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PUBLISHED:
2021-11-30

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National Fisheries Plan Australia’s first National Fisheries Plan is expected to be released in February 2022 after extensive public consultation on the draft plan in September and October 2021. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment received 73 responses, including 23 formal...
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2019-12-01

Make way for farmed bugs and lobsters

By Catherine Norwood Moreton Bay Bugs can be grown to market size in about the same length of time as prawns. Photo: ARC Research Hub for Commercial Development of Rock Lobster Culture Systems At Toomulla Beach near Townsville, in Queensland’s north, a former prawn farm...
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2021-09-14

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Fisheries expert in leadership program The recently announced 28th cohort of the prestigious Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) includes fisheries consultant from Mount Nelson, Tasmania, Andrew Sullivan, who is sponsored by the FRDC. Sullivan is the director of Fish Focus...
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2021-03-01

Support in the workplace

The FRDC has actively promoted workplace wellbeing to support staff through a difficult year By Ilaria Catizone Photo:123rf A year like no other, 2020 was scarred by bushfires, a global pandemic and an economic crisis, resulting in disruption, uncertainty and loss that has...
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2020-12-01

Blueprint for Australian seaweed industry

The Australian seaweed sector could grow to be worth $1.5 billion by 2040, employing 9000 people and helping to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10 per cent, according to the recently released Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint. By Catherine Norwood The blueprint, released by...
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2018-09-01

Fishers step up to the festival experience

Victoria’s commercial fishers are making community engagement a priority to build support for the sector and local seafood Above Harbourside stands and events brought festival-goers into direct contact with fishers at the Apollo Bay Seafood Festival. Photo: UBranding Pty Ltd By...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-037
DATE START/END: 5 AUG 2021 - 13 OCT 2021

Determining if the CCSBT Management Procedure sufficiently demonstrates sustainability credentials of Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna

SBT is an expanding Australian export fishery which is part of the international SBT fishery managed by the Commission for the Conservation of SBT (www.ccsbt.org). Since CCSBT introduced the Management Procedure (MP) Harvest Strategy in 2012 to set the international quota, Australia’s quota...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
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DATE:
2022-11-24

AI advancing for abalone

By Michelle Daw Technology that will save time and money, provide more accurate data more often, and reduce stress on farmed abalone, is continuing to prove its worth in trials. A multi-disciplinary team at James Cook University (JCU) is testing tools and methodology to use...
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