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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-049
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 JUL 2008

The effects of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems off the west coast of Western Australia

In 1999/2000 the Western Rock Lobster Managed Fishery became the world’s first fishery to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, and since then the management process has moved on to address the MSC’s annual audit requirements. As part of this process an ecological risk assessment ...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-209
DATE START/END: 21 JUL 2004 - 30 NOV 2008

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: application of the use of dietary supplements for improving flesh quality attributes of farmed SBT

The farmed SBT industry has grown rapidly over the last ten years and is now facing greatly increased competition from European farmed Northern Bluefin Tuna that targets the same segment of the Japanese market. Improving product quality offers a way for the Australian industry to maintain its...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-210
DATE START/END: 16 JUN 2004 - 30 JUN 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: use of immunomodulation to improve fish performance in Australian temperate water finfish aquaculture

Project background Finfish aquaculture has been a major success of primary industry in Australia in recent years. Driving this success has been the Atlantic salmon and Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) industries in Tasmania and South Australia respectively. Whilst finfish aquaculture is relatively young...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-233
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 1 DEC 2009

Abalone Aquaculture Subprogram: investigating the immunology of stressed abalone (Haliotis species)

NEED AND PREVIOUS WORK Knowledge of the physiology and immune systems of invertebrate species is essential for maximising health and productivity in aquaculture. In particular, the immune system provides the principle line of defense against a broad spectrum of pathogens, so that studies on immune...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-314
DATE START/END: 16 MAR 2005 - 16 AUG 2006

3rd National Abalone Convention 2005

The abalone fisheries of Australia generate approximately $250m in export earnings. These fisheries have been operating for up to forty years, in some states, and have been managed in a sustainable manner, independently of one another. This will provide an opportunity for the abalone...
ORGANISATION:
Tasmanian Abalone Council Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-013
DATE START/END: 8 JAN 2005 - 29 SEP 2008

Towards integrated multi-species management of Australia's SE reef fisheries: A Tasmanian example

Inshore reef ecosystems support Tasmania’s most important fisheries, valued at approximately $150million in 2001 (ABARE 2002). Management of these fisheries has traditionally been species based, however, there is a growing demand for more integrated management with clear consideration of the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-035
DATE START/END: 16 FEB 2005 - 28 FEB 2008

Determining appropriate sizes at harvest for species shared by the commercial trap and recreational fisheries in New South Wales

There is concern that many species harvested by the NSW demersal trap and offshore recreational fisheries are in decline and there exists very little biological information on which to assess their stock status or base management decisions. The NSW demersal trap fishery, worth around $4 million a...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-051
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2004 - 11 SEP 2008

Management and monitoring of fish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region of Western Australia

Summary: This project focuses on the exploitation of demersal finfish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region. In particular, it is focused on key species such as dhufish and snapper, and the growing catch and release fishery that targets large, deep-water spawning aggregations of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-060
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 30 MAR 2008

Effects of trawling subprogram: An investigation of two methods to reduce the benthic impact of prawn trawling

The physical contact between trawl gear and the seabed is coming under closer scrutiny by various interest groups. Some groups raise concern that this contact is severely affecting biodiversity in marine environments that have high natural heritage value (WWF 2002). Substantial scientific research...
ORGANISATION:
DJ Sterling Trawl Gear Services
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-066
DATE START/END: 28 OCT 2003 - 30 AUG 2007

Understanding shelf-break habitat for sustainable management of fisheries with spatial overlap.

Habitat at the shelf break - a depth zone in ~180-400 m where the continental shelf drops away rapidly down the continental slope - is an area of high productivity off Southern Australia and is targeted by different fisheries using different gear types. For example, traps are used for ling and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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