A lot has changed since FRDC developed its first strategic plan in the early 1990s.
There has been widespread digitisation of enormous amounts of information, development of smart systems that communicate interdependently, a huge decrease in cost and increase in the power of computing, a global...
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is responsible for the management of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) fisheries within its Convention area in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic toothfish are long-lived, late-maturing and highly adapted to cold...
The project is the result of industry consultation through the Subcommittee for Aquatic Anima Health producing a prioritised list of veterinary medicines for aquatic animals. In August 2021 a request for pre-application advice was made to the Australian Pesticides and Vterinary Medicines Authority...
Estuaries provide crucial habitats for numerous commercially and recreationally important fish species (Haedrich 1983, Potter et al. 1990, Elliot and Dewailly 1995, Valesini et al. 1997). Some marine species use estuaries either as a nursery area or for more protracted periods, while other species...
This project is focused on growing the key existing Australian Yellowtail Kingfish (YTK) industry participants, as well as the industry as a whole, and directly addresses FRDC's new strategic plan to build Australian sustainable aquaculture development through the activities of the new 'New and...
This project was developed in response to biosecurity quarantine trade restrictions put into place due to the white spot prawn disease event on the NSW Clarence Region. The main burden placed on fishers within the region is the inability to sell uncooked prawns. It is through intense strategic...