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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-159
DATE START/END: 25 FEB 2018 - 28 JUN 2018

Retrospective assessment of ITQs to inform research needs and to improve their future design and performance

Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) have been introduced into a wide range of Australian fisheries. A key perceived advantage of ITQs is that they offer a mechanism for autonomous adjustment, allowing the fishery to adjust in response to changing biological or economic conditions without the need...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-121
DATE START/END: 16 SEP 2018 - 30 AUG 2020

Sex reversal and sex differentiation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

The overall aim of this project is to integrate farm-based trials, histology and genetic technologies to evaluate options for the improved production of all-female Atlantic salmon in Tasmania. Most fish species, including Atlantic salmon, are quite susceptible to sex manipulation during early...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Warrnambool Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-044
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2005 - 1 JUL 2009

Development of the scientific requirements of an Environmental Management System (EMS) for the pearling (Pinctada maxima) industry

In 1998 the PPA commissioned the report: "The environmental impact of pearling (Pinctada maxima) in Western Australia" (Wells 1998). That report described the general environment in which pearling occurs and the pearling activities that might potentially modify the environment and concluded that the...
ORGANISATION:
Pearl Producers Association (PPA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-010
DATE START/END: 21 JUL 2008 - 29 JUN 2011

Developing a support tool for management decisions in coastal multi-species scalefish fisheries

An innovative approach linking population dynamics, fishing activities and management strategies is needed to support management decisions in coastal multi-species scalefish fisheries around Australia. These fisheries often exhibit very complex population and fishery dynamics because of their high...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-021
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2009 - 29 JUN 2011

Movement patterns and stock structure of Australian sardine (Sardinops sagax) off South Australia and the East Coast: implications for future stock assessment and management

The Australian sardine (Sardinops sagax) is distributed throughout southern Australia, between Shark Bay, WA and Hervey Bay, Qld. There are commercial fisheries in waters off WA, Vic, SA and NSW. Two fisheries for Australian sardine have grown rapidly over the last decade. The current Total...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-011
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Development of Field Implemented Fillet Identification (FIFI) for coral reef fin fish

1. Drivers for the development of the application The coral reef fin fish fishery has been increasingly targeted for commercial and recreational exploitation over the last 15 years. It has been reported that within the Queensland commercial sector, the harvest has risen dramatically from 2,034...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-409
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2012 - 29 JUN 2015

People development program: Primary industries health and safety collaborative partnership 2012-2015

FRDC has invested in The Collaborative partnership for farming and fishing health and safety for a period of three years (2008/313) The partnership has been funded by RIRDC, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Fisheries Research...
ORGANISATION:
AgriFutures Australia
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-035
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

The development, adoption and evaluation of environmental management systems in Western Australian commercial fisheries

Two commercial fisheries in Western Australia (WA) have developed environmental management systems (EMS) including the third party audited Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Western Rock Lobster Fishery in 2000 and the pearling industry through the National Seafood EMS Pilot...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-211
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 28 JUL 2008

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: examination of green sustainable process technology for preparing chitin and associated derivatives from rock lobster waste

The project is dealing with the extraction of chitin from lobster waste using environmentally friendly clean and green processes. Chitin constitutes the exoskeleton of crustaceans and our innovation presents an opportunity to commercialise the chitin extraction and refining in Western Australia....
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-050
DATE START/END: 19 MAR 2008 - 30 JUN 2009

Developing mechanisms for the transfer and/or adjustment of rocklobster shares between sectors in Western Australia and South Australia

The issue of how fish resources can be best shared between competing users is the current focus of fisheries managers Australia-wide. The Western Australian and South Australian Governments are committed to addressing the issue of how fish resources can be best shared between competing users...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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