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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-774
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: harvest strategy evaluations and co-management for the Moreton Bay trawl fishery

The Moreton Bay otter trawl fishery is a multispecies fishery, with the majority of the catch composed of various species of prawns, squid and Moreton Bay Bugs. The project was an initiative of the MBSIA and developed from concerns over a number of issues. These included concern over declining...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Supply & Demand
Non Market Values
Modelling
Harvest Strategy
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Endeavour Prawns
Bay Prawns
Environment
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
Industry
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-708
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) Strategic Plan and Business Plan

The vision of the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries is that Australian wild catch prawn fisheries will continue to: •Offer safe, high quality products that attract discerning local and overseas consumers •Be environmentally sustainable resource managers using accredited...
ORGANISATION:
Ridge Partners
SPECIES
Royal Red Prawn
Giant Scarlet Prawn
Red Prawn
Black Tiger Prawn
Redspot King Prawn
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-731
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Develop priority R&D projects for the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries

Since its inception the Seafood CRC had a budget of approximately $3m available for R&D projects on behalf of its member, the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers (ACPF). However, at the start of the CRC, the ACPF had a number of problems that ensured no sustained effort would be applied to...
ORGANISATION:
Shearwater Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Supply Chain
Stakeholder
Market Opportunities
Innovation
Harvest Strategy
SPECIES
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Endeavour Prawns
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-777
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: identification of the core leadership group and network structure of East Coast Trawl to develop, implement and evaluate strategic opportunities

The East Coast Trawl Fishery (ECTF) is spread over a large geographical area (from the Torres Strait to the Queensland/New South Wales border), and comprises a large number of small independent fishers. Importantly, it is one of Australia's largest fisheries and has an annual volume of 10,000 tonnes...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
TAGS
Stakeholder
Market Opportunities
Fisheries Management
Efficiency
Community
SPECIES
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-724
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: genetic technologies to support a transformation to profitability and competitiveness in F. merguiensis and P. monodon

Seafarm, at Cardwell, for most of the last 20 years, has been Australia’s largest prawn farm and the major producer of Banana Prawns. This producer wanted to understand and resolve the suspected inbreeding/ loss of diversity issues, and if necessary, redesign their breeding program to ensure it...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
TAGS
Reproduction
Profitability
Market Opportunities
Innovation
Husbandry
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Industry
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