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PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-303
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Second national prawn fisheries workshop - Adelaide, February 2007

Australia comprises fifteen different prawn fisheries across Australia with a combined value at close to $1billion in gross revenue. A look at several other Australian fisheries showed that those that had been successful at addressing issues at a national level had national representative...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
TAGS
Workshop
SPECIES
Prawns
Environment
Industry
Industry
Environment

Seafood CRC: future harvest theme leadership

Project number: 2009-712
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $130,640.00
Principal Investigator: Caleb Gardner
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2009 - 29 Jun 2012
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TAGS
Training
Sustainability
Rac Wa
Harvest Strategy
Fishing Effort
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Southern Rock Lobster
Blacklip Abalone
Greenlip Abalone
Prawns

Need

The Future Harvest Theme is the last of the CRC's initial research themes to be developed. The management of the theme requires significant input from an expert in invertebrate fisheries management - expertise that does not currently reside within the CRC staff.

Objectives

1. To assist the program manger to deliver an effective research theme and its associated outcomes

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-86295-761-9
Author: Caleb Gardner
Final Report • 2015-01-01 • 797.13 KB
2009-712-DLD.pdf

Summary

The CRC has developed the Future Harvest theme business plan to deliver the following outcomes:

  1. Fisheries management delivering maximum benefit from the resource while maintaining stocks above sustainability indicators
  2. Novel management strategies in place which increase economic yield from our fisheries
  3. The technical efficiency of our fishing fleet will be improved to respond to rising costs

Through the following strategies:

  1. Field / pilot trials of novel or alternative management systems
  2. Bioeconomic modelling of specific harvest strategies allowing stakeholders to select optimal fisheries management and harvest systems
  3. Manage change and promote implementation of results in fisheries management and business structures
  4. Improve technical aspects and efficiency of fishing operations
  5. Foster better management and a progressive and collaborative culture by educating and training CRC participants and theme management
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-747
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: maximising the quality of Australian wild-caught prawns (Quality Assurance)

This project, CRC 2011/747, was funded to develop a whole of chain quality assurance program within the prawn industry, focusing on five supply chain stakeholder groups: fishers, processors, wholesalers/distributors, retailers/food service, and finally the consumer. The aim was to increase knowledge...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Supply Chain
SPECIES
Prawns
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-412
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ACPF IPA: Australian wild caught prawn sector RD&E management and communication

This project enabled the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers to coordinate, commission and extend its RD&E investments under the 2016 2020 Industry Partnership Agreement with FRDC. The report documents the process and plans behind each of the IPA’s programs: Community...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
TAGS
Wild Catch
SPECIES
Royal Red Prawn
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