In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. There has also recently been an increased focus towards ecosystem-based fishery management as a result of greater environmental concern for marine resources. Within the Northern...
Australian Seafood Industries (ASI) manages the selective breeding program for the Australian Pacific Oyster industry. This industry owned company has operated since 2004 and has successfully conducted numerous FRDC and Seafood CRC funded projects. Most recently ASI received funding from the Seafood...
Breeding Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in captivity is proving to be a major challenge. While Cleanseas Tuna (CST) successfully produced tuna offspring in the last three years in their onshore breeding facility at Arno Bay, the number of broodstock that can be held is limited due to their size...
Carp (Cyprinus carpio) are an invasive environmental pest in Australia (Koehn, 2004) that negatively impact freshwater ecosystems (Vilizzi et al., 2015). Therefore, carp control is an important national priority for management of freshwater ecosystems, particularly in south-east Australia where...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)