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
Harnessing The Aquaculture Potential Of Queensland’s Native Rock Oysters
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$628,669.00
Summary
QOGA has identified core research priorities that need to be addressed to improve productivity and reverse the steady decline in production.
This project will partner with QOGA and other stakeholders to address the identified need to establish new oyster farming options, technologies, and production systems. The RD&E requires a dual focus, to both improve viability of the current SRO sector, and initiate commercialisation of new TRO varieties for expansion beyond SEQ.
Recent flood events have ....QOGA has identified core research priorities that need to be addressed to improve productivity and reverse the steady decline in production.
This project will partner with QOGA and other stakeholders to address the identified need to establish new oyster farming options, technologies, and production systems. The RD&E requires a dual focus, to both improve viability of the current SRO sector, and initiate commercialisation of new TRO varieties for expansion beyond SEQ.
Recent flood events have emphasised the urgent requirement to further improve the quality and availability of QX resistant SRO stock. It is a QOGA priority to have QX resistance validation trials conducted in Qld to determine the most viable SRO options for SEQ. Validation will be undertaken in collaboration with NSW DPI (building on FRDC 2016/802) and will link with farm-based growout trials conducted at strategic sites, assessing performance relative to location and system. Outcomes will also form a benchmark for direct comparison with newly identified lineages.
With the identification of new TRO varieties (FRDC 2018-118), QOGA advocates that both BRO and LGRO require thorough investigation and the development of targeted hatchery and growout research including farm-based production trials. This aligns with QOGA’s need to access additional culture species options with increased temperature tolerance (essential for northern expansion and climate-change security) and potential QX resistance.
A research hatchery has recently been established to address QOGA’s request for a dedicated R&D hatchery. The hatchery is already producing priority oyster strains (SRO & BRO) and is capable of undertaking this required research and meeting the industry’s immediate requirement to access spat.
To efficiently address the Qld oyster industry’s stated priority needs, this project will undertake research that combines new genomic sequencing and hatchery technologies, best practice production processes and expert local oyster farmer knowledge.
Objectives: 1. Overall:Provide an assessment of the most regionally appropriate oyster species and associated production protocols capable of improving oyster farm productivity and achieving broad industry expansion within and beyond SEQ. 2. Hatchery and nursery:Improve hatchery and nursery production capacity to support R&D activities and provide Qld farmers with additional spat while developing more efficient hatchery/ nursery processes that include advanced molecular processes for improving reproductive capacity, gonad conditioning and reliability of spawning. 3. Blacklip Rock Oysters:Provide reliable BRO spat production capacity that meets the short-term stocking and start-up needs of Qld BRO farms. Develop locally relevant production protocols and determine BRO farming suitability at specific locations along the Qld coastline, while integrating with and contributing to broader CRCNA RD&E activities. 4. Lineage G Rock Oysters:Provide reliable LGRO spat production capacity that meets the short-term stocking and start-up needs of Qld LGRO farms. Develop novel hatchery, production, and post-harvest assessment protocols for LGRO. 5. Sydney Rock Oysters:Improve understanding of SRO QX resistance through validation trials assessing the benefits of QX resistant strains under SEQ conditions. Develop information on production parameters and systems for specific SEQ farming locations to assist with development of best practice production protocols. 6. Genetics and distribution:Develop conclusive, oyster industry focussed, genetic information detailing BRO and LGRO distribution and diversity along Queensland’s east coast. This information is essential for assessing geographic aquaculture potential at both a species and population level and developing appropriately informed management and stocking policies. 7. Non-destructive sampling:Develop refined sampling and genetic identification technologies to achieve accurate, rapid, and non-destructive broodstock identification procedures. This is necessary to ensure that hatchery activities can reliably identify and produce the required species or population. Read moreRead less
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
Preparing For Threats And Opportunities Of Alternative Proteins
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$209,922.00
Summary
The demand for alternative proteins is increasing globally, and although the impact on the fishing and aquaculture sectors is lagging, it is an opportune time to review the potential risks and opportunities. This will help us reposition the sector to make use of the opportunities and mitigate the risks.
