Objectives: 1. Determine techniques & economics of cultivating oysters under pond conditions. 2. Develop reliable techniques to produce seed oysters under controlled hatchery conditions. 3. Conduct breeding experiments to develop a fast-growing, disease-resistant strain of oyster
Objectives: 1. Continue & expand the survey & experimental work on marron production to establish optimal methods & types of dams for production. 2. Test the market potential with marron from the "wheatbelt" of the south-west of WA
SCRC: Webinar Training Software For CRC Extension And Education Projects
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Go to Training provides a cost-effective mechanism to communicate and extend CRC outputs. As CRC participants are located nationally, the webinar software reduces travel costs and time associated to run training sessions.
Many industry participants proclaim they are too busy to leave their businesses for training and this initiative is one way the CRC can address this barrier to education
Establishing The Viability Of A Longline Southern Bluefin Tuna Operation Based In Tasmania And Establishing A Quality Control Mechanism For The Australian Longline Industry
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
Objectives: 1. Demonstrate to operators in Australia that future of tuna industry will be dependent on longline operations & profitability will not be jeopardised by changing from current methods. 2. Establish acceptability of recording freezing process for inspection by Japanese buyers
Seafood CRC: Repositioning Australian Farmed Barramundi In The Domestic Market
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$284,000.00
Summary
During the past 5 years Australian farmed barramundi production has increased from 2,700 tonnes in 2003/04 to an expected 6,000 tonnes in 2008/09 while average farm gate prices have fallen. This coupled with the current global recession is impacting significantly on the profitability of the barramundi farmers.
There is an opportunity and need to develop and implement a repositioning strategy for the domestic market that enables Australian farmed Baramundi to be differentiated from it ....During the past 5 years Australian farmed barramundi production has increased from 2,700 tonnes in 2003/04 to an expected 6,000 tonnes in 2008/09 while average farm gate prices have fallen. This coupled with the current global recession is impacting significantly on the profitability of the barramundi farmers.
There is an opportunity and need to develop and implement a repositioning strategy for the domestic market that enables Australian farmed Baramundi to be differentiated from its competitors and to deliver on consumer expectations for quality and price. Objectives: 1. To develop, trial and evaluate at least two repositioning strategies for Australian farmed barramundi on the domestic market. 2. At least two ABFA members undertaking consumer driven product and market development activities to support the repositioning strategies Read moreRead less
Seafood CRC: Stamping Quality Across The Australian Farmed Barramundi Industry.
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$21,399.40
Summary
For over a decade, the barramundi industry has recognised that in the face of price pressures from low cost imports, and in order to effectively undertake generic promotion of Australian quality barramundi, there must be consistent, minimum quality scheme across the industry to justify the price premiums required. This is a key component of its industry security and development philosophy.
The Quality Scheme was identified as a key strategic priority for industry .... For over a decade, the barramundi industry has recognised that in the face of price pressures from low cost imports, and in order to effectively undertake generic promotion of Australian quality barramundi, there must be consistent, minimum quality scheme across the industry to justify the price premiums required. This is a key component of its industry security and development philosophy.
The Quality Scheme was identified as a key strategic priority for industry at its recent ½ yearly planning Workshop.
The ABFA does not have resources within its reserves to carry out this project and as such it relies solely on its residual CRC funds to undertake the project.
Objectives: 1. Development of a whole of industry Quality Scheme for the Australian farmed barramundi industry. 2. Development of a process for incorporating a Quality Scheme into the industry Barramundi Farming Certification Program (BFCP) and its ongoing resourcing Read moreRead less
FishPath: Tailoring Management To Context In Data-Limited Fisheries
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$11,600.56
Summary
A number of fisheries in Australia are characterised as being 'small scale', 'data ' and/or 'capacity' limited (hereafter small scale fisheries). Fisheries management within the context of small scale fisheries is often ad hoc and is resource intensive relative to the value of the fishery in question. An existing project (FRDC 2015-213) is developing guidelines for low cost and systematic management of small scale fisheries. A central component of those guidelines is the FishPath tool developed ....A number of fisheries in Australia are characterised as being 'small scale', 'data ' and/or 'capacity' limited (hereafter small scale fisheries). Fisheries management within the context of small scale fisheries is often ad hoc and is resource intensive relative to the value of the fishery in question. An existing project (FRDC 2015-213) is developing guidelines for low cost and systematic management of small scale fisheries. A central component of those guidelines is the FishPath tool developed by CSIRO in partnership with a global consortium of experts.
