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PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-711
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Centre of Excellence Science Seafood & Health (CESSH): Post Harvest Research Program

This report summarises the outputs of Sub-Programs 2-5 of FRDC 2013-711: Centre of Excellence for Science, Seafood and Health. The report focuses on the period between January 2013 and June 2015 after which time the Sub-programs were ceased. The Sub-programs were entitled: Retailer 2020,...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
TAGS
Waste
Training
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Policy
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-114
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Completing Australia’s First National Bycatch Report

Bycatch (non-targeted organisms that are unintentionally caught when fishing for particular species or sizes of species) remains an important issue concerning the world’s fisheries. Discards are considered the most important component of bycatch because they represent a perceived wastage of...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Recreational Fishing
Modelling
Fishing Gear
Fisheries Management
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Rac Vic
Rac Sa
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
Royal Red Prawn
Giant Scarlet Prawn
Red Prawn
Black Tiger Prawn
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-905
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Australian seafood compositional profiles portal

There is a need for information in the correct format of the nutritional profiles of seafood species to enable seafood producers to meet customer-based and regulatory needs. This project gathered nutritional compositional profiles for proximate composition, fatty acids, water and fat-soluble...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Policy
Nutrition
Labelling
Contamination
SPECIES
Sea Cucumbers
Industry
Adoption
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-734
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: SCRC RTG:: Mr David Padula "Export study tour to China"

Travel was undertaken to the cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the People's Republic of China in August and September 2009 for a period of 18 days. The visit included attendance at the Dioxin 2009 Symposium on Persistent Halogenated Organic Pollutants in Beijing. Meetings were held with...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
TAGS
Nutrition
Market Opportunities
Genomics
Food Safety
Fisheries Management
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-727
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Seafood CRC Combined Visiting Expert and Research Travel Grant Application: Visit by Dr. Standish K. Allen Jr. from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to Australia and fluorescent in situ hybridisation training by CRC PhD student Penny Miller prior to Dr Allen’s visit

Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a genetic technique that involves fluorescently labelling chromosomes so that each can be identified individually under a high powered microscope. FISH could be an important tool for detecting the aneuploid frequency in tetraploid oyster populations. This...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
TAGS
Aquaculture

Develop and promote the Australian Fish Names Standard (AS-SSA 5300) and ensure reaccreditation as a Standards Development Organisation

Project number: 2012-209.40
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $123,936.00
Principal Investigator: Alan J. Snow
Organisation: Alan Snow Konsulting
Project start/end date: 27 Sep 2012 - 29 Jun 2014
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Promotion
Policy

Need

Use of standard Fish Names achieves outcomes that are consistent with the aims of industry and governments:
1. Reduced mis-reporting improves fisheries monitoring, stock assessment and sustainability.
2. Reduced confusion over fish names increases efficiency in seafood marketing, consumer confidence and industry profitability.
3. Improved accuracy in trade descriptions and labelling enables consumers to make more informed choices when purchasing seafood and reduces the potential for misleading and deceptive conduct.
4. Improved traceability results in more efficient management of seafood related public health incidents (including recalls) and food safety.

The commitment to standardizing Fish Names in Australia has been undertaken since the late 1970s. Strategic investments by the FRDC and SSA leadership on standardizing Fish Names culminated in the development of the Australian Fish Names Standard AS-SSA 5300-2007(AFNS).

Public and consumer confidence is vital to the well being of Australia’s seafood industry. Standard Fish Names remove confusion, strengthen consumer confidence, create market efficiency, underpin effective fisheries monitoring and improve management of food safety.

The AFNS contains agreed names for over 600 commercially important domestic and imported species of fish, and over 4,000 other domestic fish species. The process of assigning these agreed names involved the expertise of several of the world’s best fisheries taxonomists and other key stakeholders.

Development of the AFNS is underpinned by rigorous procedures agreed to by government, industry and other stakeholders and which are administered by SSA and its Fish Names Committee.

SSA is one of only 5 Standards Development Organizations (SDO) accredited by Standards Australia.

SSA has ongoing commitments to Standards Australia (including annual accreditation and audit costs) which must be met to maintain its accreditation as an SDO. Failure to do so will result in the Australian Fish Names Standard ceasing to exist and all files, etc passed on to Standards Australia.

Objectives

1. 1. Ensure FRDC is accredited by Standards Australia as a Standards Development Organisation.
2. Continually improve the Australian Fish Names Standard AS SSA 5300 and underlying procedures to meet market, regulator and stakeholder needs and expectations.
3. Review and update Fish Names Procedures to incorporate improvements identified in the annual Standards Australia audit and feedback from stakeholders.
4. Improve the Fish Names website including the graphic design, usability and SEO (www.fishnames.com.au)
5. Provide a Fish Names Hotline service to support the adoption of standard fish names.
6. Promote the usage of Australian Standard Fish Names to the broader seafood industry.
7. Development of an alternative funding mechanism for the Administration of the Australian Fish Names Standard.
8. Undertake activities to further promote the uptake of fish names as agreed with FRDC (additional objective).

Status of Key Australian Fish Stocks Reports 2012

Project number: 2011-513
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $278,435.00
Principal Investigator: Matt J. Flood
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 11 Dec 2011 - 31 Oct 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Responsible Fishing
Reproduction
Mortality

Need

There is a need for a consolidated national report on the status of key wild catch Australian fish stocks, focusing on commercial and recreational target species. One pitfall of guides like the Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide is their focus on entire species, without considering differences among stocks within each species. Consequently, a poor status determination for one stock can result in a poor status determination for all stocks of that species regardless of whether or not the other stocks are healthy. Government can avoid this pitfall by clearly articulating the status of individual fish stocks. Australia’s different jurisdictions have demonstrated their capacity to work constructively together to achieve common goals (e.g. joint stock assessments for shared stocks). However, the current differences in scope, depth, terminology and benchmarking in jurisdictionally based Fishery Status Reports make it difficult to readily compare the status of stocks across jurisdictions and build a coherent national status of key species.

The National Fishery Status Reports would not be promoted as an eco-labelling guide but rather as a government produced instrument designed to simplify comparison of the status of key wild capture fish stocks around Australia both within and among jurisdictions. This information would be available for the general public, policy makers and industry to make informed decisions in relation to the actual health of various stocks. The reports would also provide an important and accurate information source for international organisations (e.g. FAO). The process of producing these reports will improve communication between the jurisdictions, leading to a better understanding of the status determinations made by each jurisdiction and how these compare. One of the main outcomes already achieved from the recent jurisdictional planning workshops is the convergence on a common system of benchmarking and terminology for use across jurisdictions.

Objectives

1. To produce the first National Fishery Status Reports.

Final report

Final Report • 2013-12-01 • 3.26 MB
2011-513-DLD.pdf
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