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Hatchery
feeds workshop
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NOTICE - Workshop program now available
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Invitation to contribute to a Hatchery Feeds R&D Plan
2000/01-2005/06
There is a considerable Australian research commitment to the production of
hatchery feeds and to the development of new feeds. However, with the expansion
of aquaculture in Australia there is a need to improve coordination between the
research organisations in the area of fish larvae feeds, and to identify
opportunities and priorities for future research. The Fisheries R&D
Corporation (FRDC) has recognised the need to adopt a more strategic approach to
investing in research on this topic. Accordingly, FRDC has requested us to
prepare a strategic R&D plan to more appropriately match the needs of
industry. Such a plan will emphasise national R&D priorities for aquaculture
hatchery feeds and will engage all relevant stakeholders including industry,
government and researchers. The principal focus is to be on finfish aquaculture,
but we welcome submissions relevant to other aquaculture sectors.
In formulating the R&D plan, we propose to:
- Assess the status of hatchery feeds, including live and compounded feeds,
and to identify research in progress
- Prioritise research and development needs for hatchery feeds
- Identify constraints to the continued development of Australian aquaculture
in the area of hatchery feeds
- Identify opportunities to enhance collaboration and information exchange
amongst researchers and industry.
You are invited to complete the following questionnaire and to participate in
a workshop to develop an R&D plan for hatchery feeds in aquaculture for the
period 2000/01-2005/06
The Questionnaire:
Please complete and return all or part of this
document to David McKinnon by 29 February 2000 together with an
indication of your intention whether or not to attend the workshop. Feel free to
further consult on the content of your submission within your own immediate
network of contacts. Submissions can be either hard copy, with hand-written
comments marked directly on the document, or electronic. We ask you to make your
comments from your own perspective, on the understanding that expertise,
jurisdictional and geographic based differences will be adequately captured in
the cross section of respondents. The Project Topics included in the
questionnaire are a guide only, and are not intended to be all-inclusive. Please
include any additional project topics in the row labelled "other". A comments
section at the bottom of each page covers other contingencies. The Plan is for a
five-year period from 2000/01 to 2005/6, and key issues and associated project
topics should be prioritised within this timeframe ie. what can/should be done
within the next five years. Anonymous submissions will be welcomed, should
issues of propriety be involved.
Questionnaire
(Word doc file)
Questionnaire
(RTF file)
The Workshop:
The workshop will be held in Cairns on 9-10 March
2000. The workshop will include status reviews of the five main areas of
hatchery feeds research: microalgae, rotifers, Artemia, copepods, and
compounded larval diets. We invite all stakeholders to participate, and to give
a brief presentation on their research/industry needs. Presentations should be
accompanied by the submission of an extended abstract (2-3 pages) which will be
published as workshop proceedings in Acrobat format on the World Wide Web. We
will include an inspection of the aquaculture facilities at the Qld. DPI
Northern Fisheries Centre, including a demonstration of the development of
hatchery feeds (microalgae, rotifers, Artemia and copepods) being
undertaken at that facility. The main business of the workshop will be to
consolidate and further refine all completed submissions into a draft R&D
plan. Further details on the program and venue will be circulated in a following
correspondence.
However, we realise that for reasons of time and money many stakeholders may
not be able to attend, but we encourage those people to send us completed
questionnaires so that we may be able to include their viewpoints. Those who
would like to attend the workshop should contact David McKinnon directly as soon
as possible, but no later than 29 February 2000.
The final draft Strategy is expected to be forwarded to FRDC for endorsement
by the end of March, and made available to all stakeholders by the end of June,
in good time for pre-proposals to be submitted to the FRABS for consideration
for the 2001 funding cycle.
If you have any queries on these matters please feel free to contact us.
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Dr. David McKinnon
Research Scientist
Australian Institute of Marine Science
PMB. No 3. Townsville MC. Qld 4810
Ph: 07 4753 4292
Fax: 07 4753 4429
d.mckinnon@aims.gov.au |
Dr. Mike Rimmer
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Northern Fisheries Centre
Queensland Department of Primary Industries
PO. Box 5396
Cairns, Qld 4870
Ph: 07 4035 0100
Fax: 07 4035 1401
rimmerm@dpi.qld.gov.au |
Dr. Sagiv Kolkovski
Lead Scientist
Mariculture Research and Advisory Group
Fisheries WA
Fremantle Maritime Centre
1 Fleet St., Fremantle W.A. 6160
Ph: 08 9239
8102
Fax:08 9239 8105
skolkovski@fish.wa.gov.au |
Australian Institute of
Marine Science
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