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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-008
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 30 APR 2008

Age validation of deepwater flathead from the Great Australian Bight Trawl Fishery

The Central Ageing Facility has been contracted over the past 10 years by AFMA to provide age estimates for deepwater flathead for use in the stock assessment models. The process of accurate and repeatable age estimation (particularly within younger year classes) is complicated by the temporal...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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DATE:
2018-10-14

Research commitment to GO FISHING!

While Australia celebrates Gone Fishing Day today and anglers take part in multiple events around the country ‘wetting a line’, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) has long been committed to funding research to ensure this pastime continues. Through the established...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Trust and integrity: The secret ingredients of successful fish farming

Highly scrutinised and highly responsive to industry criticism, aquaculture has the opportunity to set the benchmark in sustainable food production By Catherine Norwood In terms of global food production, aquaculture has come late to a table that is dominated by land-based competitors. But by...
Industry
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DATE:
2023-02-27

All you need to know about Standards

FRDC was successfully re-accredited by Standards Australia in September 2022 ‘to develop Standards in terminology, sustainability, and operational practices in the fishing and aquaculture industry’. As an accredited Standards Development Organisation FRDC has developed two standards; the...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

A people-focused approach

The desire to make an impact led scientist Renae Tobin to chart a new course that could better influence fisheries policy making and public perceptions By Lynda Delacey Initially an impassioned environmentalist, Renae Tobin has become a committed social scientiest during the course of her...
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DATE:
2019-01-24

Report upholds Australian fisheries sustainability record

24 January 2019 The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) welcomes the defence of Australia’s fisheries record in a paper authored by prominent fisheries scientists. The paper upholds the assessments of fish stock health published bi-yearly in the Status of Australian Fish...
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