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2021-08-09

Marine plastics: impacts and policy responses

Summary Global plastic production has increased exponentially since the 1950s (Geyer et al. 2017). About three percent of global plastic production ends up in the oceans, and plastics are now ubiquitous in the world’s oceans, including marine sediments (Ritchie and Roser 2018). In 2010–11,...
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2021-08-09

Storm Bay Research Program

The Storm Bay Research Program is a suite of FRDC research projects that will provide scientific knowledge and tools to guide sustainable management of impacts from Atlantic Salmon farming within Storm Bay. The research projects are being conducted by the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial...
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2021-07-19

2017 Portfolio Assessments

BCA 15-16 Aggregate Evaluation Summary BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-002 CPUE BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-306 Economics for Fisheries BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2008-327 Agribusiness Scholarships BCA 15-16 FRDC Project 2009-303 Australian...
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2021-07-19

2018 Portfolio Assessments

BCA 16-17 Summary Aggregate Evaluations BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-042 Student PhDs BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2011-070 AGD BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-015 BSC in Shark Bay BCA 16-17 FRDC Project 2012-024 INFORMD2 BCA 16-17 FRDC Project...
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2021-07-18

FRDC project impact assessments - the benefits of research

Evaluating the outcome of a research project in an annual report is difficult because many projects run over multiple years and there is a period of time between when R&D is undertaken, completed and then adopted by end users as to when the total value of the investment is realised. The time...
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2021-07-09

Representative organisations

The FRDC is accountable under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act (PIRD Act 1989) to representative bodies nominated by the responsible Minister. The FRDC has three representative organisations appointed under the legislation: Australian Recreational and Sport Fishing...
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2021-07-09

About recreational fishing

About Recreational fishers in Australia enjoy some of the world’s best fishing from Barramundi and Sailfish in the north, Snapper and Southern Bluefin Tuna in the south, Yellowtail Kingfish and Marlin in the east, Western Australian Dhufish and King George Whiting in the west. And who can...
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2021-07-09

Indigenous fishing

FRDC shares the vision expressed by Reconciliation Australia: “A united Australia which respects this land of ours, values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage and provides justice and equity for all.” FRDC’s shared vision for fishing and aquaculture is Fish Forever 2030:...
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2021-07-09

About post harvest

Elements of the post-harvest sector have previously been considered part of the aquaculture or commercial fishing sectors but, more recently, they have become a sector in their own right. There are many opportunities to improve the profitability of fishing and aquaculture in the post-harvest sector....
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2021-07-02

About commercial wildcatch

Australia’s marine domain, our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), is one of the largest in the world, covering around 10 million square kilometres. This is larger than mainland Australia (7.69 million square kilometres). Australia has a long history of Indigenous, commercial and recreational fishing...
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