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Security of resource access - what is legislative best practice for the commercial seafood industry? logo
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Security of resource access - what is legislative best practice for the commercial seafood industry?

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The lack of secure access to resources, both aquatic and terrestrial, is a major threat and looming impediment to the growth and prosperity of the Australian seafood industry. Improving security is critical to providing an environment that encourages innovation and the confidence to invest and work in the industry. This...

29 Feb 2020 - 4 Mar 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)

Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making logo
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Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The level of engagement in recreational and traditional fishing by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is poorly documented at the national scale. This information is vital in identifying suitable future fisheries developmental, stewardship and training opportunities in Indigenous communities. Several approaches to collecting data on traditional and Indigenous recreational...

19 Oct 2018 - 29 Sep 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

Assessing egg oiling as a long term management tool for overabundant Silver Gull populations interacting with Southern Bluefin Tuna aquaculture operations logo
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Assessing egg oiling as a long term management tool for overabundant Silver Gull populations interacting with Southern Bluefin Tuna aquaculture operations

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The Silver Gull (is a long lived, opportunistic seabird whose population numbers have increased near Australian population centres. In Port Lincoln, between 1999 and 2003, Silver Gull numbers increased from 3,300 to 10,350 nesting pairs due to increased food associated with the growth of the regional centre and ranching operations...

30 Jun 2020 - 29 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

NCCP: the likely medium- to long-term ecological outcomes of major carp population reductions logo
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NCCP: the likely medium- to long-term ecological outcomes of major carp population reductions

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) is developing a plan for the potential release of the virus Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) to control invasive common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in Australian freshwater environments. This project aimed to develop a conceptual framework and identify ecosystem attributes expected to change in response to...

28 Feb 2018 - 31 Jul 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Canberra

NCCP: Understanding the genetics and genomics of carp strains and susceptibility to CyHV-3 logo
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NCCP: Understanding the genetics and genomics of carp strains and susceptibility to CyHV-3

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) is tasked by the Australian government to determine the feasibility of using CyHV-3 (Carp herpes virus) as a biocontrol for the invasive common carp. While the assumptions used in the NCCP epidemiological model use best available knowledge to inform assumptions for infection rates among...

29 Oct 2020 - 27 May 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness

Investigate changes in acceptance of wild caught Barramundi in the foodservice and hospitality market sectors logo
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Investigate changes in acceptance of wild caught Barramundi in the foodservice and hospitality market sectors

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The recent market failure of wild-caught Barramundi has seen the price to fishers fall to an all-time low. Anecdotal information suggests that this failure is, in part, from a lack of development in packaging, presentation and grading of product, and has seen demand from the foodservice and hospitality sectors decline...

10 May 2020 - 1 Aug 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Honey and Fox Pty Ltd

Postgraduate funding - Population biology and dynamics of Yellowfin Whiting logo
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Postgraduate funding - Population biology and dynamics of Yellowfin Whiting

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) is s currently undergoing transition with redirection of effort from primary species such as garfish, snapper and King George whiting towards secondary species including yellowfin whiting. This investment will focus on developing a greater understanding the life-history of yellowfin whiting with quantitative estimates...

4 Oct 2020 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Evaluation of Cobia and Giant Groper production and health in multiple growout systems, as an alternative species to farm in WSSV affected areas of South East Queensland logo
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Evaluation of Cobia and Giant Groper production and health in multiple growout systems, as an alternative species to farm in WSSV affected areas of South East Queensland

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The production and health performance of emerging aquaculture species, cobia and giant grouper, in former prawn farm pond and tank infrastructure is not well documented. The development of these alternative species offers flexibility and new production opportunities, but issues exist around health challenges, the stocking density possible, and the growth...

14 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Rocky Point Aquaculture Company Pty Ltd

Development and evaluation of multi-species harvest strategies in the SESSF logo
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Development and evaluation of multi-species harvest strategies in the SESSF

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The new Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy (CHSP) recognises that net economic returns for multi-species fisheries may be maximised by including differential targets in harvest strategies so there is a critical need to develop and operationalise a fishery-wide harvest strategy with multiple and appropriate reference points, and multispecies decision rules. The...

29 Jun 2019 - 30 Mar 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Cumulative impacts across fisheries in Australia's marine environment logo
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Cumulative impacts across fisheries in Australia's marine environment

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

The need for cumulative impact assessment (CIA) of fishing activities is increasingly being recognised. Target species stock assessments typically consider the species of interest as well as other sources of fishing mortality (e.g. discards), but usually do not consider their effects on other fisheries sectors or the effects of other...

17 Mar 2019 - 29 Nov 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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