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Environment
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2014-12-01

A common approach defines sustainable fishing

A year of listening, debating and discussing has paved the way to a new definition of sustainability for Australia’s wild-catch seafood The five ecological components used to determine ecologically sustainable fisheries. By Josh Fielding Early in 2014, an issues paper, Defining Sustainable...
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2019-05-31

Largest foreign seafood market in trade talks

Negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Union are underway, with important implications for the Australian seafood industry By Gio Braidotti High tariffs and the costs associated with accessing markets are the key issues raised by the seafood industry as Australia...
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2018-09-01

In brief

Green light for seafood marketing On 16 August 2018, the Primary Industries Research and Development Amendment Bill 2017 was passed by both houses of parliament. This allows the FRDC to undertake marketing activities funded by voluntary contributions on behalf of Australia’s seafood...
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2016-01-01

Tracking marine debris wins Eureka award

A CSIRO project tracking marine debris has won the annual Eureka Research and Innovation Prize for Environmental Research By Rebecca Thyer CSIRO’s Marine Debris Team members Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox. Photo: CSIRO A project that has helped uncover the scale of marine debris...
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2021-09-14

Close-kin mark-recapture making its mark

An idea lying dormant for years re-emerged at the right time, helping to rebuild global stocks of Southern Bluefin Tuna and revolutionising fisheries stock assessments Words Bianca Nogrady Mark Bravington was attending a meeting at the International Whaling Commission in...
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2018-09-01

Triple challenge for Barramundi expansion

An international investigation identifies the steps needed to realise the growth potential of Australia’s favourite white-fleshed fish Dan Richards holds a juvenile Barramundi. Photo: Humpty Doo Barramundi By Rebecca Thyer A 12-month international study tour has Dan Richards, from the...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-029
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 SEP 2008

Seafood CRC: Factors limiting resilience and recovery of fished abalone populations

Background to the problem: The Tasmanian blacklip abalone fishery is the largest and most valuable fishery in Tasmania. Following collapse of major abalone fisheries elsewhere (South Africa, Japan, Mexico, California, British Columbia), Tasmania now supports the largest wild abalone fishery in the...
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University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-088
DATE START/END: 10 JAN 2021 - 29 JUN 2021

Quantifying inter-sectoral values within and among the Indigenous, commercial and recreational sectors

The Australian fisheries industry is made up of several sectors, including Indigenous, commercial and recreational. For these sectors to collaborate effectively, solutions need to be found to the challenges associated with co-management and resources access. Historically, genuine understanding and...
ORGANISATION:
Natural Capital Economics
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