Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130101577
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$374,057.00
Summary
Retail price promotions in Australia: are consumers really better off? The number and variety of retail price promotions can confuse consumers, leading to poor purchase decisions. This project will explore how promotions affect consumer choices, with a view to improving consumers' understanding and the use of retail promotions to their advantage.
Wicked defaults: how to overcome the dark side of choice architecture. This project aims to investigate how defaults and product complexity might be used to exploit consumers in environments like private insurance where consumers are prone to making systematic errors. Defaults are used to nudge individuals into socially beneficial actions such as increasing their retirement savings and joining organ donor lists. However, in the hands of firms, defaults can also be used to exploit consumers by en ....Wicked defaults: how to overcome the dark side of choice architecture. This project aims to investigate how defaults and product complexity might be used to exploit consumers in environments like private insurance where consumers are prone to making systematic errors. Defaults are used to nudge individuals into socially beneficial actions such as increasing their retirement savings and joining organ donor lists. However, in the hands of firms, defaults can also be used to exploit consumers by encouraging choices that help the firm but disadvantage consumers. The project intends to study experimentally whether exploitation can be reduced via competition and reputation building systems based on consumer feedback.Read moreRead less
SCRC: Seafood CRC - Commercial Market Development Strategy Leader
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
There is a need for someone with seafood industry and commercial market development expertise to assist the Program Manager (PM2) in 1. project design, development and implementation with CRC participants 2. communicating about Sellfish and Sellfish activities 3. planning and undertaking workshops, industry tours and other education and training activities related to Sellfish activities 4. creating links between the CRC and non CRC members who can assist achieving market developm ....There is a need for someone with seafood industry and commercial market development expertise to assist the Program Manager (PM2) in 1. project design, development and implementation with CRC participants 2. communicating about Sellfish and Sellfish activities 3. planning and undertaking workshops, industry tours and other education and training activities related to Sellfish activities 4. creating links between the CRC and non CRC members who can assist achieving market development objectives 5. Developing and managing the proposed Retail Transformation suite of projects 6. Managing the Sellfish communal projectsRead moreRead less
SCRC: Retail Transformation: Identifying Opportunities For Creating Consumer Focused Australian Salmon Value Added Products. (Curtin)
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
There is a need to:
1. Develop low value Australian seafood options in order to give the Australian seafood consumer the chance to purchase local seafood at accessible price points.
2. Evaluate the sensory characteristsics, product acceptability and perception of Australian Salmon from a consumer perspective. The attributes evaluated will include, but not be limited to, taste, texture, appearance, mouth feel portion size, etc. This information should relate to pricing and poten ....There is a need to:
1. Develop low value Australian seafood options in order to give the Australian seafood consumer the chance to purchase local seafood at accessible price points.
2. Evaluate the sensory characteristsics, product acceptability and perception of Australian Salmon from a consumer perspective. The attributes evaluated will include, but not be limited to, taste, texture, appearance, mouth feel portion size, etc. This information should relate to pricing and potential product forms that appeal to consumers. This will demonstrate if the species has the potential to be a sustainable, consumer commercial fishery. There is currently no consumer research information of this type available.
3. Show what attributes consumers value in seafood.
4. Understand the composition profiling, nutritional values and bio chemical factors that:
a) influence the spoiling of desirable characteristics; b) influence the overall degradation of this particular species
This will fill gaps in the current research that is being undertaken.Read moreRead less
SESSF Industry Development Subprogram: Adding Value To An Under Utilised Fish Species (silver Warehou)
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$53,800.00
Summary
There is little opportunity for fishers in the SESSF to increase profitability. All major species have been allocated quotas, and there is little scope to increasing quotas with all species fully exploited or overfished. While much research has focused on the collection of biological data, assessment of the status of fish stocks and the impact of fishing on the environment (Knuckey 2004) there is a need to investigate value adding to species currently captured by the fishery.
Silver w ....There is little opportunity for fishers in the SESSF to increase profitability. All major species have been allocated quotas, and there is little scope to increasing quotas with all species fully exploited or overfished. While much research has focused on the collection of biological data, assessment of the status of fish stocks and the impact of fishing on the environment (Knuckey 2004) there is a need to investigate value adding to species currently captured by the fishery.
Silver warehou is one of the most promising low-value species to trial for value adding. At present there is little demand from the consumer public with its off white colour when filleted, large catches of it are landed during winter months depressing the price. Many hundreds of tonnes of this species is currently discarded at sea due to lack of markets.
The cost of establishing new markets for both the flathead and school whiting were considerable and borne solely by Consolfish, though all fishers benefited from the higher prices. The products were so successful that Consolfish can no longer afford to process small to medium flathead as the high price at the wharf makes it unviable.
Silver warehou is a relatively unfamilar fish to oversees processors. This project is needed to develop a consumer friendly product and then organise the processing techniques, further training and production planning. The Thai processors have indicated they are keen to process the fish and the Woolworth supermarket chain have indicated they will be willing to stock it on a trial basis. Promotion of the product will be required and will be undertaken at Consolfish expense.
