Escape with ET

Footy and fishing legend Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen, has been doing Escape with ET - a TV fishing show - for 8 years. His high rating fishing and adventure series, is screened both nationally and internationally, with a national audience of around 1.5 million viewers per week. This season features a number of FRDC stories on Channel Ten's hit Fishing Show. Escape with ET is a must-see for every Aussie who loves action and adventure on our waterways. "Escape with ET" airs nationally on Network Ten on Saturdays at 4.30 pm

FRDC stories on 'ESCAPE WITH ET'

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Genetag Spanish Mackerel

Ep 1 - 27/10/07

Dr Rik Buckworth

Jennifer Ovenden

Project No. 2002/011 - Genetag: genetic mark-recapture for real-time harvest rate monitoring. Pilot studies in northern Australian Spanish mackerel fisheries.

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Fishing Comps National Standards

Ep 2 - 10/11/07

Dr Ben Diggles

Project No. 2005/235 - A national environmental management and accreditation system for recreational fishing tournaments: concept development

Project No. 2006/057 - Development of a national environmental management & accreditation system for business/public recreational fishing competitions

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Tomorrow's Leaders

Ep 3 - 17/11/07

Recfish Australia

Recfish Australia

http://www.recfish.com.au/

New Leaders program outstandingly successful

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Moreton Bay Marine Park

Ep 4 - 24/11/07

Kellie Williams

Project No. - 2007/053 - Regional impact assessment for Moreton Bay Marine Park

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Sustainability of recreational fisheries for Murray Cod. (Murray Darling Basin)

Ep 5 - 01/12/07

Wayne Fulton

Project No. 2006/053 sustainability of recreational fisheries for Murray Cod in the Murray Darling Basin.

http://www.environment.gov.au/water/publications/mdb/pubs/murray-cod.pdf


Murray Cod aquaculture

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Restocking Blackwood River Estuary with Black Bream

Ep 6 - 15/12/07

Greg Jenkins

Project No. 2000-180 Restocking Blackwood River Estuary with black bream. (Acanthopagrus butcheri)

Report - Restocking the Blackwood River Estuary with black bream Murdoch University

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Australian Salmon- structure, reproduction, diet. (commercial & recreational - NSW)

Ep 7 - 22/12/07

John Stewart

Project No. 2006/018 Australian salmon (Arripis Trutta) : population structure, reproduction, diet and composition of commercial & recreational catches in NSW.

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Post release Survival of line caught flathead in sheltered coastal waters

Ep 8 - 29/12/07

Bill Sawynok

National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish

Project No. 2004/071 National strategy for the survival of released line caught fish: maximising post- release survival in line caught flathead taken in sheltered coastal waters

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Monitoring recreational catch of demersal finfish in WA

Ep 9 - 05/01/08

Brent Wise

Project No. 2005/034 "Determination of cost effective techniques to monitor recreational catch and effort in Western Australian demersal finfish fisheries

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Management t & monitoring of fish spawning aggregations in WA

Ep 10 - 12/01/08

Mike Mackie

Project No. 2004/051 Management and monitoring fish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-Region of WA

Research Project - Management and Monitoring of Fish Spawning Aggregations in the West Coast Bio-Region

Eradicating carp in Tasmania

Ep 11 - 26/01/08

John Diggle

Project No. 2000/182 Eradicating European carp from Tasmania and implications for nationalEuropean carp eradication

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Survival of line caught released fish in Australia's tropical/subtropical fisheries

Ep 12 - 02/02/08

Bill Sawynok

National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish

Project No. 2003/019 investigating survival of line caught released fish in Australia's tropical/subtropical fisheries (project still active).

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Maintaining gear so as to minimize spread of noxious pests.( didymo)

Ep 13 - 16/02/08

Didymo Factsheet

www.biosecurity.govt.nz/didymo

www.aqis.gov.au

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Prawn Aquaculture Gold Coast Marine

Ep 14 - 23/02/08

Nigel Preston

Australian Prawn Farmers Association

Research and Development Strategy 2007-12

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NT Black Jewfish

Ep 15 - 01/03/08

Michael Phelan

Project No. 2004/004 assessment of the implications of target fishing on black jewfish (Protonibea Diacanthus) aggregations in the Northern Territory.

Project No. 1998/135 Fishery Biology and Management of Black Jewfish, Protonibea diacanthus, (Sciaenidae) Aggregations near Injinoo Community, Far Northern Cape York. Stage 1: Initial Characterisation of the Aggregations and Associated Fishery

NT Jewfish Research Update

Fact Sheet - Catch and Release of Black Jewfish

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Long Spined Sea Urchin - Tasmania

Ep 16 - 08/03/08

Craig Johnson

Project No. 2007/045 "Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of management options to minimise formation of 'barrens' habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania”

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Abalone industry - Tasmania

Ep 17 - 15/03/08

Craig Mundy

Project No. 2005/024 Abalone Industry Development: local assessment and management by industry

Project No. 1998/170 Review of wild abalone R&D needs in Australia

Project No. 1998/306 Early life history of abalone (Haliotis rubra, H. laevigata): settlement, survival and early growth

Project No. 2002-079 Digital video techniques for assessing population size structure and habitat of Greenlip and Roe's abalone

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Trout Cod in Murrumbidgee Catchment

Ep 18 - 22/03/08

Brendan Ebner

Project No. 2003/034 An ecological approach to re-establishing Australian freshwater cod populations: an application to trout cod in the Murrumbidgee catchment.

Native Fish Startegy - Home

Native Fish Startegy_Annual_implementation_report

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Mollusc Research - Bribie Island

Ep 19 - 29/03/08

Liz Obrien

Project No. 2005/016 Marking scallops for release and recapture

Project No. 2003/033 Enhancement of saucer scallops (Amusium balloti) in Queensland and Western Australia - genetic considerations

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Maximising bycatch survival - NSW commercial fishing

Ep 20 - 05/04/08

Matt Broadhurst

Types of bycatch reduction devices

Project No. 2005/056 maximising the survival of bycatch released from commercial estuarine fishing gears in NSW.

Project No. 1997/207 Developing discard-reducing gears and practices in the estuarine prawn and fish haul fisheries of NSW

Bycatch and its reduction - NSW DPI

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QX virus in Oysters

Ep 21 - 12/04/08

Matt Broadhurst

Project No. 2001/630 Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Validation of DNA-based (PCR) diagnostic tests suitable for use in surveillance programs for QX disease of Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) in Australia

Project No. 1996/357 Selective breeding for disease resistance and fast growth in Sydney rock oysters

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Fish Fertiliser

Ep 22 - 19/04/08

Ian Knuckey

Project No. 2002/405 South East Fishery Industry Development Subprogram: Assessing the Commercial Viability of Utilising Fish Processing Wastes

Overview of FRDC features + discussion about FRDC role

Ep 23 - 26/04/08

Dr Patrick Hone

www.frdc.com.au

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Overview of FRDC features + discussion about FRDC role

Ep 24 - 03/05/08

Dr Patrick Hone

www.frdc.com.au

 

 


Last Updated: July 30 2008 20:27:55