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Strategic management of the Australian Prawn Farmers Association RD&E portfolio

Project number: 2019-076
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $180,000.00
Principal Investigator: Kim Hooper
Organisation: Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)
Project start/end date: 28 Jul 2019 - 27 Feb 2023
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
Banana Prawns

Need

The Australian prawn farming industry is rapidly expanding and APFA has identified the need for assistance to manage the APFA/FRDC IPA as efficiently and effectively as possible to ensure full realisation of benefits for the RD&E investment by industry and the Board of FRDC.
Specifically a position is needed to undertake the following tasks needed by APFA:
• Where and when appropriate, fully expend APFA IPA funds annually to address highest priority R&D issues required by APFA members;
• Identifying additional sources of funding for research activities to maximise the leveraging of APFA IPA funds;
• Applying for additional grants and funding for research activities;
• Increasing people development through workshops/presentations;
• Coordinating successful research activities in a collaborative manner;
• Guiding and assisting the development of applications that align with APFA R&D strategic planning;
• Managing project milestones and inform the R&D committee;
• Managing communication and extension of R&D activities and outcomes to industry and to FRDC;
• Liaising with, and assisting, project stakeholders to ensure outcomes for the industry and FRDC;
• Ensuring the best use of resources and best practice;
• Ensuring effective and rapid dissemination, extension and update of the outcomes of RD&E;
• Assisting the APFA R&D committee to perform their duties through coordination of research applications to APFA and monitoring progress to ensure outcomes;
• Coordinating R&D committee meetings; and
• Developing an annual industry report for FRDC and industry.

Objectives

1. Coordinate development of RD&E projects in line with APFA/FRDC IPA.
2. Manage communications with APFA members.
3. Promote confidence by APFA farm members and researchers in APFA’s RD&E investment for betterment of the industry.
4. Coordinate projects in line with the APFA RD&E Strategic Plan.
5. Promote RD&E investment confidence through an annual industry workshop and presentation at the APFA conference.
6. Promote people development.

Final report

Author: Kim Hooper
Final Report • 2022-12-01 • 593.30 KB
2019-076-DLD.pdf

Summary

This report describes the outcomes from a five-year Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) between Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA). The project was led by APFA Executive Officer, Kim Hooper with assistance from members of the APFA Management Committee and Chair of the APFA R&D Subcommittee Tony Charles. The primary objective of the IPA was to coordinate R&D related to Australian prawn farming funded through FRDC and other sources. To ensure involvement of members in the development, execution, and extension of research for members of the APFA.
This project worked within the framework of the APFA Strategic Management plan 2020, to conduct
research in the following key priority areas:
• Animal Health and Performance
• Industry Biosecurity and Border Protection
• Human Capital and Emerging Technologies
• Broodstock-Sourcing, Quality and Supply
• Environmental Sustainability and Compliance
Throughout this project, APFA undertook 14 projects, 4 of which are now complete or near completion. Projects supported by the IPA were consistent with the priorities in the APFA Strategic Management Plan 2020-2025 and FRDC priorities (Appendix A & B). All the projects have delivered benefits to the industry.
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-074
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Engagement for Success: evaluation of engagement events to inform industry management strategies

This user-friendly tool helps you choose the most suitable engagement activities based on your specific goals, target audience, and resources. By considering factors like budget and expertise, the tool suggests effective strategies to connect with your community....
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
TAGS
Survey
Stakeholder
Rac Nsw
Human Dimensions Research
Community
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-072
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Multiple - Before After Control Impact analysis of the effect of a 3D marine seismic survey on Danish Seine catch rates

The project is a four phase research program being conducted in the Danish seine commercial fishery off Lakes Entrance that looks to: 1. Examine effect of seismic testing on Danish seine catch rates of Tiger Flathead 2. Examine effect of seismic testing on Danish seine catch rates...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Survey
Seismic
Rac Cmwth
Modelling
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
School Whitings
Tiger Flatheads
Whitings
Flatheads
Environment
Industry
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-062
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Knowledge to improve the assessment and management of Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland

Researchers from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Queensland, CQUniversity (CQU) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) NSW Fisheries are collaborating on a Fisheries Research and Development (FRDC) co-funded research project on mud crab populations in Queensland. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Reproduction
Rac Qld
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Mud Crabs
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-051
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on Octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster

This report details the portion of FRDC 2019-051: Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on Octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster focusing on the impacts of exposure to a full-scale seismic survey on the early life stages of the Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii),...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
TAGS
Sustainability
Survey
Stakeholder
Seismic
Rac Vic
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
Octopuses
Environment
Communities
Industry
Industry
Environment
Industry

Integrating recreational fishing information into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries

Project number: 2019-021
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $444,676.00
Principal Investigator: Ashley Fowler
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Project start/end date: 31 Oct 2019 - 31 Oct 2023
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Software
Resource Sharing
Resource Sharing
Recreational Fishing

Need

Integration of recreational fishing (RF) into harvest strategies (HS) is necessary for many fisheries in Australia, to account for catches that can equal or exceed commercial catch for some key species and to address biological and experiential objectives of the RF sector. Both the Productivity Commission’s report Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture (2016) and the ICES Report from the Working Group Recreational Fishing Surveys (2018) recommend formal integration of RF into stock assessments and harvest strategies. Failure to do so puts sustainable management goals and legislated state and Commonwealth fisheries requirements at risk.

