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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-039
DATE START/END: 4 JAN 2015 - 29 JUN 2016

Review and assess stock assessment methods used in Australia

Fisheries stock assessment modelling are undertaken throughout Australia's jurisdictions. It usually uses a set of tools that have been developed in various programming languages and for a specific fishery. Furthermore, most of the tools used are developed by experts with high modelling capacity,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2015-09-01

Gas options to help prawns keep their cool

An award-winning refrigeration redesign is paving the way for new technology and a generational change in the Northern Prawn Fishery By Catherine Norwood When the Gulf Bounty headed out into the Gulf of Carpentaria in April for the start of the 2015 Banana Prawn season, the...
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

The push for blue carbon

While blue-carbon scenarios abound, investment hinges on the details – including the development of a rigorous, internationally accepted accounting system By Bianca Nogrady Peter Macreadie and PhD candidate Ashley Whitt measure a blue-carbon core taken from a mangrove swamp at Stony...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-207
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2023 - 3 APR 2025

Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance strategic management and delivery of the Australian Government grant 'Developing Australia's seaweed farming'- RDE Coordination and Extension- Policy Reform Working Group- ASSA Program Governance, Reporting, Communications and Stakeholders Engagement

The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) with the FRDC has been successful in securing an $8.M grant from the Federal Government (Department of Industry, Science and Resources will be administering the grant on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) to develop...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance
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PUBLISHED:
2021-03-01

Trawling international research for better fishing practices

Excess fuel use and unwanted bycatch are ongoing challenges for trawl fishing in Australia and around the world By Matt Broadhurst, Steve Kennelly and Ian Knuckey Around the world, research teams, including fishers, scientists and managers, have strived to improve the process of trawling for...
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PUBLISHED:
2019-03-01

Science briefs

ENVIRONMENT: Seabirds drawn to plastics Photo: CSIRO As the amount of plastic increases in the marine environment, a growing body of international research is investigating its impact. A study published at Nature International Journal of Science in January 2018 investigated what drives...
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