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TSGA IPA: The Australian Aquatic Animal Health and Vaccine Centre: First Phase to Establish Atlantic Salmon Biosecure Fish Facility Capabilities and Develop Strategy for an Australian Centre of Excellence

Project number: 2013-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $1,694,600.00
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Carson
Organisation: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
Project start/end date: 23 Feb 2014 - 1 Aug 2015
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Vaccine
SPECIES
Atlantic Salmon
Trouts

Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence
Adoption

Monitoring abalone juvenile abundance following removal of Centrostephanus and translocation

Project number: 2017-049
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $67,916.04
Principal Investigator: Jaime McAllister
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 28 Feb 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Reproduction
Rac Vic
Fisheries Management
Depredation
SPECIES
Blacklip Abalone
Sea Urchins

Need

Blacklip abalone remain cryptic for the first 5 to 7 years of life. This life history characteristic of abalone precludes accurate monitoring of the abundance cryptic size classes (juveniles and sub-adults), creating a significant gap in our understanding of abalone population health. This also creates challenges for determining effects on recruitment related to fishing pressure, environmental change, or catastrophic events such as storms, heat waves, or disease. It also creates a significant delay in documenting the effects of remedial actions such as TACC reductions, reseeding, or translocation. Currently determining the effect of a particular management outcome can only be determined 5 to 7 years after an event or management action, at which point attribution of the patterns observed to the event of interest can be difficult if other events have had an effect in that period.

Developing and implementing a repeatable method of determining the abundance of cryptic abalone year classes (2+ to 4+) to enable more timely determination of management actions or acute/chronic external events is a high priority for all Australian abalone fisheries. For the Victorian Eastern Zone Abalone Fishery, there is an urgent need to assess the efficacy of the translocation activities conducted as part of FRDC project 2014-224.

Objectives

1. Test Tasmanian designed juvenile abalone collectors on Victorian Eastern Zone reef systems
2. Use juvenile collector methods to assess effect of translocation on population recovery
3. Consider broader application of juvenile collectors as a recruitment monitoring tool

Final report

ISBN: ISBN 978-1-925646-84-9
Authors: Jaime McAllister Sarah Pyke and Craig Mundy
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.
Final Report • 2019-10-01 • 2.59 MB
2017-049-DLD.pdf

Summary

A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) have proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. This design was subsequently transferred to the Eastern Zone, Victoria, where IMAS staff and Eastern Zone Abalone Industry Association (EZIZA) members installed ARMs at four sites with contrasting abalone populations: 1) healthy abalone reef subject to commercial abalone fishing, 2) previously healthy abalone reef that no longer supports abalone populations as it has been denuded by urchins, 3) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat but has not had any abalone translocated from elsewhere, and 4) a site that has been subject to urchin culls to improve abalone habitat and has had abalone translocated from elsewhere. After a 6-month deployment the ARMs incurred no major damage and had attracted juvenile abalone across a broad size range (9-91 mm SL) at all four sites. Overall there was a significant difference in abalone density between sites with the highest density recorded at the Petrel Point control site attributed mostly to the higher density of larger individuals (>25 mm SL). In contrast, remaining sites had lower but similar densities except for the Barren site which recorded no individuals larger than 45 mm SL. Small abalone (<25 mm SL) abundances were generally consistent and not significantly different across all four sites. These results demonstrate that both recent and historical spawning events have contributed to maintaining some level of recruitment in these areas, however, suggests there may be some disparity in the survival of recruits between sites.

Seafood CRC: funding options for the Australian oyster industry

Project number: 2012-757
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $45,758.79
Principal Investigator: Ewan A. Colquhoun
Organisation: Ridge Partners
Project start/end date: 30 Sep 2012 - 29 Apr 2013
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Sustainability
Stakeholder
SPECIES
Oysters

Need

In Sept 2009 the industry completed a Discussion Paper regarding optional Governance Models as part if its move to "Oysters Australia." This paper identified a number of key issues:
1. LACK OF R&D INVESTMENT - the industry collects and invests a relatively small 0.22% of turnover in R&D,
2. UNCERTAINTY on R&D Spend - there is uncertainty at a number of levels about ongoing certainty of R&D funding at current levels. These concerns arise from: the effectively ‘voluntary’ nature of R&D collections from SA and Tasmania; potential legal risk regarding the collection mechanism in NSW; uncertainty regarding the long term retention of the current FRDC $ for $ funding gearing model; uncertainty about what will happen with R&D fund matching from the Seafood CRC beyond 2013/14; and industry feedback suggesting state based service models are not always meeting all growers' expectations.
3. LACK OF MARKETING & PROMOTION SPEND - industry relies solely on other organisations (SCRC, SEA and other private organisations) to promote oysters to consumers. Surveys highlight industry’s desire to better promote the oyster industry and its product. There is no mechanism in place that allows the industry to invest collectively and efficiently in marketing, industry promotion and other service (e.g. bio-security, training) activities.
4. LACK OF FUNDS to support a national full-time Executive Officer for OA.

Objectives

1. Collate & review information on existing funding mechanisms used in the oyster industry and relationship to any relevant legislation
2. Collate & review recommendations on funding required for high priority strategies for oyster industry growth
3. Collate & review recommendations (based on previous industry consultation) on preferred levy mechanisms
4. Document external stakeholder views re arrangements and options for funding mechanisms - consulting with NSW legislation and agencies (high priority), and FRDC
5. Draft and release a Briefing Paper (with 1 page summary) to Industry identifying the need for funding, levy options, and some case examples and stakeholder questionnaire feedback
6. Present at state industry meetings (August in SA, August in Tas, TBA in NSW) and document responses to Briefing Paper issues
7. Document the preferred funding option in detail, related mechanisms, rates and impacts, proposed adoption pathway, implementation process and time frame
8. Conduct a meeting (possibly teleconference) with industry leaders / key stakeholders to confirm the recommended funding option and implementation pathway
9. Conduct a meeting with stakeholders in NSW to discuss recommended funding options and implementation pathway as relevant to NSW
10. If supported funding option is a national levy, draft a short brief for the conduct of the ballot process and conduct the ballot process.
11. Draft and submit a final report of the project process and recommended outcomes for Oysters Australia

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9874281-3-4
Author: Ewan Colquhoun
Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

Final Report • 2014-02-01 • 821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf

Summary

Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).

This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.

The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.

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