Research

Marine Ecosystems and Resources

• Marine life: Using science to help conserve and wisely use ocean biodiversity, including fisheries and aquaculture
• Maintaining ship-shape northern marine ecosystems

News

• Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can [11/08/09]
• Global curbs on overfishing are beginning to work [31/7/09]
• Raw praise for Australian prawn fishers [28/06/09]
• ‘Jellyfish joyride’ a threat to the oceans [08/06/09]
• Algae could fuel cars and jobs [04/03/09]
• New edition of Sharks and Rays of Australia launched [02/03/09]
• CSIRO research is in the zone in Moreton Bay [25/02/09]
• Fellowship boosts marine ecosystem research [02/05/08]
• Deep-sea sharks wired for sound [09/04/08]
• Ningaloo fishing impacts being investigated [11/10/07]
• ... more media releases

Aquaculture

• Partnering for premium abalone
• Aquaculture and Biotechnology
• Breeding better Australian abalone
• Breed engineering
• Breeding better salmon
• Improving tiger prawn farming
• Tiger prawns bred on-farm
• Huon Estuary Study
• Blueblood Atlantic salmon for Tasmania
• An Atlantic salmon selective breeding program for Tasmania [brochure]

Biotechnology

• Dr Peter Nichols: studying marine oils for healthy diets and environments

Fisheries

• Otoliths of common Australian temperate fish
• New stock assessment techniques for the Northern Prawn Fishery
• Turtles escape trawls using turtle exclusion devices [TED's]
• Tapping memories to describe changes at sea
• Voyage to the Gulf of Carpentaria

Marine Ecosystems

• Marine Climate Impacts & Adaption Stream [website]
• Descriptions of New Australian Skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). [Publication]
• Seamounts research: The importance of conserving Australia's seamount biodiversity
• How removing predators can save seabirds [audio]
• 'Live in the field' tags
• Tagging research [white sharks, whale sharks, grey nurse]
• CSIRO white shark research
• Climate’s challenge to marine life in a future ocean - media release [4/04/2007]
• Fish growth enhanced by climate change - media release [27/03/2007]

Ecosystem-based fishery management

• Biochemical Tracers - workshop 2008 [reports and presentations]
• Management Strategy Evaluation
• Fishery assessment in south-east Australia
• South East Fishery Mapping Project

Related:

• Prawn virus detection kit [solution]
• Fish for the future: fisheries and aquatic ecosystems

Links:

• CSIRO Collection of Living Microalgae (CCLM)
• Australian National Fish Collection
• CSIRO Fish Diseases Laboratory
• CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship
• Australian Prawn Farmers Association
• Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
• Australian Fisheries Management Authority
• Marine science weblinks [Education]

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Last updated 8/06/10