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Blue carbon and the Australian seafood industry: workshop logo
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Blue carbon and the Australian seafood industry: workshop

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Australian seafood industry aspires to continue improving its sustainability in many areas, including reducing its carbon emissions and ultimately achieving carbon neutrality. However, the mechanisms to allow the seafood industry to pursue this are poorly developed. This investment will facilitate a meeting of key seafood industry stakeholders to inform...

30 Jun 2018 - 30 Oct 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere

Our Pledge: Australian seafood industry response to community values and expectations logo
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Our Pledge: Australian seafood industry response to community values and expectations

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Australian seafood industry has clearly identified social licence and community perceptions as a critical issue for its ongoing viability and prosperity. This project aims to develop a clearer understanding of community values, industry values and underpinning behaviours and to then identify areas where the industry’s “social licence” is threatened....

14 Aug 2018 - 30 Jul 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)

Australian Society for Fish Biology: Scientific networking, early career development, international engagement and 50th celebrations logo
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Australian Society for Fish Biology: Scientific networking, early career development, international engagement and 50th celebrations

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) was founded in 1971 and is a professional, independent, non-profit, and non-aligned organisation. The Society’s objectives are to promote research, education and management of fish and fisheries and to provide a forum for the exchange of information. Annual conferences/workshops have been held since...

13 Jul 2020 - 28 Dec 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Australian Society For Fish Biology Inc

Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment logo
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Improving Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Australian Southern rock lobster (SRL) fishery is largely reliant on an international live lobster market. The reliance on live export has meant that even low levels of stock losses or poor product quality can have significant financial or brand consequences. Recently, there has been an apparent trend for increased...

31 Dec 2019 - 30 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Can DNA from routine plankton surveys be used to measure fish spawning areas and monitor changes in pelagic ecosystems? logo
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Can DNA from routine plankton surveys be used to measure fish spawning areas and monitor changes in pelagic ecosystems?

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The benefits of establishing long-term ecological programs to monitor ocean health are recognised internationally and the National Marine Science Plan (NMSP) 2015-2025 has identified the need to establish a National Marine Baselines and Monitoring Program to support future management of Australia's marine estate and growth of the blue economy. Broad-scale...

17 Jan 2021 - 15 Dec 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Understanding blood flukes infecting Southern Bluefin Tuna logo
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Understanding blood flukes infecting Southern Bluefin Tuna

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The blood flukes, Cardicola forsteri and C. orientalis, have been identified as the cause of a significant mortality increase in farmed Southern Bluefin tuna (SBT) where their impact can have a significant effect on industry productivity and profitability. Treatment with praziquantel has been successful but the industry seeks continuous improvement...

2 Sep 2018 - 14 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)

Quantifying post-release survival and movement of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): Informing strategies to engage the fishing community in practices to enhance the sustainability of an important multi-sector fishery logo
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Quantifying post-release survival and movement of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): Informing strategies to engage the fishing community in practices to enhance the sustainability of an important multi-sector fishery

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The concerning status of South Australia’s (SA) Snapper fishery, combined with the species’ episodic recruitment patterns and prominence as a target among the commercial, recreational, and charter fishing sectors, presents challenges for its effective management. Recently, the SA Government announced a wide-ranging closure of Snapper fishing to facilitate rebuilding of...

30 Nov 2019 - 30 Nov 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of mitigation tools for protected species interactions in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery logo
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Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of mitigation tools for protected species interactions in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) encompasses the eastern half of the Australian fishing zone from the tip of north Queensland to the Victorian/South Australia border. The main fishing gear is pelagic longlines that can be up to 70kms in length and are deployed in surface water habitat appealing...

31 Oct 2020 - 31 May 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Tuna Australia Ltd

Contextualising shellfish food safety in Northern Australia logo
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Contextualising shellfish food safety in Northern Australia

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The emerging edible oyster industry in northern Australia involves Aboriginal communities, industry and governments. To ensure that local markets can be supplied, as well the potential for expansion over time, there is a need to implement an adequate food safety program. Preliminary shellfish quality assurance assessments have been conducted at...

31 Dec 2020 - 29 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)

Storm Bay Observing System: Assessing the Performance of Aquaculture Development logo
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Storm Bay Observing System: Assessing the Performance of Aquaculture Development

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The expansion of the Tasmanian Salmonid Industry in new growing areas, such as Storm Bay, is contingent on demonstrating that further development is done in a responsible and sustainable way. Demonstrating best practice in environmental sustainability requires that the environmental footprint of the industry is well understood and contained within...

15 Nov 2019 - 30 Dec 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)