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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-001
DATE START/END: 9 DEC 2021 - 27 MAR 2025

The emerging Billfish fishing grounds of northern Australia: fisheries description, movements, and hot-spots

Recreational billfish fisheries are predominantly catch-and-release and considered to be sustainable, but most stocks are also under pressure from incidental commercial harvest. This project was initiated because of ground-level stake-holder (e.g. NT recreational fishing community) interest in the...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
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2016-03-01

Growth opportunity

Innovation has been crucial in developing a viable fishery and market for Australian octopus By Rose Yeoman Fifteen years ago, when brothers Craig and Ross Cammilleri were working in the West Coast Rock Lobster industry, they saw high numbers of Gloomy Octopus (Octopus...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-030
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2008 - 29 JUN 2011

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall oyster health

Recent studies of Sydney rock oysters by A/Prof Raftos' group has identified a clear link between environmental stress, suppression of the oyster immune system and susceptibility to infectious disease (Peters and Raftos, 2003; Butt and Raftos, 2007a,b; Butt et al., 2006, 2007). The immune system of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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DATE:
2023-03-22

Collaboration on circular economy initiatives

Cross sector collaborations focused on regional needs would help the fishing and aquaculture sector expand circular economy initiatives. By Catherine Norwood Circular economy principles and practices are already embedded in some Australian fishing and aquaculture operations...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-621
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2005 - 5 MAR 2007

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: establishment of a national aquatic animal health diagnostic network

The establishment, in 2002, of the Aquatic Animal Health Committee (AAHC) has provided a forum for discussion of aquatic animal health priorities by industry and government representatives. To support AAHC, the National Aquatic Animal Health Technical Working Group (NAAH-TWG) was established to...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-227
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2006 - 30 JUN 2009

Seafood CRC: enhancement of the Pacific oyster selective breeding program

Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd is a grower-owned company, formed to carry forward the oyster breeding program developed initially by FRDC 2000/206 (“Sustainable Genetic Improvement of Pacific Oysters in Tasmania and South Australia”) and distribute the benefits of genetics R&D back to the...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Seafood Industries Pty Ltd (ASI)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-032
DATE START/END: 7 FEB 2010 - 29 OCT 2012

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Characterisation of abalone herpes-like virus infections in abalone

In December 2005/January 2006, following an outbreak of abalone viral ganglioneuritis in both farmed and wild abalone, the aetiologic agent was identified as a herpes-like virus that infected nerve tissues of affected abalone. Previous research was successful in developing PCR-based diagnostic tests...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-761
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2011 - 27 FEB 2014

Seafood CRC: optimisation of viral clearance from broodstock prawns using targeted RNA interference

In September 2011, APFA/CSIRO wrote to all Giant Tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) farmers to ask for feedback on whether the removal of viral pathogens from wild and/or domesticated broodstock would benefit their commercial production systems, and where this sat in terms of their R&D priorities. This...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-115
DATE START/END: 27 SEP 2018 - 22 DEC 2018

National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018

Currently there is considerable and growing interest in creating opportunities for commercial culture of tropical oyster species. Across northern Australia there are a number of R&D projects being conducted to address technical, ecological, food safety and business development priorities needed to...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
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Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA)

The Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) was formed in 1993 to represent the interests and foster the development of the Australian prawn farming industry. The Association is a key contact for investors, new farmers and firms wishing to do business with the Australian prawn farming...
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