FRDC Indigenous Project Showcase | FRDC

Published: 20 June 2024 Updated: 26 June 2024

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Do you want to work with FRDC, but need some guidance on what indigenous projects we have funded? The following page showcases some of these projects.

Fisheries Management and Social Objectives

Project Number	Title
2010-040	Developing and testing social objectives for fisheries management
2010-304	Impact of management changes on the viability of Indigenous commercial fishers and the flow on effects to their communities: case study in NSW
2010-401	Shaping advice for Indigenous fishing and aquaculture RD&E within the national strategy
2019-143	An investigation of Indigenous knowledges and nutritional health and wellbeing benefits and values of seafood for supporting Indigenous fisheries development
2020-088	Quantifying inter-sectoral values within and among the Indigenous, commercial and recreational sectors
2021-024	Development of an Indigenous Engagement Strategy for fishing interests with a focus on Commonwealth fisheries
2021-090	Developing an Indigenous-led governance blueprint for collaboration in sea country processes
2021-098	Incorporating Aboriginal perspectives into fishery management review processes, using the Northern Territory Barramundi Fishery as a case study
2022-076	Integrating indigenous fishing: extending adoption pathways to policy and management

Aquaculture Ventures and Indigenous Communities

Project Number	Title
2010-205	Identifying the key social and economic factors for successful engagement in aquaculture ventures by indigenous communities
2010-214	Investigating the development process of a large-scale aquaculture farm incorporating Indigenous cultural considerations

Business

Project Number	Title
2010-230	Tactical Research Fund: identifying indigenous business opportunities in the recreational fishing tourism industry on Cape York Peninsula
2016-204	Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry - 'Wave to plate' establishing a market for Tasmanian cultural fisheries
2020-121	Indigenous Branding in the Fishing and Seafood Industry - Economic Creation and Capture

Capacity Building and Governance

Project Number	Title
2011-215	Resource access and resource allocation - guidelines
2012-215	Research and Development for the modelling and establishment of a South Australian Aboriginal Sea Ranger program
2012-216	Indigenous cultural fishing and fisheries governance
2017-069	Indigenous Capacity Building Program
2021-050	Maintaining cultural practices and building knowledge and capacity to support sustainable fishing of the Gynburra on Narungga Sea Country
2022-138	Developing a Kimberley Aboriginal Mud Crab Fishery

Mapping Livelihood values and Access Improvement

Project Number	Title
2014-233	Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Improving access for Indigenous Australians to and involvement in the use and management of Australia's fisheries resource
2015-205	Indigenous fishing subprogram: mapping livelihood values of Indigenous customary fishing

Knowledge Sharing and Preservation

Project Number	Title
2018-135	Sharing and preserving knowledge through story
2018-183	Identifying and synthesising key messages from projects funded by the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group
2019-124	Shared science and Indigenous knowledge to support fisheries capacity building in Torres Strait

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Additional Resources

Indigenous projects fact sheet

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