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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

FRDC-DCCEE: preparing fisheries for climate change: identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in South Eastern Australia

Over the next century, the marine ecosystems of south-eastern Australia are expected to exhibit some of the largest climate-driven changes in the Southern Hemisphere. The effects of these changes on communities and businesses will depend, in part, on how well fishing industries and resource managers...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-032
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improved understanding of Tasmanian harmful algal blooms and biotoxin events to support seafood risk management

The 2012 Tasmanian biotoxin event represents a paradigm shift for seafood risk management in Tasmania and Australia as a whole. The causative dinoflagellates are extremely difficult to identify by routine plankton monitoring, and are toxic at very low cell concentrations (50-100 cells/L). Sampling...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-214
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

RAC WA: Investigating critical biological issues for commercial Greenlip Abalone sea ranching in Flinders Bay, Western Australia

Keywords: Hydrodynamic, dispersal modelling, drift algae, nutritional value, health, physiological stress Summary: The Ocean Grown Abalone Pty Ltd sea ranch is the first abalone sea ranching venture to have been commercialised in Australia. The abalone are grown on patented concrete...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University