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Development and ongoing Maintenance of an Australian Standard for aquatic plant names logo
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Development and ongoing Maintenance of an Australian Standard for aquatic plant names

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Aquatic plants including samphire are part of an important and rapidly emerging industry as edible aquatic plants, and this project supports the consideration and development of a list of agreed standard names. The intended end point will be the development of an Australian Standard similar to the Australian Fish Names...

9 Apr 2018 - 30 Jan 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Alan Snow Konsulting

Risk analysis to identify and minimise biosecurity risks arising from recycling bivalve mollusc shell waste during shellfish reef restoration projects in Australia logo
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Risk analysis to identify and minimise biosecurity risks arising from recycling bivalve mollusc shell waste during shellfish reef restoration projects in Australia

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Attempts to restore lost shellfish reefs in Australian estuaries using recycled bivalve shells as reef cultch to attract wild oyster settlement are gaining momentum nationwide, with several pilot scale projects being undertaken in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland. and soon in New South Wales. Yet there has been no...

23 Jan 2020 - 19 Nov 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

DigsFish Services Pty Ltd

Southern Ocean IPA - Stock Connectivity of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) logo
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Southern Ocean IPA - Stock Connectivity of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Australia has an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) declared adjacent to its Antarctic territorial claims in East Antarctica. The EEZ in East Antarctica does not include an Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ), thus this area is effectively 'high seas' and the Australian fishing industry has no special privileges in this part of...

31 Oct 2017 - 30 Jan 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)

Determination of the impacts of direct harvest of coral species in northern Australia logo
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Determination of the impacts of direct harvest of coral species in northern Australia

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Australia’s aquarium fisheries are high value (GVP >$20 million), small scale fisheries that rely on exporting CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) listed corals for profitability and viability. The Australian government requires fisheries collecting and exporting these species to demonstrate that their...

31 May 2020 - 20 Aug 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (NTDPIR) [NT]

Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques logo
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Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Australia’s commercial and recreational fisheries are annually valued at in excess of $2.5 and 2.6 billion but, despite their undeniable importance, very few economically important species are supported by appropriate stock assessments. Most species are characterised by severe shortfalls in much of the required basic data, driven by the low...

3 Nov 2019 - 29 Sep 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

The End of an Era: Acknowledging the socio-cultural history and contribution of Australian small-scale fisheries logo
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The End of an Era: Acknowledging the socio-cultural history and contribution of Australian small-scale fisheries

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Australia’s oldest small-scale commercial fisheries which have operated since the 1800s. The Australian commercial fishing industry was built on these original small-scale fisheries operating in the bays, inlets and estuaries. However, these original fisheries and the associated ways of life are disappearing all around Australia. This project will document and...

31 Aug 2019 - 30 Aug 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

A Twigg

Methods to profile and connect the provenance of wild caught prawn fisheries and their values to the community logo
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Methods to profile and connect the provenance of wild caught prawn fisheries and their values to the community

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Australia’s wild prawn industry is Australia’s largest wild catch trawling sector but the industry is aware that to protect its continued access to the natural resource – its social licence to operate – it must engage the Australian community on issues that the industry and community commonly share. This project...

28 Feb 2019 - 28 May 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)

Assessment of the capability of Shrimp MultiPath White Spot virus tests: A multiplexed screening platform for pathogen diagnostics in prawns logo
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Assessment of the capability of Shrimp MultiPath White Spot virus tests: A multiplexed screening platform for pathogen diagnostics in prawns

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Biosecurity is the top R&D priority for Australia’s Prawn Farming industry. However, pathogen testing is used sparingly in Australian farms due to its cost and the slowness of data turnaround. There are also complex regulatory controls in place on testing of exotic prawn pathogens in Australia which contributes to high...

28 Mar 2019 - 30 Jan 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Genics

Seafood CRC: Extending biotoxin capability and research in Australia through development of an experimental biotoxin contamination facility to target industry relevant issues logo
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Seafood CRC: Extending biotoxin capability and research in Australia through development of an experimental biotoxin contamination facility to target industry relevant issues

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Biotoxins present an ongoing issue across a broad range of seafood types presenting both public health and market access risks. This project aimed to better understand the uptake pathways of the toxins, the effectiveness of rapid test kits, and to understand the effects of processing on the uptake of biotoxins....

30 Jun 2017 - 11 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

RRD4P: FRDC Contribution: Closing the Loop: Black Soldier Fly technology to convert agricultural waste logo
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RRD4P: FRDC Contribution: Closing the Loop: Black Soldier Fly technology to convert agricultural waste

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Black soldier fly farming (BSF) is an emerging industry that provides a low-cost waste management solution for converting agricultural waste (in particular manure) into high quality fertiliser (BSF castings or frass) and protein (BSF larvae as animal feed). However, the BSF products cannot be developed further in Australia until biosecurity,...

31 Jan 2020 - 29 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Australian Pork (APL)