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PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-076
DATE START/END: 29 MAR 2005 - 1 OCT 2007

QX resistant oyster challenge trial 2005 - 2006

NSW DPI established the Sydney rock oyster breeding program in January 1990, with FRDC assistance. Breeding lines were established in Georges River and Port Stephens. After the appearance of QX disease in Georges River in 1994, selection for QX resistance was incorporated into the program. DPI has...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-031
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 1 NOV 2008

Establishing ecosystem-based management for the South Australian sardine fishery: developing ecological performance indicators and reference points to assess the need for ecological allocations

The eastern Great Australian Bight and southern Spencer Gulf (where the South Australian pilchard fishery is located), form part of the world’s only northern boundary current system – the Flinders Current (Middleton and Cirano 2002). Upwelling that occurs between Cape Otway (Victoria) and the Head...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-007
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2010 - 29 JUN 2013

Utilising innovative technology to better understand Spanish mackerel spawning aggregations and the protection offered by marine protected areas

Spanish mackerel is an important commercial and recreational species with a total catch of 650t taken from Queensland east coast waters annually in recent years (Holmes, 2007 and 2008). The ecology of the Queensland east coast Spanish mackerel stock includes a strong seasonal and predictable...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
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