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PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-014
DATE START/END: 5 DEC 2024 - 3 DEC 2026

National coordination of access to agricultural and veterinary chemicals in the Australian seafood industry

Overview In aquaculture, Agricultural and Veterinary (AgVet) chemical products are required for disease prevention (for example, vaccines), therapeutic treatments (for example antibiotics, anthelmintics and antimycotics), husbandry (for example hormones for reproduction and anaesthetics for animal...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)
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DATE:
2022-11-24

Gearing up for the future

The search for fishing gear that is both ecologically and economically sustainable is not easy, but continuing data collection is helping fishery managers make more informed decisions. By Claire Crawford Finding fishing gear that optimises catches while reducing...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-004
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 31 DEC 2008

Determination of effective longline effort in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

The Fisheries Assessment Group for the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) has identified the need to further develop indicators of resource availability based on the monitoring of temporal and spatial changes in catch rates as a high priority. In response to this need, in 2003 a research...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-047
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 29 JUN 2019

Addressing knowledge gaps for studies of the effect of water resource development on the future of the Northern Prawn Fishery

The estuaries of Australia’s tropical rivers support commercial fisheries for finfish, crustaceans and shellfish valued at approximately $220 million per annum, with the Northern Prawn Fishery valued at $115 million (2013-14) (Savage and Hobsbawn 2015). FRDC 2007/003, (PIs: Burford, Kenyon),...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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2013-03-01

Seafood Services Australia signs off

The organisation that has spearheaded efforts to provide a common, national naming system for Australia’s diverse seafood has closed its doors. Seafood Services Australia (SSA), which operated the Fish Names website, announced on 22 July that it would cease trading. Established in...
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DATE:
2022-07-12

Taking Atlantic Salmon science to the people

Research on the interactions between Atlantic Salmon aquaculture and the environment was on show at a recent event in Hobart. Josh Fielding from FRDC answering questions from a member of the public interested in Atlantic Salmon science FRDC, CSIRO and the University of...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-024
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2006 - 30 JUN 2009

Harvest strategy evaluation to optimise the sustainability and value of the Queensland scallop fishery

Over the last 4 years, the annual catch of scallops from the Queensland east coast trawl fishery has fallen dramatically to about a third of the annual catch weight and value. We propose to determine whether the current range of management measures are resulting in the optimum use of the resource....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-172
DATE START/END: 31 JAN 2020 - 29 JUN 2022

RRD4P: FRDC Contribution: Closing the Loop: Black Soldier Fly technology to convert agricultural waste

An innovative waste treatment technology is emerging that utilises black soldier fly (BSF) to rapidly consume agricultural wastes (50% reduction in 24hrs) converting it into high quality protein for livestock and aquaculture. BSF are non-biting, non-invasive, non-pest fly species that do not eat,...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Pork Ltd (APL)
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PUBLISHED:
2020-07-01

COVID-19 impacts global seafood markets

Seafood is one of the world’s most traded commodities and Australia is a small cog in the huge wheel of international trade. However, it is clear that the impacts being felt across the globe have been similar to those facing our own seafood sector. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture...
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Science briefs

Tracking the world’s fastest fish Top End anglers are helping Charles Darwin University researchers track billfish – the iconic and highly sought-after sports species that include marlin and sailfish. The research project is led by Dr Keller Kopf, Professor Hamish Campbell and PhD...
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