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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-011
DATE START/END: 14 JUL 2015 - 14 MAR 2018

Understanding the factors contributing to decreased school prawn productivity in Camden Haven Estuary and associated lakes, to target ameliorative actions

Camden Haven is a large, wave dominated barrier estuary on the New South Wales North Coast, and contains two main shallow lake areas – Queens Lake and Watson Taylor Lake. Queens Lake is connected to the lower main arm of the estuary by a 3 km channel called Stingray Creek, and Watson-Taylor Lake is...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-229
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2015 - 29 JUN 2016

Oysters Australia IPA -workshop – identifying knowledge gaps for development of the native oyster aquaculture industry in South Australia

In South Australia (SA), Pacific oyster (Crassotrea gigas) farming is the largest aquaculture industry based on the number of people directly employed (>600) and second largest based on farm gate value (~$40 million per annum). This industry is also the largest Pacific oyster aquaculture industry in...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-236
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2016 - 29 NOV 2016

Establishing a low risk incremental approach for setting Total Allowable Commercial Quotas (TACCs) (changing quotas) in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery, taking into account maximum economic yield and other industry objectives

The WRLC provides recommendations to government on the annual TACC (quotas). The Harvest Strategy for the Western Rock Lobster fishery requires that this recommendation should be based on the Maximum Economic Yield (MEY) analysis conducted by DoF, with additional viewpoints being provided by...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-208
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2017

Developing a National Bycatch Reporting System

Bycatch was once said to be the “fisheries issue of the 1990’s”. Yet it still dominates fisheries management, policy and research, being a major component of all EBFM processes, FAO’s Ecosystem Approach, assessments by the Marine Stewardship Council and other eco-labeling organisations, the EU’s...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-213
DATE START/END: 30 DEC 2015 - 30 DEC 2018

Enabling land-based production of juvenile Yellowtail Kingfish in NSW

NSW DPI has an APPROVED 20 hectare Research Lease 3.5 km off Hawks Nest in Providence Bay near Port Stephens, NSW for a period of five years. The lease will allow the NSW Government to extend its successful marine hatchery research at PSFI to offshore sea cage research to validate the commercial...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-505
DATE START/END: 20 APR 2017 - 29 NOV 2017

Identifying opportunities for developing community supported fisheries in South Australia’s small scale, multi-species, multi-gear community based fisheries

Small scale multispecies, multi-gear inshore community based fisheries across Australia, in particular the Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF) and Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) in South Australia face significant challenges to build their economic, social and environmental capacity. These challenges...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-202
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 28 SEP 2017

Maximising net economic returns from a multispecies fishery

The DAFF Report on the Review of Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy Policy and Guidelines (2013) identified that deriving appropriate economic-based target reference points in multispecies fisheries was a complex problem. While it is recognized in the HSP that achieving a fishery level net...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-210
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2015 - 30 SEP 2018

FRDC resource: Australian Fish Names Standard (AS 5300)

Seafood Services Australia was given responsibility for managing a fish names process by FRDC in 1999. A process had previously been developed as part of the production of the previous Australian Government Department of Primary Industries and Energy publication, “Recommended Marketing Names for...
ORGANISATION:
Alan Snow Konsulting
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-045
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2016 - 30 MAR 2017

Design standards for experimental and field studies to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of tests for infectious diseases in aquatic animals

It is well-recognised that validation of diagnostic tests for diseases that are exotic to Australia is hampered by the lack of reference populations that are infected with the specific disease agent. Experimental infectivity studies provide one approach to address this gap. In consultation with Prof...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Industry
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