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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-004
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 31 DEC 2008

Determination of effective longline effort in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

The Fisheries Assessment Group for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) has identified the need to further develop indicators of resource availability based on the monitoring of temporal and spatial changes in catch rates as a high priority. In response to this need, in 2003 a research...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-226
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 JUN 2010

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: rapid strain identification of the bacterial fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae and development of an effective polyvalent vaccine for Australian barramundi

The present application has been developed in response to the increasing occurrence and distribution of the septicaemic bacterial disease streptococcosis in the Australian barramundi industry and its serious adverse impacts on productivity and the economics of farming barramundi. Streptococcosis can...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
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
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-200
DATE START/END: 13 MAR 2005 - 28 FEB 2008

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: activity metabolism in live-held southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), Phase 2

Industry and Research Context – Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) aquaculture has quickly grown to become Australia’s largest aquaculture industry through an effective combination of industry innovation and development and scientific research and development. Publicly funded tuna R&D has largely been...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-004
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2010 - 29 JUL 2012

Passive acoustic techniques to monitor aggregations of sound producing fish species

Summary: Management of fisheries is a difficult task. This is often because the tools used to study and monitor exploited species and their environment typically provide only a biased, vague, and all too brief snapshot of the underwater situation. It is therefore not surprising that many...
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
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