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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-019
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Removal of microalgae and total nitrogen in effluent water from prawn farms using electrocoagulation (EC) water treatment technology

This project focused on addressing a key challenge of the Australian prawn industry: the reduction/removal of nitrogen (N) and the coagulation of suspended solids (including microalgae) to facilitate the expansion of the industry whilst continuing to meet these sustainability targets. The...
ORGANISATION:
Nautilus Collaboration Pty Ltd
TAGS
Sustainability
Innovation
Environmental Impact
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-015
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Proposed northern Australia water developments pertinent to the Northern Prawn Fishery: collation and review

The project reviewed the legislation dealing with Water Resource Management in each of Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia that effects the management of overland flow in catchments that empty into water managed as part of the Northern Prawn Fishery. The project...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Resource Enhancement
Rac Cmwth
Modelling
Fisheries Management
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Ballot's Saucer Scallop
King Threadfin
Blue Threadfin
Barramundi
Black Tiger Prawn
People
Industry
Industry
Environment
Environment
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
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-261
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigating the use of trace element profiles to substantiate provenance for the Australian prawn industry

In 2015 industry stakeholders from the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers (ACPF) and the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) identified the potential for the "Love Australian Prawns" (LAP) campaign to be undermined by the practice of unscrupulous operators substituting Australian prawns...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Traceability
Supply Chain
Resource Access And Allocation
Media
Communications
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
School Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1997-105
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growth, mortality, movements and nursery habitats of red-legged banana prawns (Penaeus indicus) in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

This project has contributed to the ecologically sustainable management of the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) by providing information on the status of red-legged banana prawn stocks and the nursery habitats that support this fishery. It has achieved these outcomes by firstly completing detailed...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Mortality
SPECIES
Banana Prawns
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