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DATE:
2022-03-06

Barramundi benefit from ‘gap year’ in fresh water

Recreational fishers may be pleased to know that Barramundi that spend time in fresh water as juveniles grow faster and larger than those that spend their entire lives in salt water. That is one of the findings of a research project that found that more than a third of adult Barramundi in...
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DATE:
2018-05-17

Fishing sustainability in Port Phillip Bay

A recent report found that fishing activities in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, pose a relatively minor risk to the ecosystem health, when compared to the much greater external (non-fishing) threats such as human population growth, industrial activities, introduced species, land-based pollution and...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-088
DATE START/END: 2 JUL 2017 - 30 AUG 2017

Testing retail commodities for the presence of Taura Syndrome Virus and Yellow head Virus I

In November 2016 an outbreak of WSSV occurred on a prawn farm in SE Queensland. FRDC supported a project exploring the risks associated with imported raw prawn commodities (FRDC Project Number 2016/066) as an entry pathway for WSSV into Australia. This event and other concerns around illegal...
ORGANISATION:
Future Fisheries Veterinary Service Pty Ltd (FFVS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-021
DATE START/END: 24 JUN 2013 - 16 OCT 2015

Using local knowledge to understand linkages between ecosystem processes, seagrass change and fisheries productivity to improve ecosystem-based management

PROJECT OVERVIEW We aim to produce a model success story in managing ecosystem related declines in fisheries productivity by fostering collaboration between fishers and management agencies. We intend to protect and enhance fishery productivity, profitability and resilience by aiding the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-712
DATE START/END: 30 DEC 2007 - 30 NOV 2008

Seafood CRC: Second generation tuna feeds

Clean Seas as a participant in the Seafood CRC has a suite of nine projects. Three are concerning the propagation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT). The first which has already been submitted is on SBT Maturation and Sexing, develop and apply new technologies. The second yet to be finalised is on...
ORGANISATION:
Clean Seas Seafood Ltd
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-315
DATE START/END: 12 MAY 2009 - 29 JUN 2012

People development program: scholarship program for enhancing the skills of aquatic animal health professionals in Australia

The need to enhance education and training in the aquatic animal health sector was identified through Strategy 4 of AQUAPLAN 2005-1010, Education and Training in the Aquatic Animal Health Sector. Gaps in aquatic animal health capacity and laboratory resources were identified and quantified as...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-301
DATE START/END: 27 MAY 2010 - 30 NOV 2010

Sponsorship for 2010 Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference and Symposium

While there is a lot of general talk on climate change, this symposium aims to present some credible science and predictions that can be used as a synopsis of the likely impacts on fish and fisheries. Unlike previous years where the ASFB conference and workshop have been held as separate events,...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-152
DATE START/END: 4 FEB 2018 - 30 MAR 2018

Social Matters Workshop

Social science research into the seafood industry has a history of around 60 years in much of the developed world. These studies draw attention to the way that socially-embedded - ‘human’ – decision-making can influence catch-and-effort patterns. There has been a growing recognition of the role of...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-032
DATE START/END: 29 FEB 2020 - 27 FEB 2022

Seaweed production as a nutrient offset for Moreton Bay

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT & PRIOR WORK Seaweed is a diverse and abundant resource with significant potential for aquaculture because of its use in food and agricultural products, its capability to extract nutrients from seawater, and the ability to co-culture it within existing aquaculture...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-020
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2021 - 29 JUN 2022

Stable isotopes: a rapid method to determine lobster diet and trace lobster origin?

Through extension of a PhD project we learnt of a need by industry to be able to identify the source location of Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) from post-harvest/market samples. Stable isotope analysis is one suggested method of achieving this. If location is identifiable from isotope...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
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