Wild catch fisheries Research project Develop a strong current warning system and inform knowledge of the nearshore current regime influencing the Western Rock Lobster fishery This project aims to develop a predictive warning system for ocean conditions that can be used by the Western Rock … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Dec 2017 - 29 Dec 2021 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Developing novel remote camera approaches to assess and monitor the population status of Australian sea lions This project aims to provide information for evaluating whether remote camera systems can provide conservation and management organisations with a … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Dec 2017 - 30 Dec 2019 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Media messages about sustainable seafood: how do media influencers affect consumer attitudes? This project developed a comprehensive picture of how relationships between chefs, media and industry shape consumer views about Australian seafood; … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Dec 2017 - 30 Dec 2019 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project National Seafood Industry Leadership Program 2018 - 2021 This project supports the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program. It does this through three components: a review of the existing … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Dec 2017 - 30 Dec 2020
Wild catch fisheries Research project The role of the recreational fisher in the stewardship of the Southern Bluefin Tuna fishery This project will deliver an education program and communication strategy focusing on responsible fishing practices within the recreational sector and … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 29 Dec 2017 - 29 Dec 2020 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Automation Research project Developing automated data cleansing and validation processes for fisheries catch and effort data The industry has identified the need for automated data cleansing and diagnostic procedures that can be applied to large fisheries … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 21 Dec 2017 - 29 Jun 2020 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Development of Fish Health Indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card The primary aim of this project is an improved understanding of fish health in Gladstone Harbour (and beyond) leading to … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 19 Dec 2017 - 19 Dec 2018 Research organisation Central Queensland University Australia (CQU)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project New tools to assess visual fish health There is a need to assess new technologies in collecting and assessing fish health data. Such technologies offer the potential … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 19 Dec 2017 - 30 Aug 2018
Wild catch fisheries Research project NCCP: defining best practice for viral susceptibility testing of non-target species to Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 -a discussion paper based on systematic quantitative literature reviews The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) aims to reduce common carp numbers in Australian waters. A key aspect of this … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 3 Dec 2017 - 29 Nov 2018 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Harvest technology Research project Digitising the Western Rock Lobster Industry The western rock lobster (WRL) fishery has been managed via increasingly sophisticated input controls since 1875. WRL has determined that the … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Nov 2017 - 30 Oct 2021
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Ensuring that fishing and seafood industry focused RD&E delivers improved economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia’s Indigenous people – IRG and Indigenous Subprogram Support The aim of this project is to assist in the planning and implementation of targeted and agreed research, development and … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Nov 2017 - 29 Jun 2022
Wild catch fisheries Research project Southern Ocean IPA - Stock Connectivity of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) Australia has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) declared adjacent to its Antarctic territorial claims in East Antarctica. The EEZ in … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Oct 2017 - 30 Jan 2019
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Long-term recovery of trawled marine communities 25 years after the world’s largest adaptive management experiment Understanding the effects of trawling on seabed habitats is a major issue in Australia and internationally and is a major … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Oct 2017 - 28 Sep 2019 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Fisheries technology Harvest technology Machinery & hardware Research project Reducing bycatch using modifications to sweeps and lines anterior to the trawl mouth - collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark Most of the developments that have occurred in reducing bycatch from penaeid trawling have concerned modifications to the codend - … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Oct 2017 - 29 Jun 2018
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Survival and growth rate of ranched Greenlip Abalone off South Australia The aim of this project was to investigate the viability of Greenlip Abalone ranching in Thorny Passage, near Port Lincoln, … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Oct 2017 - 30 Mar 2019 Research organisation South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Wild catch fisheries Research project FishPath: Tailoring Management to Context in Data-Limited Fisheries A number of fisheries in Australia are characterised as being 'small scale', 'data ' and/or 'capacity' limited (hereafter small … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Oct 2017 - 30 Jan 2018 Research organisation Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) [NT]
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Aquaculture technology Research project Tassal: Flesh quality issues in spring grown Atlantic Salmon The project aimed to address quality issues, specifically excessive gape, in Atlantic Salmon harvested during the spring season. Customer complaints … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 12 Oct 2017 - 16 Dec 2017 Research organisation Tassal Group
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Aquaculture technology Research project Tassal: improved Atlantic Salmon enclosure netting The project aimed to address the issue of net damage and stock loss caused by predators (sharks and seals) in … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 12 Oct 2017 - 28 Feb 2018 Research organisation Tassal Group
Wild catch fisheries Research project What’s stopping you from protecting yourself and your mates? Identifying barriers to the adoption of safe work practises in the small-scale wild catch commercial fishing industry This project aims to foster a stronger safety culture in the wild catch commercial fishing industry in Australia. It will … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 5 Oct 2017 - 29 Sep 2020
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Sep 2017 - 29 Nov 2018