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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-075
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National Workshop to develop a regional collaborative plan to control the invasive Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii)

The 2023 National Centrostephanus Workshop was convened by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. The workshop brought together 130 representatives from industry, government, research, Aboriginal communities, recreational fishing groups, and the community to: • Identify...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)

COMRAC 5 year R&D Plan 2017-22

Project number: 2016-133
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $28,480.00
Principal Investigator: Ewan A. Colquhoun
Organisation: Ridge Partners
Project start/end date: 3 Mar 2017 - 30 May 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

At the November 2016 COMRAC meeting, the committee agreed to a process to develop the Five Year RD&E Plan that would widely engage stakeholders for their input, take account of past investments and current priorities, as well as other relevant planning documents.

The Plan’s strategic priority areas form the basis of the annual investment priority setting processes. These annual plans are circulated to all RACs, Subprograms, coordination programs and IPAs, and made available through the FRDC website.

Objectives

1. Develop a COMRAC Strategic Plan 2017-22

Plan

ISBN: N/A
Author: Ewan Colquohoun
Plan • 2018-01-01

Summary

The Commonwealth RAC RD&E Plan is available at the Commonwealth RAC information page: http://www.frdc.com.au/Partners/Research-Advisory-Committees/COM-RAC
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-208
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Waste to profit in urchin fisheries: developing business opportunities to ensure fishery sustainability and safeguard reef dependent fisheries from destructive urchin grazing

This report examines two potential applications of Longspined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) via pitot scale trials; processing waste as an agricultural fertiliser and use as Southern Rock Lobster bait. The biochemical composition of Longspined Sea Urchin waste products was analysed, and the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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