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PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-109
DATE START/END: 7 FEB 2023 - 30 DEC 2033

Trans Tasman Rock Lobster Industry Congress - Locking in the Future: 2023-2031

The National Rock Lobster Conference was first held in 1999 and since then it has evolved into a very successful and important biennial event including the Australian and New Zealand Rock Lobster fisheries and associated post harvest sectors. Now titled, the Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Congress,...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
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DATE:
2023-06-27

Deep diving into Storm Bay research

Hobartians – You’re invited to our Open House event ‘Talk to the researchers’ - Learn about Storm Bay science and environmental research. This interactive event, hosted by FRDC, CSIRO and IMAS will give visitors the opportunity to speak with the marine scientists who are helping...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-731
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2009 - 30 DEC 2011

SCRC: The Australian Seafood Diet for Intergenerational Health: Development of a healthy high Australian seafood diet that will be acceptable to women of child-bearing age.(PhD student Lily Chan)

Consumers are advised to eat more fish for a range of health benefits, including for growth and development, protection against heart disease and lowering of plasma triglycerides. However, there are some caveats in these recommendations for some sub-groups of the population, such as those women who...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-010
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2017 - 29 SEP 2018

A re-examination of underlying model assumptions and resulting abundance indices of the Fishery Independent Survey (FIS) in Australia’s SESSF

Key species in the Commonwealth Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) rely on commercial catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data as main abundance indices used as inputs in Tier 1 stock assessment models and Tier 4 assessments. A separate index to this fishery-dependent approach is a...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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PUBLISHED:
2015-06-01

Native species serves as industry safety net

A new oyster aquaculture industry is on the verge of large-scale commercialisation in South Australia Xiaoxu Li of SardI aquatic Sciences. Photo: SARDI By Gio Braidotti The sensitivity of cultured oysters to new and exotic disease outbreaks has revealed a critical weakness in the way...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-09-01

The curious case of the giant cuttlefish

By Rose Yeoman The brilliant colours of an Australian giant cuttlefish during the spawning season. Photo: Sean D. Connell The decline of Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) populations in the upper Spencer Gulf, South Australia, is a mystery researchers are keen to solve. During...
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Tuna champions looks beyond bluefin

Engaging fishers as champions of change is leading to better practices for Southern Bluefin Tuna fishing, and for other species including sharks and rays By Bianca Nogrady Tuna Champions is a grassroots education campaign tha spreads the word that Southern Bluefin Tuna is a resource...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-012
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2008 - 29 MAR 2010

Evaluating the environmental drivers of mud crab (Scylla serrata) catches in Australia

The years 2000 and 2001 saw record mud crab (Scylla serrata) catches throughout their Australian range, presumably due to a combination of high fishing effort and favourable recruitment in the preceding years. This peak was followed by a significant decrease in catch in all relevant jurisdictions,...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-013
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2017 - 14 DEC 2018

Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches in the order of 1000 tonnes pa and a landed value of about $65 million. The species has also long represented a traditional food source for the local Aboriginal population as well as being...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-020
DATE START/END: 5 JAN 2020 - 10 DEC 2020

Development of a user-friendly Management Strategy Evaluation framework for Queensland’s rocky reef fishery

The Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) lists snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) and pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare) as depleted in Queensland waters. Stock assessments (see links in Methods section) questioned whether current fishery management for both species is appropriate to ensure the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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