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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-114
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2018 - 30 DEC 2019

Completing Australia’s First National Bycatch Report

Bycatch from fishing (the unintended, non-targeted organisms caught when targeting particular species or sizes of species) remains one of the most important issues concerning the world’s fisheries. While fisheries jurisdictions have recognised the need to report to the public and other...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-034
DATE START/END: 24 FEB 2022 - 27 OCT 2022

Identifying mechanisms and data collection options to aid socio-economic analysis of the NT seafood industry

The NT seafood industry is aware of the need to investigate and identify a means to address gaps and issues surrounding economic and socio-economic data. This project proposal has been developed as an outcome of a project commissioned by the Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC) and undertaken...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
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PUBLISHED:
2019-12-01

Seaweeds beckon tomorrow's farmers

Beyond the populism of vegan superfoods, plastics alternatives and climate solutions, there is gathering research interest and financial support for seaweeds which could underpin a new plant-focused approach to aquaculture in Australia By Catherine Norwood Pacific Bio’s production manager –...
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DATE:
2021-06-25

Building Community Trust

Gaining trust is core to Australian fisheries and aquaculture, now and into the future. Building community trust is an important step towards improving the acceptability of fisheries and aquaculture within key parts of the Australian community, and addressing issues that impact their ‘social licence...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-775
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2010 - 29 AUG 2012

Seafood CRC: prevention of muddy taints in farmed barramundi

Inconsistent quality of farmed barramundi in the marketplace is identified as a major issue causing buyer resistance and negative market impacts. This is limiting realisation of full revenue return for farmed barramundi. The inconsistency in quality is mainly associated with the presence of ‘earthy’...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-034
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of an emerging bacterial disease in wild Queensland gropers, marine fish and stingrays with production of diagnostic tools to reduce the spread of disease to other states of Australia

In 2008-2009, 46 wild Queensland (QLD) gropers, Epinephelus lanceolatus, a protected species under the Fisheries Regulation 2008, were found dead between Mackay and the Daintree River in north Queensland. Most deaths occurred in highly urbanised areas including Cairns and Port Douglas, with peak...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-009
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2013 - 29 SEP 2015

Shark Futures: A report card for Australia's sharks and rays

Australia has one of the most diverse and distinctive shark and ray faunas in the world. With more than 320 species occurring in Australian waters, about a quarter of them endemic, effectively managing these species is important for the sustainable use of marine resources as well maintenance of...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-200
DATE START/END: 1 SEP 2013 - 31 AUG 2015

Testing abalone empirical harvest strategies, for setting TACs and associated LMLs, that include the use of novel spatially explicit performance measures

The successful management of abalone stocks is recognized as difficult. There used to be an array of valuable commercial abalone fisheries around the world but production in many of these rapidly declined in the late 1980s and a number have now collapsed (Shepherd and Baker 1998; Tarr, 2000; Hobday...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-004
DATE START/END: 1 MAY 2014 - 7 JUL 2016

Mitigation measures to reduce entanglements of migrating whales with commercial fishing gear

The western rock lobster fishery is Australia’s largest single species wild-caught fishery. It is almost exclusively an export fishery with an estimated annual GVP of $200 million. In 2010, the fishery transitioned from an effort control to a quota based fishery, which among other management changes...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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PUBLISHED:
2015-12-01

Maritime anthropology: it’s personal

For maritime anthropologist Tanya King, the people are the most fascinating part of a fishery Maritime anthropologist Tanya King studies rural and marine communities, looking at the social, environmental, political and economic factors that affect them. Photo: Donna Squire, Deakin...
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