Completed Research Projects

Examining relationships between the environment, society & aquaculture in Tasmania

The Aquaculture Environment Team undertakes a wide variety of research projects to better understand the Tasmanian coastal environment, society and the way they interact with aquaculture.

View our completed research projects below.

For a list of our current projects, click here.

Completed Projects

The comparative productivity and ecology of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) between natural and cultured systems (Masters project)

Improving baseline understanding of the disease risk for bull kelp aquaculture in Tasmania (Masters project)

Measuring the footprint of land-based abalone aquaculture discharge points

Understanding oxygen dynamics and the importance for benthic recovery in Macquarie Harbour

Seaweed solutions for sustainable aquaculture

Uptake of aquaculture waste by keystone reef species

Social license to operate for aquaculture

Risk-based tools supporting consultation, planning and adaptive management for aquaculture and other multiple-uses of the coastal waters of southern Tasmania

Asparagopsis bioregional project

Managing ecosystem interactions across differing environments: building flexibility and risk assurance into environmental management strategies

Using stable isotopes to examine the potential for seaweed co-culture with salmon aquaculture in Tasmania (Honours project)

Storm Bay Observing System

An evaluation of the options for expansion of salmonid aquaculture in Tasmanian waters

Characterising benthic pelagic interactions in Macquarie Harbour - organic matter processing in sediments and the importance for nutrient dynamics

Development of novel methods for the assessment of sediment condition and determination of management protocols for sustainable finfish cage aquaculture Operations

Planning for a blue future salmon – informing R&D, regulation and industry development

Assessment of the environmental impacts and sediment remediation potential associated with copper contamination from antifouling paint and associated recommendations for management

Evaluation of approaches to improve sediment remediation (rate and function) under salmonid fish cages

A whole of ecosystem assessment of environmental issues for salmonid aquaculture

Understanding the ecology of Dorvilleid Polychaetes in Macquarie Harbour

Macquarie Harbour dissolved oxygen assessment

Determinants of socially-supported fisheries and aquaculture

From global ideals to local realities – the foundations of sustainability

Characterisation of sediments in Port Esperance

Sense-T stage 2: sensing Macquarie Harbour

Movement, habitat utilisation and population status of the endangered Maugean skate and implications for fishing and aquaculture operations in Macquarie Harbour

Aquaculture-community futures: North West Tasmania

Derwent Estuary Program reef monitoring

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Acknowledgment of Country
We acknowledge the palawa/pakana and Gadigal/Wangal people, the traditional custodians of the land and sea upon which we live and work, and their enduring cultures and knowledge of our oceans and coasts.

We recognise that decisions and practices affecting the future of Indigenous education and research are vital to the self-determination, wellbeing and livelihood of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to shaping the Australian society in which we live.
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