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2018-09-01

Tasty results for Cobia in consumer trials

The results of fish processing, preparation and consumer testing are part of the latest pond-to-plate research into Cobia aquaculture Crispy-skin Cobia by Colin Barker of The Boathouse, Sydney. Photo: Rob Locke By Rebecca Thyer With a senior seafood scientist acting as ‘head chef’,...
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2018-09-01

Fishers step up to the festival experience

Victoria’s commercial fishers are making community engagement a priority to build support for the sector and local seafood Above Harbourside stands and events brought festival-goers into direct contact with fishers at the Apollo Bay Seafood Festival. Photo: UBranding Pty Ltd By...
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Blue clue aids Snapper tally

Sorting the Snapper eggs from those of other species will allow egg numbers to be used to assess fish populations A paired, fine mesh ‘bongo’ net used to sample plankton throughout the water column. A molecular marker that turns Snapper eggs a fluorescent blue could revolutionise...
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-415
DATE START/END: 30 OCT 2016 - 29 JUN 2020

Management of Australian Abalone Growers Association's RD&E portfolio

The Australian Abalone Growers Association (AAGA) expects annual production of farmed abalone in Australia to double from 1000T in 2015 to 2000T by 2020 and double again to 4000T by 2025. To ensure we reach these targets AAGA members will invest strategically in RD&E. To this end AAGA has...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Abalone Growers Association Inc (AAGA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-257
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2017 - 14 MAR 2018

Implementing and evaluating the Australian Seafood Trade Agenda 2016 - 2018 - Seafood Trade Advisory Group (STAG)

According to the latest ABARES report the value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production in 2012-13 was around $2.4 billion each year. Of this Australia exported around $1.2 billion of seafood products annually, dominated by high-value products—such as rock lobster, premium tuna species...
ORGANISATION:
Honey and Fox Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-004
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 MAY 2020

Investigate oceanographic and environmental factors impacting on the ETBF

The abundance and distribution and hence availability of highly migratory tuna and billfish species to fisheries are known to be strongly influenced by oceanographic conditions. The five target species of the ETBF have a wide distribution outside the Australian EEZ, but the influence of...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-057
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 30 DEC 2018

Stock predictions and spatial population indicators for Australia's east coast saucer scallop fishery

The Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti, formerly Amusium balloti) trawl fishery used to be the state’s most valuable commercially-fished species, with annual landings that peaked at just under 2000 t (adductor muscle meat-weight tonnes) in 1993 valued at about $30 million (Kailola et al....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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