Projects

The following projects are a sample of the research being undertaken by our Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre's researchers and students.

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  Social and Economic Research Coordination Program (FRDC’s SSERC Program)

  The SSERC Program's role is to support the FRDC in managing social and economic research, development and extension for the Australian seafood industry by:Identifying and…

  
  

  
  

  27 Jun 2016

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  Octopus fishery annual assessment (2015 – 2017)

  This project produces annual fisheries assessments from the logbook data provided by DPIPWE for the Octopus pallidus fishery. The Tasmanian commercial fishery primarily targets Octopus…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  27 Jun 2016

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  Improved understanding of Tasmanian harmful algal blooms and biotoxin events to support seafood risk management

  This project was triggered by a toxic dinoflagellate bloom along the Tasmanian East coast in Oct 2012 that resulted in a $23M loss to the…

  
  

  Fisheries & Aquaculture

  
  

  22 Sep 2015

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  Predicting marine currents, nutrients and plankton in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania in response to changing weather patterns

  This project has arisen in response to industry need for scientific understanding to support ecologically sustainable development of salmon farming in southeastern Tasmania, especially in…

  
  

  Fisheries & AquacultureClimate Change

  
  

  22 Sep 2015

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  Meeting Sustainability Expectations: Policy Translation, Objective Setting and Reporting for Australian Fisheries

  The Australian fishing industry is under increasing scrutiny due to campaigns that claim stocks are overfished and poorly managed. The project will examine objectives and…

  
  

  Fisheries & AquacultureOcean-Antarctic Governance

  
  

  22 Sep 2015