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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-049
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2020 - 16 DEC 2020

Monitoring and mitigating interactions between small pelagic fisheries and dolphins: literature review and analysis of fishery data

Small pelagic fisheries sometimes interact with dolphins. For example, dolphins are sometimes encircled and/or entangled in purse seine-nets used in the South Australia Sardine Fishery (SASF). Community expectations and State and Commonwealth legislation require fisheries to take all reasonable...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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2016-06-01

National impact from Tasmanian POMS outbreak

A combination of research and proactivity provides hope in the wake of the latest outbreak of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome University of Sydney’s Paul Hick (left) and oyster farmer Scott Brooks inspecting hanging baskets in lower Pitt Water, Tasmania. Photos: University of Sydney By...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-900
DATE START/END: 14 NOV 2008 - 14 NOV 2009

Seafood CRC: improving profitability in the Western Rocklobster fishery using a rocklobster trap

The costs required to fish in the Western Rocklobster Fishery increase each season. That combined with record low puerulus counts equating to poor catch predictions for the next three to four seasons will only increase the attrition rate of the fleet in this fishery which traditionally is in the...
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
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Call for investment opportunities

Overview The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) is calling for applications that address research, development & extension (RD&E) priorities nominated by the FRDC’s stakeholders. The nominated RD&E priorities for investment are outlined below in the current...
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-228
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2008 - 29 APR 2012

ASBTIA: Maintaining SBT High Health Status - understanding SBT parasites and investigating ways to mitigate their influence on SBT production

The ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry, although it has not been without its challenges. Since 1990, the industry has steadily expanded to produce about 9000 tonnes of gilled and gutted SBT annually with an...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2021-09-14

Keen amateurs prove a major force in scientific discovery

Fisheries are a major beneficiary as science employs the value and power of citizen scientists Words Gio Braidotti Faced with major restrictions on activities during COVID-19 lockdowns during the past year, and a renewed focus on local environments, more people than ever have joined up to...
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Looking back and looking ahead: Fishing and aquaculture in Australia

The past 27 years of FRDC’s strategic planning and investment in fishing and aquaculture show an emphasis on improving practices and product quality to help both sectors prosper. In more recent years this has continued, and has been joined by an increasing focus on ecological and social...
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