A new FRDC-funded research project helps oyster farmers leverage impressive environmental credentials to improve community and consumer messaging.
By Peter Barrett
Photo of person holding Moreton Bay oysters
Say oysters and most people conjure up images of romance,...
The FRDC board has recently approved the following research projects to go ahead
Project number
Project
Applicant
R&D Plan outcome
2021-036
Management and delivery of the...
Oysters Australia is testing the effectiveness of increasing sales by targeting customers in seafood retail stores
Images (and below right) from the pilot retail oyster promotional campaign.
By Rachel King
A trial of promotional materials for oysters last year doubled oyster sales at the...
Australian Society is facing a rapidly expanding health crisis of increasing obesity that will become a major community and societal cost over the next 10 to 20 years.
Australia is now acknowledged as being the second most overweight nation in the world! A recent study reports that 68% of men...
Stock enhancement, and in particular, enhancement of high value sedentary shellfish is being increasingly recognised as a novel management strategy that could increase economic yield of a fishery (Caddy and Defeo, 2003). The theoretical basis for successful stock enhancement is that carrying...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
This application was developed in response to a request for an FRDC and Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership (GHHP) project to develop a fish sampling program and fish health indicators for the Gladstone Harbour Report Card. This application is consistent with the project scope developed by FRDC...