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PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-016
DATE START/END: 22 JUN 2010 - 14 FEB 2013

Assessing the impacts of gillnetting in Tasmania: implications for by-catch and biodiversity

In Tasmania, unlike most other Australian states, recreational as well as commercial fishers are permitted to use gillnets. The gear is used to target a diverse range of finfish in a variety of habitats, including inshore reefs and sheltered coastal waters. The main scalefish species taken include...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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Aquatic animal health & biosecurity

The Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Coordination Program (AAHBCP) was established to ensure the productivity and profitability of aquatic animal industries and to protect aquatic environments through research and development. The AAHBCP plays a pivotal role in leading national...
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2021-08-09

Marine plastics

Summary Global plastic production has increased exponentially since the 1950s (Geyer et al. 2017). About three percent of global plastic production ends up in the oceans, and plastics are now ubiquitous in the world’s oceans, including marine sediments (Ritchie and Roser 2018). In 2010–11,...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-028
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2008 - 30 JUN 2009

Predicting the impact of hook decrements on the distribution of fishing effort in the ETBF

AFMA is increasingly moving to spatial management as a tool for influencing the operation of the fisheries it oversees. This move is driven from two sources. The increasing emphasis on an ecosystem based approach to fisheries management has driven increasing emphasis on spatial approaches as these...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-026
DATE START/END: 23 JAN 2022 - 29 NOV 2022

Water disinfection for influent water biosecurity on prawn grow-out farms

Transmission of pathogens and potential vectors into farms via the intake of environmental seawater is a high biosecurity concern and prawn farms have commenced using fine filtration and chemical disinfection to reduce the biosecurity risk. The persistence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Bribie Island
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-722.10
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2010 - 29 JAN 2013

Seafood CRC: optimising prawn nutrition for growth performance under suboptimal conditions - Daniel Pountney

The overall aim of this project is to improve our understanding of prawn (black tiger prawn Penaues monodon) nutrition during suboptmal conditions. During late stages of prawn production, farms are often subject to high rainfall events whch rapidly reduce both salinity and temperature for extended...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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