Effective fisheries management involves controlling the total catch within a specific fishery, including where that catch is shared between commercial, Indigenous, and recreational fishers. One of the...

National Reconciliation Week is upon us, with FRDC acknowledging the deep significance of the seas and waters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. FRDC and the Indigenous Reference Group...

A wide cross-section of Australia’s fishing communities came together over the past year at FRDC workshops to address increasing reports of sharks taking fish as they are being caught.  By Brad...

A new group of Research Advisory Committee (RAC) members will provide their input into FRDC’s research priorities when they commence in the second half of 2023.  By Dempsey Ward   FRDC's...

Blue Swimmer Crabs (Portunus armatus) are highly prized among commercial and recreational fishers and new FRDC-funded research outlines strategies to support compliance and maintain the resource for...

Innovative nanobubble technology used in diverse production industries globally, is being evaluated for its potential to help Australian aquaculture oxygenate water. By Catherine Norwood   In...

FRDC is thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for four people to participate in a five-day Fisheries Management course at the University of Wollongong from Monday 22 May to Friday 26 May...

1500+ years of fishing experience come face-to-face to discuss issues facing the East Coast trawl sector.  By Dempsey Ward   Trawl fishers from northern Queensland met in two workshops – in...

The FRDC team was saddened at the passing of Australian agriculture reformist and advocate, the Hon John Kerin AO, former Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 1983 and 1993.   ...

Seafood on Spencer   On a sunny Saturday in late March, thousands of people flocked to a sold-out Seafood on Spencer festival. Held on the foreshore at Port Broughton on the Yorke Peninsula of...