Fresh, local, high-quality seafood has helped create a successful formula for the most recent winner of the National Fish and Chips Award
By Rebecca Thyer
Kelly Morgan with her award
Photos: Sally Morgan
A salty breeze, the sound of the ocean and pesky seagulls wanting to be included...
A new database that identifies the make-up of different Australian wild and farmed prawns at an atomic level will provide all players in the supply chain with confidence in the integrity of a homegrown product
By Catherine Norwood
Photo: 123rf
Australian prawns are part of a very exclusive...
Value-added products provide pockets of growth for fish and seafood, tapping into retail produce convenience trends
By Melanie Norris, senior manager, Fresh Analytics team, Nielsen
Source: Nielsen Homescan 52 weeks to 15/06/19
Consumers are increasingly...
Australia needs to control carp – we’re working on how.
Carp are pest fish from Europe. They’ve taken over our rivers like rabbits: they’re an ecological disaster on a massive scale.
Every day that carp remain in our rivers is an insult. It’s an insult to our beautiful native fish, our rivers...
A team of emerging leaders in Australia’s fishing and seafood sectors set out to identify how smartphone apps and digital technologies are benefitting users
By Luke Cordwell, Jaime McAllister and Cassandra Pert
From enhanced user experiences to digital catch reporting, the creation...
***NOTE: The following project proposal is submitted to the FRABs for comment. Please note that this application is not being submitted through the open round for approval for FRDC project funding but to the People Development Program directly.
PROJECT BACKGROUND:
As competition for marine...
Updating the knowledge
Overview
The last time a comprehensive study was undertaken on the value of recreational fishing in Australia was in 2001, when the last national social and economic survey was undertaken. This comprehensive 2001 study found that estimated expenditure on services and...
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...