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DATE:
2023-09-26

Less fuel, bait, and time out at sea – why wouldn’t you?

The most comprehensive pot-design testing program ever undertaken for the Southern Australian Rock Lobster Fishery may be a gamechanger for its sustainability and economic performance. By Dempsey Ward Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) are a valuable fishery resource...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-008
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2012 - 5 JUN 2016

Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries

Marine seismic surveys, an indispensable part of offshore petroleum exploration, use intense low frequency acoustic signals produced by air guns to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs (McCauley et al., 2000). The main environmental concern for marine seismic surveys is the potential for the acoustic...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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PUBLISHED:
2018-06-01

Netting data to bury phanton fishing

Coordinating data collection and collaborating with fishers are key requirements in successfully dealing with the global issue of ghost gear The Global Ghost Gear Initiative website highlights clean-up activities around the world. By Annabel Boyer Lost fishing gear represents about 10 per...
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PUBLISHED:
2017-12-01

Access all areas

The FRDC’s revamped websites will provide unprecedented access to fisheries information for diverse audiences, from consumers and fishers to researchers, traders, managers and the media Centralising its information and data and connecting what were previously standalone websites into a suite of...
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PUBLISHED:
2014-09-01

Sharper senses aid ocean investigations

The latest addition to Australia’s marine research capacity is set to revolutionise ocean research, with open access to far more detailed data than has ever been available before By Emily Weekes After more than a decade of debate, design and construction involving many hundreds of people,...
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PUBLISHED:
2013-03-01

Seafood Services Australia signs off

The organisation that has spearheaded efforts to provide a common, national naming system for Australia’s diverse seafood has closed its doors. Seafood Services Australia (SSA), which operated the Fish Names website, announced on 22 July that it would cease trading. Established in...
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DATE:
2022-05-19

Further reading

Chadderton, W.L., Grainger, N. & Dean, T. (2003). Appendix 1 – Prioritising control of invasive freshwater fish. In Managing invasive freshwater fish in New Zealand. Proceedings of a workshop hosted by Department of Conservation, 10–12 May 2001, pp. 171–174. Hamilton, New Zealand: Department of...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-068
DATE START/END: 30 AUG 2004 - 11 MAR 2007

Effects of Trawl Subprogram: evaluation of the effectiveness of reducing dolphin catches with pingers and exclusion grids in the Pilbara trawl fishery

The Pilbara Trawl Fishery captures approximately 50 dolphins per year (Stephenson and Chidlow 2003), nearly always dead. Video footage taken with a digital camera mounted on the headrope, pointing towards the cod-end, revealed dolphins swimming in the pressure wave of the net and feeding on the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-747
DATE START/END: 19 OCT 2009 - 30 AUG 2010

SCRC: Can they hear me?...Modern and innovative strategies to communicate with the seafood industry

An essential role of research providers is to ensure that results are effectively communicated to stakeholders. Making current and relevant research available in a readily accessible format is one of the keys to adaptively managing this important relationship. It keeps stakeholders informed of...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-136
DATE START/END: 8 MAR 2017 - 30 JAN 2018

Australian Fish and Chip Awards 2017

State and National Fish and Chip Awards – every two years the FRDC gets asked to sponsor both jurisdictional and national seafood awards. Historically the FRDC has sponsored the R&D Award. In 2017, the FRDC will change direction and sponsor the fish and chip category in an endeavour to reach a much...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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