During the last decades, the oyster industry has been competing with increasing activity in the coastal catchment areas for space on land and in water, and has suffered from decreasing water quality and increasing extent of disease outbreaks. To date, the industry has persisted within the natural...
Game fishers with a real passion for Southern Bluefin Tuna are being invited to become Tuna Champions – experts able to seamlessly interweave sport, innovation and a duty to care for this iconic species
Photo: Sean Tracey
By Gio Braidotti
Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) populations are...
Tracking the world’s fastest fish
Top End anglers are helping Charles Darwin University researchers track billfish – the iconic and highly sought-after sports species that include marlin and sailfish.
The research project is led by Dr Keller Kopf, Professor Hamish Campbell and PhD...
Established in 2004, Southern Rocklobster Limited (SRL), is a company limited by guarantee serving as the national peak body working to further the interests of the Australian Southern Rock Lobster Industry.
SRL guides all industry R&D expenditure for this valuable fishery sector and, over...
Salmon aquaculture is an important contributor to the Tasmanian economy and is recognised as an important local industry by the State and Federal governments. As such, the sustainability of this industry is of keen interest to all its stakeholders. Tasmanians have strong environmental values and...
Widely recognised as an icon of Australia’s inland waterways, Murray Cod is emerging as a species with significant commercial potential. Between 2009-10 and 2014-15 Murray Cod farmgate production value increased on average 29 per cent a year, to more than $3.6 million, with several new entrants...
Fishing is the major extractive resource use on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), where the annual economic value of the commercial Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery is about AU$60-100 million. Each year the commercial line sector harvests between 3000-4000 t from the multi-species reef line fishery, while...
As oyster production rebuilds to near normal following the devastation of disease in Tasmania, producers continue to focus on research and management that will improve the industry’s resilience
By Bianca Nogrady
Pacific Oyster farming in South Australia is returning to full capacity,...
Background
Atlantic Salmon farming is an integral part of the Tasmanian economy. The stated goal of the Tasmanian Salmon Growers Association (TSGA) is to double the output of the industry to 79,000 tonnes HOG by 2030. It is projected that this level of growth will be required in order for the...
Decades in development, rock lobster aquaculture in Australia is gathering pace with hatchery success followed by a new ocean grow-out trial in the west
By Corrina Ridgway
Efforts to commercially grow Ornate Rock Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) have been hitting development...
The Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, implemented a developmental strategy for octopus in the late 1990s, issuing 6 exemption licenses to investigate the possibility of developing an octopus fishery. This was the culmination of a strategy begining with research conducted by Japanese...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Research on the Great Barrier Reef has identified a sea cucumber harvesting strategy with global application
CSIRO researcher Eva Plaganyi at a workshop with a focus on sea cucumbers in the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, east Africa.
Photo: Tim Skewes, CSIRO
By Clarisa...
The diverse potential of algae across fuel and food production industries should make them a top priority for research and development globally
Illustration: Paul Dickenson
By Alexandra Roginski
A dramatically expanded algal aquaculture industry could secure Australia’s transport...
Creating standards for the Australian fishing industry will help to ensure consistency and confidence in the way seafood is produced and marketed, ultimately improving sales and profitability
By Alan Snow and Sevaly Sen
When consumers buy a fish, they want to know that they are getting...
This project aims to increase the profitability of average performing producers to become as profitable as the top 25%. The project will identify how to deploy decision agriculture to increase the profitability of producers; provide clarity about ownership and access rights to producers to increase...
ORGANISATION:
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Noel Reginald Herbst (20/10/1941–5/11/2021) was a founding father of the Australian prawn farming industry and a great man. His service to the Australian prawn farming industry and his local community was recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2014.
In 1986, Noel founded Gold...
New information about the Maugean Skate’s life and habits has prompted changes to the management of Macquarie Harbour to protect this endangered species
By Annabel Boyer
Researcher Justin Bell examines a female Maugean Skate by using a portable ultrasound to assess the size of the eggs and...
Glittering gala Seafood Awards dinners have been held throughout the country to recognise the contributions of people working in, and in support of, Australian fishing and aquaculture.
To acknowledge the pivotal role of research, development and extension (RD&E), FRDC has...