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Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Shark and Scalefish Fishery (SESSF) logo
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Improving and promoting fish-trawl selectivity in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) and Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector (GABTS) of the Southern and Eastern Shark and Scalefish Fishery (SESSF)

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Fish-trawl fisheries are important throughout southeastern and southern Australia, with >35 species targeted in different sectors providing ~>15 000 mt valued at >$60 million p.a. Like all trawl fisheries around the world there are ongoing efforts to reduce non-target catches including juveniles of the targeted species, species sought in other...

29 Jul 2020 - 29 Sep 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Storm Bay Biogeochemical Modelling & Information System: Supporting sustainable aquaculture expansion in Tasmania logo
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Storm Bay Biogeochemical Modelling & Information System: Supporting sustainable aquaculture expansion in Tasmania

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

For the Tasmanian Salmon Industry to expand into new coastal and offshore areas it must demonstrate responsible stewardship and sustainable use of natural resources. Government agencies assessing the environmental implications of the Salmon Industry need to understand the environmental footprint of the industry and appropriate impact mitigation strategies. An information...

31 Jul 2018 - 29 Jul 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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

Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change. logo
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Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change.

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Forecasting lobster recruitment is important for the stock assessment of the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF). This forecasting is based on two separate indices, puerulus settlement data and the catch rate of undersize lobster (60 - 76 mm CL) in shallow waters. The current method of measuring undersize...

30 Apr 2020 - 30 May 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

2019 review of the FRDC investment in People Development logo
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2019 review of the FRDC investment in People Development

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

FRDC has invested in a program of people development for almost 10 years. As part of the new RD&E plan, the responsibility of people development was transitioned to its partners. This project reviews the effectiveness of the previous and current program to inform the development, and FRDC’s involvement in, people...

29 Oct 2018 - 30 Jan 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Anwen Lovett Consulting

NCCP: Population dynamics and Carp biomass estimates logo
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NCCP: Population dynamics and Carp biomass estimates

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

FRDC is leading a National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) to ensure maximum success of the CyHV-3 virus. The objective of the present project is to inform resource allocation for CyHV-3 release planning, clean-up and management of potential ecological impacts, and provide a robust estimate of carp abundance and biomass in...

19 Dec 2018 - 18 Aug 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) [Vic]

Developing FRDC’s 2020-2025 RD&E Plan logo
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Developing FRDC’s 2020-2025 RD&E Plan

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

FRDC is subject to a government legislative requirement to prepare an R&D Plan for each consecutive 5-year period. Each plan must include a statement of the Corporation’s objectives and priorities for the period to which the plan is expressed to relate; and an outline of the strategies that the Corporation...

19 Apr 2019 - 30 Dec 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Understanding environmental and fisheries factors causing fluctuations in mud crab and blue swimmer crab fisheries in northern Australia to inform harvest strategies logo
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Understanding environmental and fisheries factors causing fluctuations in mud crab and blue swimmer crab fisheries in northern Australia to inform harvest strategies

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Giant Mud Crabs support valuable commercial, recreational and indigenous fisheries in northern Australia. This project aimed to understand the relationship between environmental factors and harvests of crabs in the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), northern Australia. This was in response to concerns re consistent declines in harvests of GoC Giant Mud...

9 Jul 2017 - 30 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Assessing the capacity for sustainable finfish aquaculture in the vicinity of seagrasses logo
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Assessing the capacity for sustainable finfish aquaculture in the vicinity of seagrasses

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Globally, aquaculture accounts for over 50% of fish production. However, it brings with it an environmental risk associated with eutrophication and organic enrichment of the seabed, adversely affecting marine coastal ecosystems. A major spatial constraint on aquaculture in nearshore areas around much of Australia is the potential for dispersed nutrients...

30 Jun 2019 - 29 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Risk factors and management strategies associated with summer mortality in Australian abalone logo
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Risk factors and management strategies associated with summer mortality in Australian abalone

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Greenlip abalone and hybrid abalone are grown in southern Australia. During grow-out, abalone are exposed to water temperatures that range from 10˚C during winter in Tasmania to 25˚C during summer in South Australia. When water temperatures exceed 22˚C, mortalities up to 50% have been reported for cultured greenlip abalone as...

19 Mar 2020 - 29 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Best practice and policy in abalone stock enhancement, restocking and translocation logo
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Best practice and policy in abalone stock enhancement, restocking and translocation

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

In Australia several large-scale experimental abalone restocking projects have been conducted, primarily in NSW and WA, with promising results and conclusions. While the projects have cost just over $1.7 million, none of the outcomes have translated into commercial-scale abalone stock enhancement, restocking or translocation. This project will review abalone stocking...

31 Dec 2019 - 29 Jun 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]