A request was received from Clean Seas Tuna (CST) to develop a research proposal with them and the South Australian Marine Finfish Farmers Association (SAMFFA) for the Australian Seafood CRC to address their identified high priority aquatic animal health bottlenecks limiting production of yellowtail...
ASI manages the selective breeding program for the Australian Pacific oyster industry. ASI was formed in 2004 and has a long history of R&D projects related to development of the selective breeding programs. FRDC Project 2000/206 "Sustainable genetic improvement of Pacific oysters in Tasmania and...
Oysters Australia is the national body representing oyster growers of Australia. The Fisheries R&D Corporation and Oysters Australia are currently working together to renew the Industry Partnership Agreement that provides funds for research that benefits oyster growers.
The Covid19 crisis has...
The FRDC is accountable under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act (PIRD Act 1989) to representative bodies nominated by the responsible Minister.
The FRDC has three representative organisations appointed under the legislation:
Australian Recreational and Sport Fishing...
Fishing is the major extractive resource use on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), where the annual economic value of the commercial Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery is about AU$60-100 million. Each year the commercial line sector harvests between 3000-4000 t from the multi-species reef line fishery, while...