Measuring Impact

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

 

Fisheries

Research Program Manager: Mr Barney Smith
email: smith@aciar.gov.au

The goal of the Fisheries program is to improve the productivity and sustainability of fisheries and aquatic farming systems in partner countries and in Australia through international research partnerships directed at: innovative resource management approaches; the elimination of serious adverse environmental impacts arising from fishing or farming practices; better utilisation of existing harvests; and the development of productive and sustainable aquatic farming systems.

Current Projects

FIS/1997/031 - Pearl oyster resource development in the western Pacific

FIS/2001/058 - Sustainable tropical spiny lobster aquaculture in Vietnam and Australia

FIS/2001/083 - Inland aquaculture in PNG: improving fingerling supply and fish nutrition for smallholder farms

FIS/2002/001 - Developing aquaculture in degraded inland areas in India and Australia

FIS/2002/068 - Improving feeds and feeding for small scale aquaculture in Vietnam and Cambodia

FIS/2002/074 - Capacity development to monitor, analyse and report on Indonesian tuna fisheries

FIS/2002/075 - Application of PCR for improved shrimp health management in the Asian region

FIS/2002/076 - Land capability assessment and classification for sustainable pond-based aquaculture systems

FIS/2002/077 - Improved hatchery and growout technology for marine finfish in the Asia-Pacific region

FIS/2002/111 - Culture, capture conflicts: sustaining fish production and livelihoods in Indonesian reservoirs

FIS/2003/027 - Planning tools for environmentally sustainable tropical finfish cage culture in Indonesia and northern Australia

FIS/2003/033 - Integrated fisheries resource management (Rinconada Lakes, Philippines and NSW Australia)

FIS/2003/051 - Improving sustainability and profitability of village sea cucumber fisheries in Solomon Islands

FIS/2003/059 - Sea ranching and restocking sandfish (Holothuria scabra) in Asia-Pacific

FIS/2004/065 - Culture of promising indigenous fish species and bioremediation for barramundi aquaculture in northern Australia and PNG

FIS/2005/009 - Technical capacity building and research support for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected, brackishwater aquaculture ponds in Aceh

FIS/2005/078 - Culture-based fisheries development in Lao PDR

FIS/2005/096 - Assessment of the impact of the PNG purse seine fishery on tuna stocks, with special focus on the impact of fish aggregation devices (FADs)

FIS/2005/108 - Freshwater prawn aquaculture in the Pacific: Improving culture stock quality and nutrition in Fiji

FIS/2005/114 - Building bivalve hatchery production capacity in Vietnam and Australia

FIS/2005/115 - Improving capability for shrimp virus PCR testing laboratories in Vietnam

FIS/2005/169 - Improving productivity and profitability of smallholder shrimp aquaculture and related agribusiness in Indonesia

FIS/2006/002 - Aceh aquaculture rehabilitation project

FIS/2006/137 - Analyses of three databases of fisheries data from the Mekong River

FIS/2006/138 - Developing aquaculture based livelihoods in the Pacific Islands region and tropical Australia

FIS/2006/140 - Achieving consistent spawning of captive yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) broodstock at Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, Indonesia

FIS/2006/142 - Developing new assessment and policy frameworks for Indonesia's marine fisheries, including the control and management of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing

FIS/2006/144 - Strengthening regional mechanisms to maximise benefits to small-holder shrimp farmer groups adopting better management practices (BMPs)

FIS/2006/172 - Winged oyster pearl industry development in Tonga

FIS/2006/183 - Development of fish passage criteria for floodplain species of central Laos

FIS/2007/045 - Evaluation of production technology, product quality and market potential for the development of bivalve mollusc aquaculture in the Philippines

FIS/2007/094 - Policy, institutional and economic constraints to aquaculture research adoption in Vietnam

FIS/2007/116 - Improving resilience and adaptive capacity of fisheries-dependent communities in Solomon Islands

FIS/2007/117 - Review of sandfish pond-culture progress in Vietnam