The FishPath tool has significant potential for adoption as a 'standard' approach to small scale fisheries management in Australia and has strong stakeholder by-in at a theoretical level. However, the implementation of the guidelines and the FishPath tool would benefit from testing to optimise that potential. To be effective, the tool needs to provide a framework for participatory discussions about what management, harvest strategy and longer term monitoring and assessment options are best suited to a given fishery.
As a part of the existing project, a workshop has been scheduled to occur in Darwin on November 17 2017. At that workshop, a project team that will be led by Natalie Dowling (Principal Investigator 2015-213) and Kate Crosman (Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington) plan to introduce, test and improve the FishPath tool by focusing on stakeholder input. The existing project budget will enable the workshop to proceed with NT-based stakeholders in attendance. However, the potential value of the tool in a national context warrants broader participation. This proposal seeks support to fund the participation of key stakeholders from regional areas of the Northern Territory (e.g. Gove) and around Australia to ensure broad issues are considered and outcomes are provided against national priorities to improve productivity and profitability of small scale fisheries and in assistance to the Status of Australian Fish Stocks program.
The outcomes of the workshop are regarded as essential to determining the next phase of work in the implementation of the management guidelines and FishPath nationally.
Objectives: 1. To test and inform the utility of FishPath from a stakeholder perspective so that it is end-user friendly and designed to have optimal value as a decision support tool 2. To provide stakeholders with an opportunity to learn about, and influence, the application of a management decision support tool designed to remove uncertainty and improve rigor particularly with regard to small scale fisheries, 3. To provide additional extension of project 2015-213 and to facilitate stakeholder-based discussions of potential future projects to improve and implement the guidelines for low cost management of small scale fisheries. Read moreRead less
SCRC: Defining The Legacy From The CRC's Research In Future Harvest
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
The CRC has to date committed investment of $6.7M into research projects in its Future Harvest research theme which is broadly addressing the issue of fishing for profit targeting two major outputs within Program 1. These two major outputs are: 1. Bioeconomic modelling for improved economic efficiency and the development of decision support tools. Projects are underway in several key fisheries with key participants (SRL, ACA, WRL, Moreton Bay Trawl and the SA Prawn Trawl). This rese ....The CRC has to date committed investment of $6.7M into research projects in its Future Harvest research theme which is broadly addressing the issue of fishing for profit targeting two major outputs within Program 1. These two major outputs are: 1. Bioeconomic modelling for improved economic efficiency and the development of decision support tools. Projects are underway in several key fisheries with key participants (SRL, ACA, WRL, Moreton Bay Trawl and the SA Prawn Trawl). This research engages with the leading national specialists in fisheries bioeconomic modelling and key industry stakeholders.
2. Stock enhancement (including ranching and translocation). Projects in this area are focused on stock enhancement and stock recovery in abalone (WA), sea cucumber ranching (NT) and rock lobster translocation (Tas).
There are three additional projects slightly outside these main areas of focus. Each of these projects will deliver defined outputs and will target enhanced economic and efficiency outcomes in each fishery. However, it is unclear whether there is more that the CRC can achieve to deliver wider outcomes (for example, wider adoption of targets in fisheries governance based on economic theory, or the application of bioeconomic modelling in decision rules setting processes). There is a need to review the proposed pathways to adoption of the outputs of the CRC projects and identify whether there are broader outcomes that the CRC can facilitate, the processes whereby these could be achieved and the principal constraints to this achievement.Read moreRead less