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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-111
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Accelerating the adoption of digital technology on Queensland prawn farms

The Prawn Farmers Digital Skills Hub is free and available at the CQU website link. The hub will provide the Australian prawn farming industry with access to education and training in the digital skills required to accelerate the adoption of current and emerging technologies. The Prawn Farmers...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Technology
Digitisation
Capacity Building
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Environment
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
Adoption
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-419
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

An investigation into the feasibility of producing a commercially acceptable prawn stock from the discarded heads of commercially processed prawns.

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 98/419 ‘An Investigation into the feasibility of producing a commercially acceptable prawn stock from the discarded heads of commercially processed prawns’ has successfully completed Objective 1, to develop a (prototype) prawn stock (liquid...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Waste
Value Add
Stock Assessment
Oceanography
Market Opportunities
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Endeavour Prawns
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-721
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Australian Seafood Industries Quantitative Genetics Analysis and Training Services 2014-15 (2014/721 Communal)

This project resulted in the genetic analysis to allow Australian Seafood Industries (ASI) to formulate a breeding plan for the 2014 breeding season. In addition the data analysis resulted in the prioritisation of traits by industry stakeholders resulting in an agreed focus for breeding. The...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
TAGS
Training
Stock Assessment
Husbandry
Disease
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Barramundi
Black Tiger Prawn
Blacklip Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
Sydney Rock Oyster
Industry
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-224
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Increasing the profitability of Penaeus monodon farms via the use of low water exchange, microbial floc production systems at Australian Prawn Farms and at CSIRO

The economic viability of the Australian prawn farming industry is under threat from increased production of farmed prawns in south-east Asia and the substantial decrease in global prawn prices. The Australian industry is experiencing difficulty competing with imports; prawns can be landed...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
TAGS
Sustainability
Supply Chain
Profitability
Innovation
Economic
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-759
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Towards all female Penaeus monodon populations using androgenic gland manipulations

Australian prawn aquaculture production is based predominantly on P. monodon farming, with larger sized prawns attract premium prices in the local market. Females grow significantly larger than males, and hence, a technology to develop all-female monosex populations would offer competitive advantage...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
TAGS
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Physiology
Life History
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
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