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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-731
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Develop priority R&D projects for the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries

Since its inception the Seafood CRC had a budget of approximately $3m available for R&D projects on behalf of its member, the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers (ACPF). However, at the start of the CRC, the ACPF had a number of problems that ensured no sustained effort would be applied to...
ORGANISATION:
Shearwater Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Supply Chain
Stakeholder
Market Opportunities
Innovation
Harvest Strategy
SPECIES
King Prawns
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Endeavour Prawns
People
Industry
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-240
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

APFA IPA: RNAi treatment of broodstock to reduce disease impacts in farmed prawns

Reported here are the outcomes of a project with original objectives to assess (i) the ability of injected double-stranded (ds)RNA antivirals to reduce Gill-associated virus (GAV) infection loads in Black Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) broodstock and whether this can (ii) reduce GAV infection...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Brisbane
TAGS
Husbandry
Disease
Biotechnology
Aquaculture
Animal Health
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-308
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigating options to improve bycatch reduction in tropical prawn trawl fisheries - a workshop for fishers

Since 2000 the use of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) and turtle excluder devices (TEDs) has been a mandatory requirement in most tropical prawn trawl fisheries in Australia. Despite this period of mandatory use, the number of BRD designs has remained largely unchanged and their performance can, at...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Workforce
Stakeholder
Nutrition
SPECIES
King Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Industry
Environment
Environment
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