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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-131
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock structure and regional variation in population dynamics of the red throat emperor and other target species of the Queensland Tropical Reef Line Fishery

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) is the largest and, arguably, most pristine marine park in the world. Commercial, charter and recreational fishing have occurred on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) for many decades. Since the late 1980’s, there has been growing concern about the...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-802
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Future Oysters CRC-P: Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) Breeding Research

This project focussed on increasing genetic resistance of Select Oyster Company (SOCo) breeding program Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata, SRO) families to QX disease and winter mortality (WM) disease. NSW DPI has worked collaboratively with SOCo to develop a SRO family-based breeding program...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)

Industry and expert attendance at the ICES Expert Working Group Meetings. 3-7 April 2017 Nelson NZ

Project number: 2016-144
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $12,169.41
Principal Investigator: Crispian Ashby
Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date: 3 Apr 2017 - 30 May 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The ICES working group will be meeting in the southern hemisphere and this is a perfect opportunity for Australian based industry members and researchers to be exposed to the working group on fishing gear as well as acoustics to exchange ideas.

Objectives

1. Deliberate, discuss and synthesize recent research on topics related to: i) Designing, planning, and testing of fishing gears used in abundance estimation
ii) Selective fishing gears for the reduction of bycatch, discard and unaccounted mortality, especially as they relate to EU Landing Obligation
iii) Environmentally benign fishing gears and methods, iv) Improving fuel efficiency and reduction of emission from fisheries, and v) Summaries of research activities by nation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-024
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigation and improvement of live Blue Swimmer Crab handling in NSW

This report presents pivotal findings from an in-depth investigation into optimising live handling practices for the commercial Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) industry in New South Wales (NSW), with the overarching goal of unlocking high-value live trade opportunities. Initiated in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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