Equitable and quantitative inclusion of RF in harvest strategies is rare. This stems from a traditional focus on the commercial sector and budgetary challenges involved with representatively sampling RF. It is therefore unclear: 1) what types of RF data and monitoring best service stock assessments, (2) which data also track indicators of recreational objectives (often related to the fishing experience), and (3) how to integrate harvest strategy components for multiple sectors. The need to address these knowledge gaps was highlighted by the FRDC priority research call in 2018 - “Integrating recreational fishery data into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries in New South Wales”. NSW provides an important test case for addressing issues around RF integration that are faced by most jurisdictions.

Harvest strategy development for multi-sector fisheries requires a transparent and defensible process due to complexities in addressing diverse objectives and apprehension among stakeholder groups. Structured workshops that use easily-understandable, interactive decision support tools and involve independent experts and stakeholder representatives are likely to provide best outcomes. ‘FishPath’ is a leading harvest strategy decision support tool and “bottom up” engagement philosophy that allows experts and stakeholders to interactively contribute to harvest strategy development in a transparent workshop setting. However, it requires additional development in recreational and multi-sector contexts.

Objectives

1. Obtain information on recreational fishing objectives and facilitate improved understanding among recreational fishers of the role of harvest strategies.
2. Identify types of recreational fishing data and monitoring that provide reliable measures of both the biological and experiential performance of fished populations.
3. Interrogate and extend the FishPath decision support software tool to better characterise and integrate recreational fishing information into harvest strategy development for multi-sector fisheries.
4. Develop guidelines and recommendations for the integration of recreational fishing information into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries.
5. Develop draft harvest strategies for key multi-sector fisheries using outcomes from Objectives 1-4.

Report

Authors: Fowler AM Chick RC Bolton P Folpp H Harnwell J Lowry M Lyle JM Lynch TP McIlgorm A Nichols R Ochwada-Doyle FA Pepperell J Dowling NA.
Report • 2021-12-15 • 990.17 KB
2019-021 NSW Recreational Fishing Workshops_FRDC interim report_final.pdf

Summary

This interim report provides an update on workshops with recreational fishers, scientists and managers to investigate recreational fishing objectives for three stocks of recreational importance in NSW – Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, and Snapper. The study forms part of a broader research project investigating the integration of recreational fishing into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries.
Final Report • 2024-08-20 • 5.66 MB
2019-021-DLD.pdf
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-016
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques

This project represents the first detailed study exploring the relationship between eDNA concentrations and the biomass and/or abundance of some economically and ecologically important (primarily freshwater) fish species in Australia. The work was conducted over four-and-a-half-years as part of a...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Rac Nsw
Population Dynamics
Fishing Gear
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Mulloway
Murray Cods
Environment
Environment
Industry

Fish and Chips Awards 2019 - development of long term strategy

Project number: 2018-200
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $118,718.75
Principal Investigator: Peter Horvat
Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date: 9 Apr 2019 - 30 Oct 2019
Contact:
FRDC

Need

In 2017-18 the FRDC undertook a new approach to the Bi-Annual Seafood Awards. The goal was to create debate around seafood, raise its profile and use this as a vehicle to promote information about sustainability, fisheries management and the R&D being undertaken to underpin it. The approach worked very well generating over 90,000 votes, hundreds of media articles and millions of consumer views of that media coverage.

There is a need to ensure that the base that developed in the first two years is not lost and that the FRDC build on it further.

The initial trial delivered positive results, however their is a great deal of opportunity to still capitalise upon. Delivering content to the 60,000 subscribers and showcase to consumers how sustainable the Australian seafood industry has become.

In 2019 the other driver is the Biennial Seafood Directions conference and National Seafood Awards are on again - with fish and chips again a category.

There is also a need for FRDC to demonstrate how an activity such as the Awards can deliver tangible results - to do this the FRDC are looking to drive opinion with consumers and behaviour with shops.

Objectives

1. Improve consumers awareness of the sustainability of the Australian seafood industry
2. Raise awareness of Fishfiles as a source of seafood information
3. Develop a database of fish and chip shops and consumers
4. Test page effectiveness through A-B testing of design layouts
Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-166
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Australian Prawn Farms - Emerging disease investigation

This project was developed by Future Fisheries Veterinary Service (FFVS) in collaboration with Australian Prawn Farms (APF), James Cook University (JCU) Aqua Path laboratory, Queensland Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory (BSL) and the University of Adelaide (UofA). Unprecedented mortality events...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Prawn Farms Pty Ltd
SPECIES
Black Tiger Prawn
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