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2019-05-31

New guides to future fisheries

New science and technologies help managers build on the fundamentals of sustainable fisheries By Catherine Norwood Conversations around the sustainability of Australian fisheries have come a long way since the status of individual species was singled out as the primary indicator of...
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2017-03-01

Trace tech combats fraud

New initiatives are targeting mislabelling, fraud and quality control throughout the supply chain Illustration: Sonia Kretschmer By Annabel Boyer Many Australian seafood producers target high-value markets, achieving premium prices by trading internationally on Australia’s reputation as a...
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2015-12-01

Awards celebrate industry leaders

There is no shortage of passion and commitment to the industry among the winners of the 2015 National Seafood Industry Awards By Catherine Norwood The largest-ever seafood industry awards night provided a gala conclusion to the successful 2015 Seafood Direction conference in Perth, with...
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2016-06-01

Balancing the benefits of seafood

A new SafeFish report highlights species selection for low-risk, high-benefit seafood By Gio Braidotti A flurry of recent media articles, particularly in the US, have highlighted concerns about mercury in seafood and potential risks for consumers. Yet aquatic seafood is well known to have...
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2014-09-01

Combined knowledge key to congress success

Traditionally focused on the technical and biological details of fisheries, a recent congress urged researchers to consider the potential of combining traditional knowledge with science By Pele Cannon The Joint Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) and Australian Society for Limnology...
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2020-12-01

Final reports

Low-cost management for small fisheries 2015-215 Low-cost, practical management regimes for small-scale, low-value fisheries are desperately needed to ensure long-term sustainability without the need for resource-hungry management frameworks. This study provides comprehensive, process-based...
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2015-09-01

Seafood CRC farewell

The Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (Seafood CRC) officially opened for business on 6 August 2007 and the agreement with the Australian Government ended on the 30 June 2015. The FRDC was the largest partner investor in the Seafood CRC contributing about $31 million over the past eight...
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2015-09-01

A decade of excellence in culinary connections

There is nothing like seeing fish caught firsthand to understand the effort that goes into producing the best-quality product with the lowest impact For consumers and chefs, connecting with primary producers is a growing trend, powered by media and TV shows such as MasterChef. But the FRDC has...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-248
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2015 - 31 MAY 2019

Understanding flesh colour variation in Atlantic salmon: molecular mechanisms and genetic effect

Skeletal deformities (including spinal and jaw deformities) in Atlantic salmon have been shown to affect up to 30% of cultured fish, and the problem appears to be enhanced in triploids and under certain husbandry and environmental conditions (i.e.elevated water temperature at specific stages,...
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University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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2017-03-01

'Fish hotels' help river residents to reconnect

Efforts to re-establish river snags are bringing residents of both the waterway and the local community back to the reaches of the lower Darling Illustration: Sharon Kirby By Catherine Norwood For more than two years, members of the Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team (BMEET) have...
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