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2023-109
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
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418 results
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2022-155
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Bribie Island
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2018-056
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
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Cracking the code on captive breeding of Macquarie Perch
Project number:
2022-116
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure:
$1,303,630.00
Principal Investigator:
Taylor L. Hunt
Organisation:
Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) Queenscliff
Project start/end date:
2 Apr 2023
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1 Mar 2026
Contact:
FRDC
Currently, the inability to consistently produce Macquarie perch from captive held broodstock is severely constraining its recovery. Being able to captively breed Macquarie perch will firstly save the species from extinction from a conservation standpoint and secondly, re-establish recreational fisheries for Macquarie perch across its former range in Victoria, NSW and ACT. Establishing captive breeding may also provide new and unique opportunities for aquaculture in Australia for the commercial production of Macquarie perch, suitable for the restaurant industry, akin to Murray cod.
This proposal details four key focus areas of research and development to achieve captive breeding of Macquarie perch within three years, such that Government and in the future, private aquaculture hatcheries, can adopt commercial production of the species. The project seeks $698,630 of investment from FRDC and is supported with over $3 million of co-investment (including matching $605,000 cash and $2.41 million in-kind) from 9 partners across Victoria, NSW, Qld, and ACT. The project aligns with the FRDC R&D Plan 2020-2025, as well as priorities, actions and outcomes in other key national and state plans (Table 4).
1. Develop and optimise artificial diets to meet the nutritional requirements of captive Macquarie perch broodstock and larvae.
2. Optimise the hormonal treatment and explore environmental manipulation to improve spawning of captive held Macquarie perch broodstock.
3. Review, refine and develop breeding strategies and husbandry practices in the hatchery to maximise fish production and fish stocking outcomes with learnings incorporated into Macquarie perch captive breeding hatchery manual.
4. Monitor and evaluate the success of stocked Macquarie perch fingerlings into rivers in northeast Victoria and, where research numbers permit, conduct genetic analyses to inform dietary treatment and genetic management of the species in ongoing captive breeding and stocking of the species.
5. Build community awareness and support by sharing information and encouraging participation in fish stocking and population monitoring events.
Media release
Media release
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2023-07-26
Read the joint media release from Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Murray Watt and Victorian Minister for Planning and Outdoor Recreation, Hon Sonya Kilkenny.
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PROJECT NUMBER
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2023-009
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2023-005
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Research to support the development of a Tasmanian Sardine Fishery
This study documents the first comprehensive evaluation of the spawning biomass of the South Eastern Stock of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax). This stock occupies continental shelf waters from the Victorian-South Australian border, east through Bass Strait and along the north-western and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2022-101
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
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SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2022-210
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) Queenscliff
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SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2021-001
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2024-059
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
SPECIES
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