Wild catch fisheries Research project Quantifying the exposure, protection and recovery of seafloor habitats in Spencer Gulf to prawn trawling The Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF), a bottom trawl fishery, is the third most valuable prawn fishery in Australia (EconSearch 2018). … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 10 Jan 2021 - 15 Dec 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Understanding the relationship between commercial prawn species population dynamics, fishing patterns and climate in the Shark Bay World Heritage area in Western Australia There is growing concern that the sustainability of the prawn fishery in the Shark Bay World Heritage area of Western … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 5 Jan 2020 - 5 Jan 2023 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Wild catch fisheries Research project Methods to profile and connect the provenance of wild caught prawn fisheries and their values to the community Australia’s wild prawn industry is Australia’s largest wild catch trawling sector but the industry is aware that to … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2019 - 28 May 2020
Wild catch fisheries Research project Ecological modeling of the impacts of water development in the Gulf of Carpentaria with particular reference to impacts on the Northern Prawn Fishery There is increasing interest in developing irrigated agriculture across northern Australia – a development that will modify natural water flow regimes … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 6 Jan 2019 - 28 Jan 2021
Aquaculture Research project CRC Northern Australia - Biosecurity in northern Australian prawn aquaculture The threat of both endemic and exotic pathogens is now the biggest management issue facing the Australian prawn farming industry. … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 27 Sep 2018 - 29 Jun 2020
Aquaculture Aquaculture technology Research project Water treatment to control influent water biosecurity risk on Australian prawn farms. Effectiveness and impacts on production ponds. In response to the occurrence of white spot disease (WSD), an exotic viral disease that has heavily impacted South-East Queensland … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Jun 2018 - 28 May 2020 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Linking ecosystem services to the profitability of prawn fisheries linked to 2017-188 This project links the profitability of prawn fisheries to natural assets via the ecosystem services they provide, building on the … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Mar 2018 - 29 Jun 2020
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Assessment of gamma irradiation as a feasible method for treating prawns to inactivate White Spot Syndrome Virus White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) was confirmed in prawn farms on the Logan River in Moreton Bay Queensland. Subsequent investigations … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 24 Feb 2018 - 30 May 2019 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
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
Wild catch fisheries Traceability Research project Investigating the use of trace element profiles to substantiate provenance for the Australian prawn industry The Australian prawn industry has co-invested in a national marketing strategy for Australian prawns "Love Australian Prawns" (LAP). … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2017 - 14 May 2019 Research organisation Curtin University