Blue Economy CRC Announces a Collaborative Project with UQ and Tassal: Developing a Robust Collar Tie This industry-focused project is led by Dr Michael Heitzman, University of Queensland (UQ), in collaboration with industry partner, Tassal Group. The mechanism for attaching fish farming nets to floating cages in the current inshore farming environment has been identified [...]
Blue Economy CRC Announces Commencement of its Research Program with Commissioning of 17 Scoping Projects The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) has taken its first steps in foundational work that will underpin its research agenda, with the announcement of 17 short-term scoping projects. These industry-focused projects involve collaboration between industry and research partners and [...]
The official launch of the Blue Economy CRC is taking place at 10am on Tuesday 28 January at the CRC’s Headquarters in Launceston at Building V (Discipline of Information, Communication and Technology) at the University of Tasmania. It will be attended by members of the Blue Economy CRC Board, various Ministers (TBC), local CRC participants, [...]
Inaugural Participant Workshop Event Details: Wednesday 29th January 2020 9:30AM – Thursday 30th January 2020 5:00PM AEST Location: Hobart Function and Conference Centre, 1 Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart. Participation by invitation only The Blue Economy CRC in November 2019 had its first call for projects with the timeline for Expressions of Interest for General Projects [...]
The Board of Blue Economy CRC-Co Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr John Whittington as our inaugural CEO. John joins us from the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment where he has been the Secretary (Chief Executive-equivalent) for more than five years. As the leader of that agency he [...]
Today, Dr Gunilla Burrowes one of the Company’s non-executive directors, was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). Dr Burrowes is widely recognised for her significant achievements in three parallel careers. An electrical engineer, she is an expert in communications between swarming autonomous underwater vehicles, industry innovation and gender equity. She [...]
The Hon Guy Barnett MP and Senator the Hon Jonathan Duniam met the Board members and Interim CEO of the Blue Economy CRC at the CRC Headquarters at the Australian Maritime College in Launceston on October 21st, 2019. The visit coincided with the Company’s announcement of the execution of its Grant Agreement with the Federal [...]
MEDIA RELEASE - OCTOBER 21: BLUE ECONOMY CRC-CO LTD SIGNS GRANT AGREEMENT WITH COMMONWEALTH Today Blue Economy CRC-Co Ltd (the Blue Economy CRC) took the next important step in its work to support sustainable offshore seafood production and renewable energy development when it signed a major Grant Agreement with the Australian Government Department of Industry [...]
The latest instalment of Blue Tech Voices features Dr. Mark Hemer, acting lead of the Blue Economy Co-operative Research Centre Offshore Renewable Energy Systems Program. He answers questions about the new $236 million Blue Economy R&D initiative. View the full article here.
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