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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-109
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2019 - 31 AUG 2021

National Abalone Diver Exchange Program

The National Abalone Divers Exchange Program evolved from the FRDC National Seafood Industry Leadership Program in 2015. Two abalone divers, Craig Fox and Robert Langdale, participated in the NSILP and as a result formed a friendship and working relationship. Craig (from Victoria) and Robert (from...
ORGANISATION:
Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-147
DATE START/END: 19 MAR 2020 - 29 JUN 2021

Risk factors and management strategies associated with summer mortality in Australian abalone

In Australia, greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata) and hybrid abalone (H. laevigata × H. rubra) are grown in southern Australia. During grow-out, abalone are exposed to water temperatures that range from 10˚C during winter in Tasmania to 25˚C during summer in South Australia. Water temperature is a...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-188
DATE START/END: 30 APR 2024 - 28 MAR 2025

Evaluate and optimise cost and energy effective solutions for lighting, carbon delivery and mixing in intensive commercial scale tetrasporophyte production of Asparagopsis

Management of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), carbon delivery and mixing are critical parameters that influence productivity and health of the culture in macroalgal mass cultivation systems. These three parameters are tightly interlinked in algal production systems and require...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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DATE:
2024-06-27

FRDC Indigenous Project Showcase

Fisheries Management and Social Objectives Project Number Title 2010-040 Developing and testing social objectives for fisheries management 2010-304 Impact of management changes on the viability of...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-802
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2016 - 30 AUG 2019

Future Oysters CRC-P: Accelerated Sydney Rock Oyster (SRO) Breeding Research

NSW DPI has been working collaboratively with the Select Oyster Company to develop a pedigreed breeding program to replace the ageing mass selected breeding program. Genetic progress in this program will be determined to a large extent by the numbers of families that can be produced and the time...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Sound effects

While humans harness sound to navigate the ocean and its riches, there are growing concerns about the potential impact of industrial noise pollution on marine ecosystems Photo: Photolibrary.com By Bianca Nogrady It is easy to think of the ocean as a place of deep blue quiet, especially...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-221
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 30 NOV 2014

Stock enhancement of the Western School Prawn (Metapenaeus dalli) in the Swan-Canning Estuary; evaluating recruitment limitation, environment and release strategies

Historically Western School Prawns (Metapenaeus dalli; WSPs) have been an important catch for commercial and recreational fishers in the Swan-Canning Estuary. However, the abundance of prawns has been declining since the 1960s, with commercial fishing on this species ceasing in the 1970s....
ORGANISATION:
Murdoch University
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-207
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 MAY 2018

Development of post-harvest handling technologies for the under-utilised cross-jurisdictional Royal Red Prawn fishery

Royal red prawns (Haliporoides sibogae) exist in both eastern and western offshore waters of Australia, however the commercial fishery is limited to the deep water trawl fishery off the NSW coast. The fishery is managed under shared jurisdiction between the NSW Ocean Trawl Fishery (OTF) and the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-012
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 29 NOV 2018

Investigating social acceptance for the wild catch commercial fishing industry of Southeast Queensland

In spite of the Queensland (Australian) commercial fishing industry providing healthy food for the community and tourism industry and developing and implementing sustainable operating standards (ESM), many in the industry feel they are continually required to defend and justify their position to...
ORGANISATION:
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-029
DATE START/END: 4 DEC 2023 - 27 JUN 2024

Mapping the economic and social contributions of the NT seafood industry – Part 2

The development of this project application stems from the recognition within the Northern Territory seafood industry of the need to address gaps and issues surrounding economic and socio-economic data. In 2020, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) released an NT economics...
ORGANISATION:
Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC)
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