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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-097
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Reducing bycatch using modifications to sweeps and lines anterior to the trawl mouth - collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods and there has been a great deal of work done over the past few decades to develop modifications that reduce unwanted bycatches. Much of this work has focussed on modifications at, or near, the codend (at the aft section) of trawls,...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
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
SPECIES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-734
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: controlling biofouling of pond aerators on marine prawn farms

Biofouling of aeration equipment is a significant farm management issue and production cost for Australian marine prawn farms. Defouling aeration equipment has a high labour demand and once fouled, the energy efficiency of paddle-wheels and other aerating equipment can be markedly reduced, leading...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
SPECIES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-106
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identifying electronic platforms to increase safety at sea in the Australian commercial fishing fleet

Maintaining safety at sea requires a multi-faceted and complex system including coordinating vessel integrity and the carriage of the correct equipment, the provision of accurate information on weather and sea conditions, the training of the crew and managing their actions at sea. ...
ORGANISATION:
Diversity Sustainable Development Consultants Pty Ltd
SPECIES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-086
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of the capability of Shrimp MultiPath White Spot virus tests: A multiplexed screening platform for pathogen diagnostics in prawns

This report summarises the development and performance assessment of novel PCR based assays to monitor and detect the microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in Penaeid shrimp samples using a cost-effective and high-throughput approach. The original Project objective was to...
ORGANISATION:
Genics Pty Ltd
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
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-087
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Australian Prawn education for retail and consumers

This report presents the methods used to assist consumers to overcome barriers to consumption of Australian prawns. The report details the outputs, and any available metrics, in market channels including retail, food service and directly with consumers about prawns, including: species, regions,...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-190
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of gamma irradiation as a feasible method for treating prawns to inactivate White Spot Syndrome Virus

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was detected in diseased farmed prawns by Biosecurity Queensland’s Biological Sciences Laboratory and confirmed by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Diagnostic Preparedness (ACDP) Fish...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
SPECIES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-082
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determining the impact of environmental variability on the sustainability, fishery dynamics and economic performance of the West Coast Prawn Trawl Fishery

The project has provided an understanding of how environmental variation has impacted on WCPF production. Chapter 1 contains the objectives of the study, background and need for the work. Chapter 2 provides a context for understanding of: a) oceanic and climatological processes which are associated...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
People
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)
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