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2021-06-01

FRDC revises advisory structures

Revamped advisory committees have broadened their membership while tightening their focus on outcomes for end users The FRDC’s new Research and Development Plan 2020-2025 has set the direction for the organisation’s research activities over the next five years. The FRDC has also revamped its...
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2021-06-01

Experimenting to improve delivery

The FRDC has been exploring new ways of working to improve efficiency and client focus By Chris Izzo and Annabel Boyer Throughout 2020, COVID-19 outbreaks across Australia severely impacted everyone’s lives. While many Australians were struggling to purchase basic groceries, others had to...
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2021-06-01

In brief

Seafood leadership program The National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP), funded by the FRDC, is running three courses in 2021 – two are a continuation of disrupted 2020 courses, and a third course will also be completed this year. The ongoing Port Lincoln group includes Anthony...
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2021-06-01

Fisheries sustainability reports expand

The fifth edition of the Status of Australian Fish Stocks, launched on World Oceans Day, 8 June 2021, marks a decade of expanded national assessments of Australia’s fisheries Words Annabel Boyer Illustrations efishalbum.com With its fifth edition completed, the Status of...
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2021-06-01

Risky business: equipping Australia’s fisheries for climate change

A new handbook offers a step-by-step guide to managing the risks of climate change in Australian fisheries By Chris Clark Climate change is wreaking havoc in natural systems, and the plans that fisheries managers and other fisheries stakeholders have in place today may quickly prove...
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2021-06-01

FISH Vol 29 2

FISH is the official newsletter of the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. The hard copy version is distributed widely throughout the industry via direct mail. To obtain a hard copy of "FISH", please fill in your details...
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2021-03-01

Healthy fish, healthy harbour

Detailed health assessments on a range of popular recreational and commercial fish species are now a regular part of annual reporting on the health of Queensland’s Gladstone Harbour By Gio Braidotti Shaun Adlam (of CQUniversity) and Darren Hodges (a Gidarjil sea ranger) setting a gill net...
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2021-03-01

NT builds new fishing experiences

New reef design amplifies habitat for northern marine species and opportunities for recreational fishers By Barbara Adam The custom-made Reef Pyramids are designed to enhance the underwater habitat for a broad range of fish. Photo: Northern Territory Fisheries After...
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2021-03-01

Management and technology deliver fishery confidence

Australian Longline’s new $40 million, state-of-the-art fishing vessel makes a bold statement about the company’s confidence in the future of fishing By Brad Collis Malcolm McNeill, pictured with the Antarctic Aurora, Hobart, Tasmania Photo: Brad Collis When Malcolm...
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2021-03-01

Insights from the seafood supply chain

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...
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