The initial certification process for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery (WRLF) to obtain accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in 2000 required an ecological risk assessment to be undertaken. Although that process, which was completed in 2001, rated the effects of lobster fishing on...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The Estuary Cockle, Anadara trapezia, is a bivalve mollusc found throughout the entire NSW coast. Generally, the species supports important commercial, recreational and Aboriginal fisheries. NSW DPI-Fisheries stock assessment reports have identified the paucity of knowledge on the biology, lifecycle...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department Of Primary Industries Port Stephens
A recently completed pilot-study, funded by the FRDC titled ‘Assessment of the implications of interactions between fur seals and sea lions and the southern rock lobster and gillnet sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) in South Australia’ (2005/077, Goldsworthy et...
Recommendation D10 of the Accelerating Precision to Decision Project is: That the 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) and the university sector strategically invest in education and capacity building for students, producers, agribusinesses, rural industries and their stakeholders to...
ORGANISATION:
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
This application is a response to the call by the FRDC as there is increasing interest in moving from the linear model of “take-make-waste” to one where products and materials are kept in use, processes are in place to use waste and remove pollution and natural systems are regenerated. This circular...
Seafood CRC participants have identified the need to improve competitiveness and profitability through improved supply chain management as one of their highest priorities. This is reflected in the outputs and milestones of the Seafood CRC agreement, the CRC OzSeaValue theme and plans of various CRC...
Citizen science has made an important contribution to an FRDC-funded project to predict the impact of climate change on three fish species of increasing recreational and commercial importance in Tasmania.
Dr Barrett Wolfe of IMAS processing fish frames. Photo - IMAS, Univesity of...