The Culture And Performance Of Greenback Flounder Rhombosolea Tapirina Under Grow-out Conditions
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$120,799.00
Summary
Objectives: 1. To identify the suitability of various grow-out conditions including cage, tank raceway intensive systems and pond intensive systems 2. To assess the performance of juveniles in the above systems by measuring growth rates, survival, FCR, and time to market size 3. To determine additional parameters important to grow-out management such as feeding behavious, feed wastage, disease susceptilbility degree of maturation 4. To determine the market acceptance of the ....Objectives: 1. To identify the suitability of various grow-out conditions including cage, tank raceway intensive systems and pond intensive systems 2. To assess the performance of juveniles in the above systems by measuring growth rates, survival, FCR, and time to market size 3. To determine additional parameters important to grow-out management such as feeding behavious, feed wastage, disease susceptilbility degree of maturation 4. To determine the market acceptance of the cultured fish Read moreRead less
Aquaculture-Community Futures: North West Tasmania
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$172,996.00
Summary
To secure the future of Australian aquaculture, building and maintaining a sufficient level of support and trust from interested and affected communities is vital. Worldwide, there have been several examples of where aquaculture operations have been threatened because of a lack of societal acceptability. In Australia, a recent example of this has been the environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGOs) campaigns against proposed fish farm operations in Okehampton Bay on Tasmania’s east co ....To secure the future of Australian aquaculture, building and maintaining a sufficient level of support and trust from interested and affected communities is vital. Worldwide, there have been several examples of where aquaculture operations have been threatened because of a lack of societal acceptability. In Australia, a recent example of this has been the environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGOs) campaigns against proposed fish farm operations in Okehampton Bay on Tasmania’s east coast (Murphy-Gregory, 2017). In the Tasmanian context, attitudes toward the commercial exploitation/use of natural resources involve multi-dimensional, often conflicting, values often with a spatial dimension (see Evans, Kirkpatrick & Bridle 2018).
FRDC Project 2017-158 ‘Determinates of socially-supported wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia’ has revealed that several factors contribute towards achieving community acceptance: the perception that a company offers benefits; that it contributes to the well-being of the region and respects the local way of life; that it listens, responds and exhibits reciprocity; and that relations are based on an enduring regard for each other’s interests. These factors are often based on understanding and contributing towards achieving a certain state or condition of that which is valued by local and regional communities (e.g. a certain level of local employment, or of threatened habitat protection). Indeed, a lack of social acceptance for the aquaculture industry has often resulted in part from their practices being seen to, or in some cases actually, compromising the condition or state of what communities ‘value’ (feel is very important).
This project has been designed to examine the mix of community interests and values, and to identify how the aquaculture industry and regional communities can participate in processes of negotiation, to contribute towards the achievement of desired conditions or states of community values, using NW Tasmania as a case study.
Objectives: 1. Identify what the NW communities and Tasmanian residents value (“community values”) in relation to the NW Tasmanian coastal and marine region 2. Establish which of these values future aquaculture in NW Tasmanian can contribute to (“shared values”) 3. Ascertain community preferences for how salmonid farming in NW Tasmania could contribute to these shared values, and how this should be tracked and benchmarked 5. Determine preferences of NW communities and Tasmanian residents for community-industry engagement, communication and partnership models (social engagement strategies) Read moreRead less
SCRC: Australian Aquaculture Genetic Support Capability
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
A proven requirement for sustainable and efficient primary production is well managed selective breeding programs of domesticated stock. This was recognised for Australian aquaculture in establishing the Seafood CRC Breeding for Profit Theme outcomes and strategies.
Breeding programs are long-term investments delivering incremental gains based on selection decisions made on a combination of expert advice, phenotype and genotype data analyses and sound breeding objectives. This combinat ....A proven requirement for sustainable and efficient primary production is well managed selective breeding programs of domesticated stock. This was recognised for Australian aquaculture in establishing the Seafood CRC Breeding for Profit Theme outcomes and strategies.
Breeding programs are long-term investments delivering incremental gains based on selection decisions made on a combination of expert advice, phenotype and genotype data analyses and sound breeding objectives. This combination, and the essential data management and analytical systems required, are beyond the scope of any single aquaculture company to provide in-house. Like the animals in the breeding program, the provision of these capabilities needs to have continuity and a long-term delivery plan.
CSIRO has over 15 years co-investment with multiple sectors of the Australian aquaculture industry in R&D to deliver commercial selective breeding programs to meet individual needs. While delivering on the R&D, CSIRO considered the strategies for its clients to obtain the required future commercial genetic services. Local options for delivering this capability are limited, partly due the current lack of programs requiring the services and the size of the programs.
As such CSIRO has developed some capability and a strategic plan (see attachment) for the transfer of the delivery of the required capabilities and systems to the predicted 8 to 10 Australian and international breeding programs to an autonomous or semi-autonomous unit by 2015 to 2017. To deliver this strategy requires additional investment in the development of the essential capabilities and systems during the transition phase from 2013 to 2015.
