Building the skills of the next generation of stock assessment scientists to support informed fisheries management is a priority for FRDC.
By Catherine Norwood
Fisheries stock assessment is a relatively niche field – a national database lists only 100 people who work in this...
Plans to kickstart action on industry issues, and to bring consumers along on the seafood journey, are part of a new format for the national conference
Story and photo Catherine Norwood
Seafood Industry Victoria executive director Johnathon Davey, pictured at the Apollo Bay Seafood Festival,...
The Australian wild abalone resource is experiencing under pressure from fishing, environmental change and disease outbreak. In Western Australia, these fisheries have been particularly hard hit by the warm water events experienced beginning in 2011and subsequent years. These events have severely...
South Australia’s prawn fishers are on the brink of a digital transformation, after successful sea-testing software Deckhand, showcased the potential to improve the efficiency and profitability of their operations.
By Catherine Norwood
In South Australia’s Spencer Gulf and West...
A range of shark deterrent devices using acoustic, electronic and electromagnetic technologies is being put to the test in Western Australia’s shark hotspots
By Catherine Norwood
Researcher Peter Coulson with the shark deterrent devices being tested in Western Australia, from left, Ocean...