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PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-240
DATE START/END: 7 JUN 2016 - 27 FEB 2018

APFA IPA: RNAi treatment of broodstock to reduce disease impacts in farmed prawns

This application was developed through extensive consultation with the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) and its members over the past two years. It follows on from a Seafood CRC project (2011/761, Final report ISBN 978-1-4863-0375-5) also supported by the APFA. This CRC project...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Agriculture and Food Brisbane
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2014-06-01

Strategy to set common vision

Stakeholders are being asked to have their say in setting priorities for investment in fishing industry research Sunrise over Lakes Entrance, Victoria Photo: 123rf.com Over the next 12 months the FRDC will be coordinating the development of two different but equally important documents....
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2013-06-01

Less is more for WA lobster fishers

By Rose Yeoman In a striking example of a ‘less is more’ philosophy, the Western Rocklobster (Panulirus cygnus) industry has significantly reduced fishing effort during the past four years and at the same time increased its profitability. What began as a theoretical exercise has been...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-030
DATE START/END: 14 JAN 2005 - 29 OCT 2008

Development of an individual transferable catch quota model for the Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef

Fishing is the major extractive resource use on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), where the annual economic value of the commercial Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery is about AU$60-100 million. Each year the commercial line sector harvests between 3000-4000 t from the multi-species reef line fishery, while...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)
Industry
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2022-03-04

ARLP drives leadership vision into action

Kylie Dunstan reflects on the value of her participation in the highly regarded Australian Rural Leadership Program By Jo Fulwood Having recently graduated from the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP), run by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, Kylie Dunstan believes strong and...
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2018-11-02

Science briefs

TECHNOLOGY: Albatross surveillance Photo: Shutterstock Albatrosses fitted with tiny radio transceivers are the latest recruits in global efforts to identify illegal fishing. Scientists from France and New Zealand have developed a tiny transceiver beacon, weighing less than 60 grams, which...
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Strategic alignment with priorities

The FRDC is part of a larger national agrisystem and global community working together to tackle shared challenges. the size and extent of these challenges means that collaboration will be critical. The objects of the PIRD Act provide the foundation for everything that the FRDC does and ensures...
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