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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-049
DATE START/END: 29 MAY 2005 - 30 JUN 2008

An industry-based program to monitor seal interactions in the SETF

The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multi-species multi-gear situated off the south east coast of Australia. It is Australia’s largest scalefish fishery, providing most of the fresh fish to domestic markets. The fishery has both trawl and non-trawl sectors. The trawl...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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PUBLISHED:
2016-09-01

New value from seafood

Innovation in processing and product development is identifying new opportunities to increase the value of waste in the seafood sector By Catherine Norwood Doing more with the seafood we already harvest is the aim of an FRDC-funded project focusing on new opportunities for seafood...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-041
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2009 - 29 MAR 2012

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Tools for investigation of the nodavirus carrier state in marine, euryhaline and freshwater fish and control of NNV through integrated management

FRDC has previously funded R&D on NNV infection in barramundi. The outcomes of these projects have informed disease control practices, and led to standard diagnostic tests being made available in aquatic animal health laboratories throughout Australia. In 2005-2006 there was a quantum leap in...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
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PUBLISHED:
2021-09-14

Seaweed body to grow shared goals

The new Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance is working to focus the efforts and resources of this emerging aquaculture sector to accelerate its growth By Catherine Norwood Creating a national hatchery network and working with state governments to develop policies that...
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PUBLISHED:
2020-05-15

Evolving our crisis response

Patrick Hone, Managing Director, FRDC When the FRDC began developing its next research and development plan early in 2019, few could have believed the next 12 months would bring not one but two major events capable of scarring the nation’s psyche: widespread, intense bushfires,...
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PUBLISHED:
2018-06-01

FRDC sponsors innovation competition

Fostering innovation and greater productivity in Australia’s fishing sector is the aim of an event that connects innovators with the investment to make their ideas a reality Improved catch methods, aquaculture innovation and new seafood products are among the focal points of a new Australian...
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DATE:
2023-09-26

Sawing through research to understand the endangered sawfish

Australia is one of the last strongholds for sawfish in the world as populations elsewhere have declined or become extinct. To ensure Australian sawfish populations stay healthy, northern Australia fishers and research organisations are collaborating to understand the impact of sawfish...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-243
DATE START/END: 18 JAN 2015 - 29 JUN 2015

NSW Oyster Industry Strategic Development Plan

Previous FRDC and CRC funded projects have identified factors affecting growth and profitability of the NSW oyster industry. For example, Schrobback (QUT), in “Economic analyses of Australia’s Sydney rock oyster (SRO) industry”, described the NSW SRO industry as having been in a state of...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-124
DATE START/END: 26 NOV 2018 - 30 MAR 2021

Southern Ocean IPA - Science to support Australia’s Southern Ocean Fisheries 2018-2020

The waters of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI), as well as in the EEZ of the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT), fall within the area of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Under its domestic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-063
DATE START/END: 14 APR 2005 - 30 NOV 2008

Determining ecological effects of longline fishing in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery

The Fisheries and EPBC Acts now require that fisheries are managed sustainably, not only for target species but for the ecosystem in which the fisheries operate. The ET&BF impacts pelagic ecosystems by taking a range of apex predators including tunas, billfishes and sharks, along with other minor...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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