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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-221
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: quality and nutritional evaluation of baitfish used for tuna farming

The project provided nutritional profiles for all types of baitfish used for feed in the Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) (Thunnus maccoyii) Aquaculture Industry, as well as for the only available commercially produced compound feed and SBT. Included are values for amino acid and fatty acid...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
TAGS
Nutrition
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Environment
Industry
People
Industry
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-216
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

This project implemented the agreed Strategic R&D Plan for the SBT aquaculture industry for the period of 2004-2008 and in doing this provided the key linkage with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Aquafin CRC. It provided an administrative framework and processes that:...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Policy
Innovation
Communications
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-002
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spatial interactions among juvenile southern bluefin tuna at the global scale: a large scale archival tag experiment

Results have increased our confidence in the recruitment index based on the aerial survey in the Great Australian Bight (GAB) by confirming that the timing and duration are ideal, that the majority of juvenile SBT are likely to return to the GAB each summer, and that based on current evidence it is...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Survey
Migration
Harvest Strategy
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Communities
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-205
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Construction and evaluation of an underwater setting device to prevent accidental capture of seabirds on tuna longliners

Longline fishing is one of the world's major methods of catching fish (Lokkeborg 1999). Some seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels have learnt to take bait from longlines while the lines are being set and when doing so put themselves at risk. If they either swallow the hook or become...
ORGANISATION:
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
TAGS
Mortality
Fishing Gear
Bycatch
SPECIES
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Environment
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