However critical to the strategy and further investment is the need for an independent assessment of the economic and management viability of the proposed strategy and an autonomous unit, and potential uptake by identified national and international breeding programs of the services to be provided. This critical assessment is required before further investment in establishing the proposed independent genetic services unit and in developing the essential capability and systems.
This project therefore will be in two stages with a clear Go/No-go point after the first stage. Stage 1, proposed here, will involve an independent consultant completing a Business Case assessment of the proposed strategy and services unit. Stage 2 would proceed if that Business Case proved positive and the Unit and strategy was viable and acceptable to potential clients. The second, implementation stage (which would require an updated full proposal) would involve developing the proposed Unit and training and delivering the essential capability and systems for the Unit and for the long-term viability of Australian aquaculture breeding programs.Read moreRead less
National People Development: Membership Of PIEFA To Support And Encourage The Teaching And Learning In Australian Schools Of Information Related To The Australian Fishing Industry
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$200,000.00
Summary
The disconnect between Australia's population and the production of our food and fibre is ever increasing. In a PIEFA survey it was revealed that 75% of students believed cotton was and animal product, 25% believed yoghurt was a vegetable product while only 27% of students were able to identify Salmon as a farmed product. In addition, 40% believed primary production (including fishing) damaged the environment, 43% of students did not link science to production and 55% did not believe the industr ....The disconnect between Australia's population and the production of our food and fibre is ever increasing. In a PIEFA survey it was revealed that 75% of students believed cotton was and animal product, 25% believed yoghurt was a vegetable product while only 27% of students were able to identify Salmon as a farmed product. In addition, 40% believed primary production (including fishing) damaged the environment, 43% of students did not link science to production and 55% did not believe the industry was innovative. Only 26% of teachers surveyed said that they were unfamiliar with any issues related to the fishing industry. Despite this 100% of primary school teachers and 91% of secondary teachers believed it was important to teach students about food and fibre production. Therefore it is critical that FRDC support a whole of industry programme that supports teachers to embed food and fibre resources within their teaching and learning. Objectives: 1. (a) provide national leadership and coordination of initiatives to encourage Primary Industries education in Schools through a partnership between industry, government and educators;(b) commission, co-ordinate, facilitate and manage national projects to encourage Primary Industries education in Schools;(c) provide a source of credible, objective and educational resources for Schools to maintain and improve community confidence in Australia’s Primary Industries;(d) communicate Primary Industries research and development outcomes in a format accessible for Schools and encourage interest within Schools in Primary Industries related careers; and(e) operate and administer a scholarship fund for the provision of scholarships, bursaries and prizes to encourage and further primary industries education. 2. Develop, promote and extend specific resources for the Australian Fishing industry with a focus upon sustainability, science and innovative practices. Read moreRead less
Seafood Industry Partnerships In Schools - Phase 2 Program
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$150,000.00
Summary
Lack of knowledge by community has contributed to poor perception of industry and negative community attitudes. Teachers are ill-informed about industry’s efforts to operate in a sustainable manner; once informed-they incorporate better knowledge into their teaching program. The long-term benefits for industry with a better informed community are considerable. The SIPS-Tasmanian-Pilot indicated teachers have difficulty accessing information about the marine environment, sustainable fishin ....Lack of knowledge by community has contributed to poor perception of industry and negative community attitudes. Teachers are ill-informed about industry’s efforts to operate in a sustainable manner; once informed-they incorporate better knowledge into their teaching program. The long-term benefits for industry with a better informed community are considerable. The SIPS-Tasmanian-Pilot indicated teachers have difficulty accessing information about the marine environment, sustainable fishing/marine farm practices, and post-harvest sector. Developing/delivering this information within a metropolitan context is a key challenge of this program. Fishermen/Farmers and the post harvest sector are seeking avenues to engage with their local community to secure their social licence to operate - this program gives them a community a voice and a connection with the next generation. An informed community can actively engage in debate around issues affecting industry and the seafood supply - particularly at point-of-sale. Delivering this information to schoolchildren and teachers in a metropolitan context is key. With the assistance and support of key groups such as the Sydney Fish Market, Master Fish Merchants of Australia, and NSW Fishermens’ Cooperative Association, and our in-house experience of working with the NSW Department of Education, and with various state-based teachers associations on our 'Our Valuable Estuaries' projects - OceanWatch Australia has the ability, determination and support of industry, to make this project succeed.
Objectives: 1. Facilitate new and existing educational partnerships between schools and industry operators. 2. Increase community understanding of the complexities of marine resource utilisation 3. Increase industry capacity to tell its sustainability story to the community Read moreRead less
Establishment Of A Coordination Program For Social Sciences In The Fishing Industry
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$38,000.00
Summary
To address the action arising from Board 99 to establish a social research co-ordination program. Objectives: 1. To resource Kal Analysis to develop the social sciences coordination program