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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-534
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2011 - 23 DEC 2012

FRDC-DCCEE: ensuring that the Australian Oyster Industry adapts to a changing climate: a natural resource and industry spatial information portal for knowledge action and informed adaptation frameworks

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...
ORGANISATION:
University of Wollongong
Industry
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PUBLISHED:
2018-11-02

Majestic game species inspires a champion’s mentality

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...
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2022-06-20

Science briefs

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...
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Southern Rock Lobster Limited (SRL)

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...
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-222
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2013 - 14 JUN 2014

TSGA IPA: Tassal: Innovative Seal Exclusion Technology

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...
ORGANISATION:
Tassal Group
People
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PUBLISHED:
2016-12-01

Murray River fish ready to join the party

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...
Industry
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-030
DATE START/END: 14 JAN 2005 - 29 OCT 2008

Development of an individual transferable catch quota model for the Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef

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...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-09-01

POMS: where is the Pacific Oyster industry now?

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,...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-113
DATE START/END: 9 JAN 2019 - 30 SEP 2021

Controlled advance of out of season Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) brood stock spawning through manipulation of environmental cues using RAS technology (Huon Aquaculture Company)

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...
ORGANISATION:
Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd
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2021-09-14

Market in sight for farmed rock lobsters

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...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-200
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2010 - 30 JUN 2013

Innovative development of the Octopus tetricus fishery in Western Australia

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
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2015-09-01

Crop rotations in the zone

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...
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2014-03-01

Fuel for the future

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...
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2015-09-01

Standards help secure seafood confidence

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...
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-249
DATE START/END: 25 JUN 2018 - 30 DEC 2018

RRD4P: FRDC contribution: Precision to Decision Agriculture (Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme 2016)

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)
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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

Vale Noel Herbst

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...
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2016-09-01

Community stake in skate survival

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...
Industry
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DATE:
2024-07-30

Top research rewarded at glittering galas

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...
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