Objectives: 1. Conduct research to confirm appropriate markets for this seafood product 2. Develop a new seafood product from silver warehou that will appeal to the consumer and is competitively priced to similar imported products 3. Adapt equipment to process silver warehou into suitable products 4. Establish training program for processing staff to ensure product QA 5. Desribe how the process applied to silver warehou can be adapted to other low-value species Read moreRead less
Objectives: 1. To improve the value of the fishery by: a) using more of the product caught; 2. b) value adding the product; 3. c) producing a dry lobster bait, or at least a fishmeal from the resultant waste.
Making The Most Of The Catch: A Forum For Industry
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$24,000.00
Summary
Objectives: 1. To provide forum for the sharing of critical information between the Australian seafood industry, government and post-harvest seafood researchers. 2. To demonstrate and promote the applications of recent seafood research in Australia 3. To encourage world's best practice in Australian seafood industry 4. To complement and bring an Asia-Pacific context outlook to the imminent Second World Fisheries Congress to be held 28 July to 2 August (most fish technology ....Objectives: 1. To provide forum for the sharing of critical information between the Australian seafood industry, government and post-harvest seafood researchers. 2. To demonstrate and promote the applications of recent seafood research in Australia 3. To encourage world's best practice in Australian seafood industry 4. To complement and bring an Asia-Pacific context outlook to the imminent Second World Fisheries Congress to be held 28 July to 2 August (most fish technology conferences traditionally have a Eurocentric or Western focus). Read moreRead less
SCRC: PhD: Processing Of Sea Cucumber Viscera For Bioactive Compounds
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Relevance to industry priorities and to Seafood CRC Milestones:
Relevance to Output 1.7 Smart processing technologies and practices. Addresses the industry priority of New high-value products derived from Australian sea cucumber and New Australian Aquaculture industry for sea cucumber products.
Australian seafood processing co-products, such as SCV are currently discarded. To sustain the future growth of the seafood industry, it is essential to turn these wastes into res ....Relevance to industry priorities and to Seafood CRC Milestones:
Relevance to Output 1.7 Smart processing technologies and practices. Addresses the industry priority of New high-value products derived from Australian sea cucumber and New Australian Aquaculture industry for sea cucumber products.
Australian seafood processing co-products, such as SCV are currently discarded. To sustain the future growth of the seafood industry, it is essential to turn these wastes into resources for the development of value-added opportunities for the seafood industry. This area of research has been identified by both Australian seafood industry and the CRC program, through our engagement with seafood processors such as Tasmanian Seafoods Pty. Ltd.
The Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts and Bioprocessing has been set up to meet this R&D challenge for the Australian seafood industry. Our engagement with industry partners, particularly Tasmanian Seafoods Pty. Ltd., and extensive consultations with CRC Program Leaders, especially Dr John Carragher, has assisted us in developing this proposal.
The results of the project will make a significant contribution to the sustainable utilization of Australian sea cucumber resources by developing value-added bioproducts from sea cucumber processing wastes, such as the viscera of the sea cucumber. This in turn will significantly aid the growth of the industry, especially into export markets where demand for high-quality Australian seafood products has been increasing.
This project will contribute to the CRC Milestones 1.7.3 “Innovative technologies and approaches to recover under-utilized product (by-catch and processing by-products) trialled and evaluated from at least one sector per annum”.Read moreRead less
Operation Of Seafood Services Australia: Product & Process Development
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$198,728.25
Summary
The need for this project is four fold:
1) to add value and increase profitability to fisheries that catch their total allowable catch, 2) provision of a framework for planning, funding and managing post-harvest R&D in product and process development activities, 3) development of a strategic approach to value adding that meets client needs, and 4) development of more integrated approach to post harvest services through the development of SSA.
The development of a ....The need for this project is four fold:
1) to add value and increase profitability to fisheries that catch their total allowable catch, 2) provision of a framework for planning, funding and managing post-harvest R&D in product and process development activities, 3) development of a strategic approach to value adding that meets client needs, and 4) development of more integrated approach to post harvest services through the development of SSA.
The development of an effective and efficient post harvest investment mechanism is essential to FRDC so it can meet its Value Adding research strategy. The formation of the NSC 6 years ago by the FRDC and QDPI has provided an accountable and transparent mechanism to plan, fund and manage post harvest value adding R&D. This has provided both direct and indirect benfits to the Australian seafood industry.
Financial assistance of commercially focussed R&D provides incentive for businesses to explore new product and process opportunities. The funding provides important leverage for industry projects to actually happen and increase the likelihood of commercial success. This support can stimulate industry development and subsequent production activities that would not have otherwise taken place. Financially assisted projects represent an investment of FRDC funds as a share of the cost of short-term, market-focussed, applied research projects with the potential for high return (see Attachment 2 Section 3.1). This intervention can also bring forward the timetable for industry led research, hence capturing opportunities and economic benefits sooner.
Research is by definition, a risky activity with a level of uncertainty. New product development is high risk. However such risk can be minimised by ensuring that up to date science and scientific methods are employed and that capable scientists and investigators are selected and monitored. Objectives: 1. Provide management of existing SSA (product and process development. 2. Common objective with SSA (technical information & advice) to provide industry with networking to researchers, government agencies and other industry participants and so identify areas where research is needed and the people capable of doing that research to assist business objectives. 3. Common objective with SSA (technical information & advice) to integrate and develop the services of SSA (initially NSC, AUSEAS and SeaQual Australia) as a single point of contact delivering cost effective, appropriate and timely assistance to the seafood industry. Read moreRead less