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PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-027
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Facilitating industry self-management for spatially managed stocks: a scallop case study

Challenge 1: Improve the sustainability of natural resources supporting wild-catch and aquaculture. • improve governance, policies, and methods in wild-catch management; in particular optimize the operation of spatial management. Challenge 3: Increase the social and economic return of fish...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-215
DATE START/END: 27 FEB 2006 - 31 MAR 2011

Seafood CRC: southern rocklobster industry research and development planning, implementation and extension

INTRODUCTION: The southern rocklobster (Jasus edwardsii) supports major commercial fisheries in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, with total catches from these States being around 4500t in 2004-05. Of this catch, South Australia is the largest producer with approximately 55% of the total...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-023
DATE START/END: 21 AUG 2008 - 30 OCT 2009

The trophodynamics of small pelagic fishes in the southern Australian ecosystem and the implications for ecosystem modelling of southern temperate fisheries

The small pelagic fish functional group is an important link between the primary and secondary producers and the higher predators including the valuable wild tuna species and some other commercial species, as well as marine mammals and seabirds. Since most of the collapses of major pelagic fisheries...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-016
DATE START/END: 22 JUN 2010 - 14 FEB 2013

Assessing the impacts of gillnetting in Tasmania: implications for by-catch and biodiversity

In Tasmania, unlike most other Australian states, recreational as well as commercial fishers are permitted to use gillnets. The gear is used to target a diverse range of finfish in a variety of habitats, including inshore reefs and sheltered coastal waters. The main scalefish species taken include...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-213
DATE START/END: 28 JUN 2005 - 29 SEP 2008

New technologies for sustainable commercial finfish culture

The technology proposed in this project is innovative and has the potential to revolutionise the way that fish are grown around the world. The technology is applicable to both inland fresh and saline aquaculture, and given appropriate engineering development, may be applicable to ocean aquaculture....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fremantle
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-010
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2013 - 26 FEB 2015

Giant Australian Cuttlefish in South Australian waters

Why and how this application was developed: Giant Australian cuttlefish, Sepia apama, is the largest cuttlefish species in the world, and whilst it is distributed and breeds in waters around the southern coastline of Australia, it forms an extraordinarily large breeding aggregation on a small...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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DATE:
2023-02-20

What evidence do we have from other studies?

Recreational fishing and wellbeing – what’s the evidence? The potential for recreational fishing to contribute positively the health and wellbeing of participants and the broader community has been widely acknowledged for decades (see Freudenberg and Arlinghaus 2009; McManus et al. 2011; Hunt et...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-756
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2008 - 29 NOV 2010

Seafood CRC: increasing seedstock production of domesticated giant tiger prawns (Penaeus monodon) through improved male fertility

Increasing the production efficiency of farming is considered essential for maintaining competitiveness of the Australian P. monodon industry in both national and international markets, and for ensuring the sustainability of the local farming industry. Progressing from the farming of wild progeny...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-208
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2010 - 30 MAR 2013

Developing clam aquaculture in Australia: a feasibility study on culturing Donax deltoides and Katelysia sp on intertidal and subtidal leases in South Australia

Clam aquaculture, the focus of this project, is an innovative concept in Australia although it is well developed overseas. World production of cultured Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarium) and hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) was 3.1 million tonnes in 2005. Australian wild catch of 2,135 tonnes...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-759
DATE START/END: 19 MAR 2010 - 29 JUL 2012

Seafood CRC: Towards all female Penaeus monodon populations using androgenic gland manipulations

This application 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...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
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