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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...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-246
DATE START/END: 25 AUG 2016 - 29 JUN 2017

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2015

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics, formerly known as the Australian fisheries statistics, has presented annual updates on the value and volume of fisheries production and trade data since 1992. Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics continues to be the only collated and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
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PUBLISHED:
2017-03-01

Leaders aim to strengthen national seafood identity

Diverse perspectives find common ground among the aspirations of a new generation of seafood sector leaders By Catherine Norwood 2016 NSILP graduates (back, from left) Matt Watson, Zak Olsen, Dan Kimberley, Dale Maschette, John Duffy, Asher Flynn, Felipe Henriquez, Markus Nolle, Emma Wilkie,...
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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:
2022-03-04

New projects

The FRDC Board has recently approved the following research projects Project number Project Applicant R&D Plan outcome 2021-096 Southern Rock Lobster planning and management...
Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-054
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 1 JUL 2007

Effects of Trawling Subprogram: collaborative extension program by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Seanet and Ecofish for the development and adoption of square mesh codends in select prawn and scallop trawl fisheries in Queensland

Legislation requiring the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) was introduced in Queensland as part of the Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management Plan 1999. The legislation was introduced in response to the need to manage fisheries with an ecosystem...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-762
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2011 - 29 JAN 2014

Seafood CRC: recovering a collapsed abalone stock through translocation

This project is in response to a catastrophic mortality of a commercial abalone fishery in Western Australia due to an anomalous environmental event in the summer of 2010/11. During this event, termed a "marine heatwave", SST rose to lethal levels for this species (roe's abalone) and effectively...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-209
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2013 - 11 JAN 2015

Optimising processes and policy to minimise business and operational impacts of seismic surveys on the fishing industry and oil and gas industry

The commercial fishing industry has operated in Australian waters for over a century, often in areas without other resource extraction activities taking place, but in recent years there has been a significant increase for exploration of oil and gas in many of these same waters. This exploration...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Victoria Inc (SIV)
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