The Abalone Council of Australia (ACA) has clearly identified in their Strategic Plan (2007-2017) goals to have an Australian national wild abalone brand driven by a national Quality Assurance and Product Integrity Program, and to increase the industry gross volume of production (in real terms) by...
The Australian abalone industry identified a clear need to conduct research into this area to gain knowledge, but also because there has never been such a comprehensive investigation into the Australian abalone industry, its markets, global production, abalone consumption and consumption trends and...
Current Australian abalone fisheries management primarily uses biological and catch data to set total allowable catch limits (TACs). Performance targets are usually based on trends in catch rate or catch and aim to maintain these indicators within historic bounds that have prevented recruitment...
This project aimed to enable the abalone industry to better be able to work collaboratively and improve the quality of products supplied to the market and to maintain market share in major exports.
This project aimed to:
Coordinate the planning, implementation and reporting of research and...