The effort reductions in the NPF (instituted during the 2001 NORMAC meeting after an international review of the stock assessment for tiger prawns) were implemented based on combinations of gear and season reductions. Given the slow recovery of the tiger prawn stocks in certain parts of the Gulf,...
Yellowtail Kingfish, Seriola lalandi is a relatively new species that has been cultured in South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales, with over 90% production from Clean Seas Tuna (CST, Arno Bay, SA). The current production of Yellowtail Kingfish in South Australia was approximately...
Prawn fisheries around Australia comprise fuel intensive enterprises currently stressed financially by rising diesel costs. An avenue for relieving the situation is to improve the energy efficiency of trawling by raising the productivity of fishing for each litre of fuel consumed.
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Established in 2004, Southern Rocklobster Limited (SRL), is a company limited by guarantee serving as the national peak body working to further the interests of the Australian Southern Rock Lobster Industry.
SRL guides all industry R&D expenditure for this valuable fishery sector and, over...
Project arose
The Western Australian Fishing industry Council has developed a comprehensive occupational health and safety Code for use in the fishing industry. This Code established a benchmark or best practice guidelines tailored to the WA Occupational Safety and Health Act and Regulations and...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Introduction
Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus are marine vibrios that are increasingly associated with disease caused by ingestion of raw, contaminated shellfish harvested from warmer waters (>20°C) (Potasman etal 2003, Clinical Infectious Disease 35:921-928). Infections usually result in...
Evaluating community engagement
2018-201
Recognising the importance of strategic community engagement to ensure the fishing and aquaculture industry’s social licence to operate is sustained, this project designed and piloted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework and toolkit for...