Our multidisciplinary team will deliver a detailed assessment of risks and opportunities, and engage stakeholders to understand their needs, concerns and impact pathways. We will use our ....The demand for alternative proteins is increasing globally, and although the impact on the fishing and aquaculture sectors is lagging, it is an opportune time to review the potential risks and opportunities. This will help us reposition the sector to make use of the opportunities and mitigate the risks.
Our multidisciplinary team will deliver a detailed assessment of risks and opportunities, and engage stakeholders to understand their needs, concerns and impact pathways. We will use our analysis to demonstrate the potential pathways they can use to make use of the opportunities and mitigate the risks.
Our project will: - Understand the opportunities and risks for the growing trend of alternative proteins on the fishing and aquaculture sectors and supply chain - Assess the potential impacts of alternative proteins on the fishing and aquaculture sectors and supply chain through scenario modelling - Engage deeply with fishing, aquaculture and related stakeholders to co-design interpretation of insights into risks and opportunities as well as formulating options and responses - Make recommendations on how fishing and aquaculture sectors and enterprises might re-position to embrace benefits associated with alternative proteins, and respond to associated risks.
Relevant outcomes: Outcome 1: Growth for enduring prosperity Outcome 3: A culture that is inclusive and forward thinking Outcome 5: Community trust, respect and value Enabling strategy III: Promote innovation and entrepreneurship Enabling Strategy IV: Build capability and capacity
Objectives: 1. Understand the opportunities and risks for the growing trend of alternative proteins on the fishing and aquaculture sectors and supply chain 2. Assess the potential impacts of alternative proteins on the fishing and aquaculture sectors and supply chain 3. Make recommendations on how fishing and aquaculture sectors and enterprises might re-position to embrace benefits associated with alternative proteins, and respond to associated risks. Read moreRead less
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
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Ranching Research, Development And Extension Management Program
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$327,255.00
Summary
This project is essential for the continued function and improvement of a cohesive R&D approach aimed at meeting the priority needs of the SBT Aquaculture Industry. The industry had developed rapidly post its initiation in 1991 and has the opportunity to continue to do so beyond 2020. However, targeted R&D is needed to underpin this development and to assure the long-term sustainability of the industry in an increasingly competitive international market. This project is required for the continua ....This project is essential for the continued function and improvement of a cohesive R&D approach aimed at meeting the priority needs of the SBT Aquaculture Industry. The industry had developed rapidly post its initiation in 1991 and has the opportunity to continue to do so beyond 2020. However, targeted R&D is needed to underpin this development and to assure the long-term sustainability of the industry in an increasingly competitive international market. This project is required for the continuation and further development of research in the SBT aquaculture industry, to set and meet objectives, as well as ensuring appropriate inputs and outcomes are delivered to FRDC. The SBT Research Program is needed to: - provide the opportunity for an ongoing management structure to oversee active research projects and ensure desired outcomes are achieved; - set research priorities and develop projects to match priorities; - minimise the level of research duplication; - provide a focus for developing SBT aquaculture related research infrastructure; - provide focused strategy for disseminating research results to industry and other stakeholders; - address industry priorities and gaps by establishing a mechanism to empower industry's involvement in their research; - maintain frameworks to ensure that SBT aquaculture research is orderly, targeted and value for money; - facilitate leadership and training for industry workforce; - support industry participation in conferences, congresses and forums to enhance industry knowledge of relevant subjects, address threats to industry, expand affiliations with external sectors and increase research networks; - build cross sectorial relationships within seafood industries , research institutions and the media; - identify new pathways relevant to future research and the continuing success of the program; and - provide a mechanism for obtaining feedback for continuous program improvement.
Objectives: 1. Ensure sustainable development of the industry 2. Improve resource access and property rights 3. Improve profitability 4. Extend research outcomes to stakeholders 5. Enhance market opportunity 6. Ensure workforce development and safety 7. Encourage participation in forums that concern industry Read moreRead less
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