Preventing plastic from entering the marine food chain and maiming ocean wildlife is driving efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle
Story Catherine Norwood
Photos Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry
Plastics and rubbish collected during beach clean-ups by members of Southern Bluefin Tuna...
FRDC has undertaken a number of valuable stakeholder engagement activities through the events we have sponsored and that our Directors and staff have attended over the last month. Below are the highlights for the events attended so far:
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics...
This application was developed at the request of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas). It follows the recent discovery of a large (i.e., spawning biomass >200,000 t), under-exploited stock of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) in waters off south-eastern...
An online mapping platform is being developed for Tasmanian waters to improve accessibility of information supporting marine planning.
By Claire Crawford
Tasmania’s marine environment is increasingly subject to varying and sometimes competing uses. As the marine environment is...
New national committee established to guide research priorities for the recreational fishing sector.
By Brad Collis
The release of the National Social and Economic Recreational Fishing Survey, highlighted the positive economic and health benefits of recreational fishing for...
Fishers participating in the South East scalefish and shark Fishery (SESSF) have faced considerable challenges in recent years. Flat prices received at the wharf coupled with rising costs and reduction in some species TACs has lead to thinner profit margins. The government buyback of licenses...