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PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-166
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

High quality eggs and nauplii for the Australian prawn industry.

Prawn farming is the most valuable aquaculture sector in Queensland and is a priority development industry for the State Government. Marine prawns have provided the major growth in this industry with a value of $37 million in 2000/01, or over 66% of the value of Queensland aquaculture. Nevertheless...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Institute Of Marine Science (AIMS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-200.20
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Growing a profitable, innovative and collaborative Australian yellowtail kingfish aquaculture industry: Bringing white fish to the market - RnD4Profit-14-01-027

This project focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addressed FRDC's strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and Emerging...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-729
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Promoting Marine Finfish Aquaculture in NSW

Huon Aquaculture and NSW DPI are working together to establish NSW’s first Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) farm. Using a recently approved Marine Aquaculture Research Lease (MARL) and an existing farm site off Port Stephens, NSW, we have begun to establish NSW largest fish production facility, with...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)

Aquaculture diet development subprogram: inclusion of data on the nutritional value of ingredients used in aquaculture feeds in the Australasian Livestock Feed Ingredient (ALFI) Database

Project number: 1999-334
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $41,800.00
Principal Investigator: Robert van Barneveld
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 30 May 1999 - 8 Jun 2005
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Numerous highly specific, outdated databases on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients for livestock are available, but very few exist for aquaculture species. None of these databases provide all of the information that is necessary to adequately define the nutritional quality of a feed ingredient, and all provide conflicting and varying information about the nutritive value of the same ingredient. The major limitation of existing databases is the degree of variation and the lack of consistency between them, making it difficult to interpret the results.

The ALFI database will:

1. Reduce the variability surrounding existing databases;
2. Prevent repetitive collection of information by centralising data collection for all livestock species;
3. Provide a means for recording data generated as part of FRDC funded research programs;
4. Provide a standard against which end-users (producers, stockfeed manufacturers, researchers, plant breeders) can compare values;
5. Utilise the vast amount of information already available on the chemical composition of feed ingredients for all livestock species, removing the need to enter this data for each species;
6. Allow an accurate assessment of ingredient variation over time;
7. Provide a tool for the accurate prediction of the nutritional quality of feed ingredients used in aquaculture diets.

If diet costs in aquauculture systems are to be minimised, there is an urgent need to dessiminate information on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients suitable for use in these diets. The ALFI Database offers the means to achieve this.

Objectives

1. To expand the recently developed Australasian Livestock Feed Ingredient (ALFI) Database to include data on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients for aquaculture species commercially farmed in Australia (in parallel with the expansion of the database for poultry, cattle and emerging industries complementing the existing data available for pigs).
2. To collect data on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients for aquaculture species from published literature, and relevant final reports submitted to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
3. To enhance the existing capability of the ALFI database to predict the nutritional quality of feed ingredients for aquaculture species and to interact with "in house" databases for diet formulations.
4. To distribute the ALFI database to stockfeed manufacturers, researchers and livestock producers.
5. Develop an infrastructure for the continued delivery of updated and enhanced information on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients to all livestock sectors beyond the term of the project.
6. To reduce the feed costs for all livestock sectors through the provision of current and accurate information on the nutritional quality of feed ingredients.

Final report

Author: Dr Robert van Barneveld
Final Report • 2002-05-29 • 4.30 MB
1999-334-DLD.pdf

Summary

As a result of completing this project, the Australasian Livestock Feed Ingredient (ALFI) database now includes a large amount of information on the chemical composition and nutritional quality of feed grains for pigs, poultry (broilers, layers) and aquaculture species, and can be used by researchers, members of the grains industries, feed manufacturers and plant breeders as a reference for diet formulation, variety comparison and quality control in trading.

Data for pigs, poultry and aquaculture species has been entered into ALFID which now contains more than 22807 sample entries. The ALFI database also incorporates all information contained with the GRDC GRAILE database. The initial beta version has also been reprogrammed so that it is now more user friendly, and run-time versions have been prepared for distribution via CD-ROM. A web-site (www.alfidbase.com) has also been established and a domain name registered to facilitate e-mail submissions for ALFI information, and to promote the benefits of the database. Promotional brochures and presentation formats for the software has been suggested.

A preliminary business plan was prepared outlining some potential paths for the commercialisation of the ALFI database, however, subsequent meetings with stakeholders indicates that the commercialisation process falls outside the scope of this project and will be developed further via GRDC in consultation with the other stakeholders.

International Association of Astacology (freshwater crayfish) symposium and workshop

Project number: 2000-265
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $15,000.00
Principal Investigator: Glen Whisson
Organisation: Curtin University
Project start/end date: 12 Sep 2000 - 30 Apr 2003
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Research into freshwater crayfish has resulted in steady production increases in Australia over the last two decades. In an effort to take production and profitability to the next level, scientists in Australia have taken the opportunity to host IAA 13. Furthermore, the strategy of organisers has been to couple the event with a one-day workshop/seminar focussing on Australian crayfish aquaculture. The timing of the workshop/seminar (the day before the conference begins) has been set to attract participation from international astacologists, already in Fremantle for IAA 13. This will promote technology transfer into Australia, by giving access to local industry participants at a non-scientific level.

Following on from the one day aquaculture workshop, the IAA 13 symposium will provide a mechanism for the direct transferal and dissemination of cutting-edge research within Australia, as well as providing an international platform for local crayfish scientists to present their research to world-renowned astacologists, and pursue collaborative links for future research. Fisheries WA are planning to present at least six papers at the symposium, including recent research into yabby and marron aquaculture.

The fragility of crayfish aquaculture was highlighted in the 1980s when the crayfish plague, Aphanomyces astaci, obliterated stocks throughout Europe. Research has subsequently identified Australian crayfish as being extremely vulnerable to this infection, reminding Australia of the importance of comprehensive translocation policies. This has been further highlighted by recent disease concerns within the yabby industry. A forum for discussing these issues, and hearing from scientists representing afflicted countries, will augur well for the continuation of sound policy to protect Australia's prime market niche.

Objectives

1. To conduct the 13th biennial symposium of the International Association of Astacology in Fremantle, in August 2000.
2. To capitalise on the expertise gathered for IAA 13 by staging a one day workshop focussing on the aquaculture of Australian crayfish species, on the day prior to the beginning of the symposium.
3. To identify and initiate collaborative research programmes between local researchers and astacologists from interstate and overseas.
4. To gain maximum exposure for the Australian freshwater crayfish industry within the international aquaculture arena.
5. To provide a forum for an international gathering of crayfish scientists to consider environmental, technical and regulatory issues important to international communitiesat the outset of a new century.

Final report

ISBN: 0-9581-424-2-4
Author: Glen Whisson
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-047
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Barramundi origins: determining the contribution of stocking to the Barramundi catch on Queensland's east coast

Researchers from Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, James Cook University, and the University of Western Australia tested a range of otolith-based and genetic methods to identify hatchery-born from wild-born Barramundi. The project took place in the Dry Tropics region, where...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
SPECIES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-029
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Studies of the growth and mortality of school prawns

Information about growth and mortality are important in the management of resources because these provide us with an understanding about the productivity of the target population. Estimates are used to assess the impact of fishing upon the target population and the effectiveness of various scenarios...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
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