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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-227
DATE START/END: 30 OCT 2007 - 1 JUL 2010

Recfishing Research: National Strategy for Recreational Fisheries Research, Development and Extension

In 2005, the FRDC Board recognised the need to provide a more coordinated and targeted national approach to recreational fisheries research, development and extension (RDE). In response to this, Recfish Australia undertook a project titled “Establishing a recreational fishing working group to...
ORGANISATION:
Recfish Australia
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DATE:
2023-04-28

FRDC supporting its stakeholders

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 South Australia, the festival was organised by a committee of local fishing families and other...
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2022-03-04

Hooked on solutions

Evaluating insect meal proteins in aquafeeds, PhD candidates Kat Doughty and Isobel Sewell are drawn to the potential of aquaculture to address food security and climate issues Words and photos by Corrina Ridgway “I’ll get one shot at this,” comments Katarina ‘Kat’ Doughty, concentrating on...
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2020-05-15

Sales strategies adapt

At the coalface of customer service, seafood retailers and those food-service outlets that have been able to continue trading have had to adapt quickly in order to keep their doors open during the coronavirus crisis. The crisis has affected thousands of seafood businesses across the country; FISH...
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2018-11-02

Our fisheries in 2050

Models are providing researchers with predictive capability into the effect of climate change on Australia’s fisheries with implications for fisheries management Illustration: Sonia Kretschmar By Bianca Nogrady The fishing industry is no stranger to seasonality. Fish migrate,...
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2017-09-01

Implications for Australia

The Australian contingent at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit held in Seattle in June was relatively small, but provided representation for a broad cross-section of the Australian seafood sector. Here’s how some of Australia’s participants saw the event: Government Nick Rayns: executive manager,...
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2015-06-01

Human factors top fisheries risk list

Rapidly changing cultural values have emerged as a high risk for the future of the fishing industry, not so much for the fish, says Western Australia’s Rick Fletcher Rick Fletcher: helping new research staff to develop their own scientific skills, and especially their ability to translate...
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2014-03-01

Join forces to manage supply risks

An approach to risk management and diversification that embraces the entire seafood supply chain could help the seafood industry to remain strong in the face of changing conditions Illustration: Paul Dickenson By Alexandra Roginski A multidisciplinary team of researchers from two...
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2021-06-01

Narungga aspirations to bring benefits home

An agreement formalises the inclusion of traditional knowledge into the management of South Australia’s fisheries and the cultural fishing practices Words and Photo Catherine Norwood The combination of a new Traditional Fishing Agreement – the first in the country – and emerging aquaculture...
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2018-03-01

New fishery founded on smart investment

Evaluating the impact of research will help to maximise the outcomes for future funding Targeted investment has helped kickstart a new Octopus tetricus fishery in Western Australia. Photo: WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development By Catherine Norwood The ‘Innovative...
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