New market opportunities, new marketing techniques and new products are all contributing to a renewed sense of optimism for Australia’s fishing and seafood industries
Demand for seafood is on the rise, and Arthur Raptis believes the future is bright for the Australian seafood industry.
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The Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) was formed in 1993 to represent the interests and foster the development of the Australian prawn farming industry. The Association is a key contact for investors, new farmers and firms wishing to do business with the Australian prawn farming...
The Fisheries and EPBC Acts now require that fisheries are managed sustainably, not only for target species but for the ecosystem in which the fisheries operate. The ET&BF impacts pelagic ecosystems by taking a range of apex predators including tunas, billfishes and sharks, along with other minor...
The application has been developed over several years in response to ongoing spatial issues in southern rock lobster fisheries: (a) regional mismatch between biology and management; (b) the concentration of commercial effort in shallow water; (c) increasing stocks with low harvest rates in deep...
Penaeid trawls are regarded as one of the world's least selective fishing methods, catching large quantities of non-targeted finfish and other organisms. This bycatch is considered wasteful and attracts significant attention and/or controversy from a host of stakeholders including interacting...
In many fisheries and aquaculture management applications the ability to gain reliable data in a timely manner has always been a limiting factor. Until the last few years, machine learning was not able to reliably learn autonomously from the target imagery without substantial human oversight during...
Amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by the pathogenic free living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans, is the most significant health issue currently affecting the production of Tasmanian Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. As such, the Tasmanian Salmon Growers Association (TSGA) has identified AGD research as...
The estuaries of Australia’s tropical rivers support commercial fisheries for finfish, crustaceans and shellfish valued at approximately $220 million per annum, with the Northern Prawn Fishery valued at $115 million (2013-14) (Savage and Hobsbawn 2015). FRDC 2007/003, (PIs: Burford, Kenyon),...
Seafood Directions is regarded as the premier seafood industry conference in Australia. Seafood Directions provides an opportunity for stakeholders of the seafood industry to come together and discuss issues and opportunities in a national Forum.
Such a national Forum provides an opportunity...
This full application expands on our recent expression of interest (EOI) and the project’s title inherits the title of the call by the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA): for a desktop study or literature review to evaluate the suitability of electro-stunning technology for use in...
This application was developed in consultation with Oysters Australia, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, oyster researchers and oyster growers in response to ongoing QX disease outbreaks in Sydney rock oysters in NSW and QLD. The challenges posed by QX disease, and knowledge gaps...
As Australia’s Abalone aquaculture sector continues to prosper, small operations like Three Friends Abalone are delivering niche products to local, national, and international markets that value exceptional premium quality seafood.
Abalone is grown in all southern states in Australia, from...
Perkinsus is the cause of serious disease and on-going losses in commercial mollusc populations in temperate waters world-wide and is listed internationally by the OIE as a notifiable disease. In New South Wales and South Australia Perkinsus infections have resulted in severe depletion of stocks and...
The project entitled ‘Traceability Systems for Wild Caught Lobster, via Sense-T and Pathways to Market’ aligns with SRL’s Strategy 2022 by aiming to improve technical traceability, product provenance and recall capabilities within the wild caught Southern Rock Lobster (SRL) supply chain. The project...
From boom to bust and back again, South Australia’s Southern Bluefin Tuna industry celebrates its diamond jubilee this year
By Catherine Norwood
Port Lincoln, South Australia, bills itself as the seafood capital of Australia, and while this reputation is based on a wide range of wild and...
The Western Rock Lobster (WRL) Council's 2018-2021 Strategic Plan contains the following Objectives:
1. The WRL industry is professionally managed to achieve an economic contribution of $1billion GVP to the WA economy by 2028.
2. The WRL harvest strategy ensures long-term access to the sustainable...
March 5, 2018 | NCCP responds to letter in Science
Last Friday, a small collective of scientists published a letter in the journal Science. The lead author Jonathan Marshall and his colleagues questioned if the carp virus would work on carp in Australia, and called for further assessments to...
Aquaculture has been practiced in Australia for approximately 40,000 years by Aboriginal communities who used sophisticated fish traps to capture and hold fish. The modern Australian aquaculture industry is relatively new, having grown in volume at an average rate of around 12% per annum since...
Stakeholder briefing March 2021
FRDC ORGANISATIONAL UPDATES
New Indigenous Statement of Intent
The FRDC has developed an Indigenous Statement of Intent in recognition of the continued tenure over and connection with their traditional lands and waters that Aboriginal and Torres Strait...