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PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-407
DATE START/END: 13 OCT 2006 - 22 FEB 2008

Analysis and presentation of good news for the seafood industry in the Nutrient Reference Values (NRV) and in presentations to the ISSFAL conference and SSA Seafood for Life workshop

New Nutrient Reference Values (NRV)s, compiled by the National Health & Medical Research Council, were released on May 3 2006 in a report, “Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand”. This is the first time they have been updated since 1991. It is significant that long-chain...
ORGANISATION:
Seabee Productions
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-726
DATE START/END: 28 JUN 2010 - 29 JUN 2011

SCRC: PhD: Towards all female P. monodon populations using endocrine manipulations- top up scholarship

This project was developed in full consultation with the APFA, and stems from the commercial advantages of obtaining an all female P.monodon population. It follows three years of research by the applicants (funded by a collaborative arrangement between the Queensland Government and the Government...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-910
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2009 - 30 JUL 2010

Seafood CRC: automation of western rocklobster processing

Currently, labour costs in the Western Rocklobster industry are high and availability of labour is extremely poor. Individual lobsters can be handled up to seven times during processing. Reducing labour by mechanizing process steps would improve product consistency and (hopefully) profitability and...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-011
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 31 MAY 2016

Assessment of the impacts of seal populations on the seafood industry in South Australia

Why and how this application was developed: In most marine systems, marine mammals are major consumers of production from a range of trophic levels, and because of their large body size are considered to be important in structuring the trophic interactions in many marine systems (Katona and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-717
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2008 - 28 FEB 2009

Seafood CRC: improving quality of Australian Sardines through utilization of flow-ice technology

South Australian waters support the most valuable Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) resource in Australia. The sardine fishery is Australia's largest by weight for a marine scale-fish. The total annual catch increased from 3,836 tonnes in 1999/2000 to 39,185 tonnes in 2005. The Total Allowable...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-001
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2010 - 31 MAY 2013

Predicting the impacts of shifting recreational fishing effort towards inshore species

This study was initiated by RecFishWest in response to concern that seasonal closures to recreational fishing of demersal finfish stocks in waters off south-western Australia were highly likely to shift the targets of recreational fishing from iconic demersal, offshore fish species, including...
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-021
DATE START/END: 24 JUN 2013 - 16 OCT 2015

Using local knowledge to understand linkages between ecosystem processes, seagrass change and fisheries productivity to improve ecosystem-based management

PROJECT OVERVIEW We aim to produce a model success story in managing ecosystem related declines in fisheries productivity by fostering collaboration between fishers and management agencies. We intend to protect and enhance fishery productivity, profitability and resilience by aiding the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Melbourne
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DATE:
2024-11-28

Fisheries Restocking - one option in a sea of choices

Introduction Restocking (referred to interchangeably as ‘fisheries enhancement’) is the practice of releasing hatchery-produced fish into the wild to supplement or enhance natural populations. Restocking programs may aim to support conservation, enhance recreational and/or commercial fishing...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-018
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2012 - 7 DEC 2014

Optimising the collection of relative abundance data for the pipi population in New South Wales

This application seeks funding for work that has not previously been done in NSW but is required to assist in the development of new management arrangements for the commercial harvest of pipis (Donax deltoides) in NSW. Consequently, the research has been assigned a high priority across commercial,...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS)
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DATE:
2024-12-03

December 2024 Open Call for R&D Investment Opportunities

Webinar Contact If you have any questions or issues with FishNet, please contact the FRDC by phone (02) 6122 2100 or email frdc.programs@frdc.com.au. Opportunities Title Close-kin mark recapture design study to detect Swordfish stock...
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