The FRDC finds business confidence in the seafood sector remains positive, although there is more it can do to engage stakeholders
By Annabel Boyer
The FRDC’s latest survey of stakeholders engaged in the commercial supply of seafood has found businesses, governments and researchers...
By Dempsey Ward
Earlier this month FRDC directors and supporting staff travelled to Hobart to engage with stakeholders and undertake the June FRDC Board meeting. While in Tasmania, the group visited representatives of the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
First stop was the Huon...
New FRDC research seeks to understand why jellyfish blooms are persisting in the Hawkesbury Estuary – a significant disruption causing financial distress for commercial trawl and mesh fishers working in the river.
By Dempsey Ward
The Hawkesbury Estuary, a vital artery for Australia’s...
The Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, implemented a developmental strategy for octopus in the late 1990s, issuing 6 exemption licenses to investigate the possibility of developing an octopus fishery. This was the culmination of a strategy begining with research conducted by Japanese...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA