Project number: 2021-083
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $370,969.04
Principal Investigator: Andrew Trotter
Organisation: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
Project start/end date: 31 Mar 2022 - 29 Jun 2023
Contact:
FRDC

Need

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

Objectives

Commercial in confidence

Fact sheet

Author: Rachel Marshall (NineSquared Pty Ltd)
Fact Sheet • 2022-02-22 • 6.18 MB
2021-032 Carbon Neutral Certification handout for Oyster Farmers.pdf

Summary

To understand the opportunities and value in carbon neutral certification for the Australian oyster industry, FRDC and Oysters Australia commissioned NineSquared Pty Ltd to outline the current policy climate, pathways to certification and knowledge gaps limiting opportunity and growth. This handout to farmers is a synopsis that summarises findings from the project specific to carbon neutral certification.

Project products

Fact Sheet • 2022-02-22 • 9.54 MB
2021-032 Ecosystem Services handout for Oyster Farmers.pdf

Summary

FRDC and Oysters Australia commissioned NineSquared Pty Ltd to outline opportunities, that can leverage the oyster industry’s strong position of being a no feed, no waste seafood industry that offer broader ecosystem services and benefits such as supporting habitat and ecosystem interactions and improving water quality through nutrient removal from the water column. This handout is a synopsis of the final report that summarises opportunities specific to ecosystem services and environmental accounting that can be considered by Australian oyster farmers.
 

Related research

Environment