORGANISATION:
Narooma Seafood Direct
TAGS
Rac Cmwth
Fishing Gear
Fisheries Management
Conference
SPECIES
Striped Marlin
Swordfish
Bigeye Tuna
Albacore
Yellowfin Tuna
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-227
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: enhancement of the Pacific oyster selective breeding program

The Australian national Pacific oyster selective breeding program commenced in 1998. In 2005, after 6 generations of breeding, it was apparent that there were limitations to the breeding strategy. The first was a lack of understanding of which genetic traits to select. Whilst the program...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
TAGS
Rac Tas
Promotion
Marketing
Market Opportunities
SPECIES
Pacific Oyster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-022
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing a rapid molecular identification technique to improve egg production based fish biomass assessments

This project aimed to develop a rapid and affordable molecular method to identify fish eggs from plankton samples. The method selected was a multiplex bead array method where species-specific probes are developed and bound to beads which fluoresce when passed through a flow cytometer if bound to the...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Rac Nt
Genomics
Biotechnology
SPECIES
Grey Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel
Black Jewfish
Sardines
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Can commercial harvest of long-spined sea urchins reduce the impact of urchin grazing on abalone and lobster fisheries?

At low-levels of exploitation, commercial harvesting of long-spined sea urchins was found to prevent increase in urchin density. Adjacent unfished locations experienced an increase in both urchin density and grazed area over the 2014 – 2016 study period. Research sampling of populations...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Rac Tas
Harvest Strategy
Fishing Effort
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Sea Urchins
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-706
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: accelerated new product development: blue swimmer crab pilot

The aim of the project was to develop a new series of value added Abacus crab products that have been researched, developed, costed, branded and trialled in the marketplace prior to further large financial commitment to facilitate production. This new accelerated product development methodology,...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Supply Chain
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Marketing
Consumer
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
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