Project number: 2000-310.90
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $30,390.91
Principal Investigator: Barry Ryan
Organisation: Tasmanian Aquaculture Council
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2000 - 31 Jul 2001
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Training
Sustainability
Research
Recreational Fishing
Management

Need

The need for education of all aquaculture industry participants is ongoing. This conference is designed to cater for the education of Australian growers, business partners, processors, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, researchers and regulators. Networking within this mixed group will provide a rare and valuable opportunity for education and cooperation.

The trade display will provide all participants and the public with knowledge of the latest equipment and production technology. Food handling systems and new food products will also be featured.

Opening of the trade display to the general public on Sunday the 8th October will provide an opportunity for education of and promotion to the general community, especially relevant at a t time when environmental activists are seeking to limit aquaculture activities.

Objectives

1. Familiarising researchers with the needs of growers, processors and distributors, wholesalers, retailers and restaurants.
2. Providing a platform for researchers to deliver the results of their research.
3. Educating marine farmers in production techniques, quality and desease control, nutrition, public health requirements, regulation, quarantine, business practices, downstream processing, protection of the environment, consumer requirements and marketing.
4. Educating processors and distributors in public health requirements, quality control, regulation, downstream procssing, distribution, consumer requirments and marketing.
5. Educating wholesalers, retailers and restauranters in public health requirements, quality control, regulation, downstream procssing, distribution, consumer requirments and marketing and presentation of product.
6. Familiarising the public with aquaculture procedures from the farm to the table.

Related research

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research
Environment
People
People