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2024-03-26

International Coalition of Fisheries Associations launches website

The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) recently unveiled its inaugural website, fishcoalition.org Established in 1988, ICFA is a collective of national fish and seafood industry associations from major fishing nations worldwide. The group echoes a unified voice on global...
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2014-03-01

Back to school for NSW fishers

An FRDC-funded program facilitating an introduction to the seafood industry for schoolchildren has provided benefits to schools and professional fishers alike Inspired by their visit with professional fishers Paul and Richie Bagnato at Sydney Fish Market, students from Glebe Public School in...
Environment
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2016-06-01

Gulf model to manage marine interactions

New modelling of the Spencer Gulf marine ecosystem helps to identify how changes to one aspect of the ecosystem affect others Point Lowly, in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf. Photo: Bronwyn Gillanders By Annabel Boyer South Australia’s Spencer Gulf is a crowded environment when it...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-016
DATE START/END: 19 OCT 2018 - 29 SEP 2019

Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making

Information on fishing participation by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders forms a significant gap in the available knowledge required to manage marine resources and ecosystems at both regional and national levels. Until now, suitable approaches and communication pathways for...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
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2019-09-01

Joint initiative tackles biotoxins

Three Tasmanian seafood sectors have joined forces with national and international researchers to ensure food safety and develop new strategies to minimise the impacts of toxic algae blooms on seafood supplies By Catherine Norwood As many as 80 Southern Rock Lobsters were used in a...
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The Minister

FRDC is a statutory corporation within the portfolio of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Senator Murray Watt was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on 1 June 2022. The Minister's primary objectives are to shape research...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-042
DATE START/END: 14 AUG 2004 - 31 AUG 2007

Determination of a cost effective methodology for ongoing age monitoring needed for the management of finfish fisheries in Western Australia

Ongoing monitoring and assessments of the status of the fish stocks of WA is a necessary step to implement Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) for fisheries within Western Australia (Fletcher, 2002). Moreover, this was one of the main recommendations identified in the “Toohey Report”...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
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2018-03-01

Common approach to clearer language

By Catherine Norwood The meaning of terms such as ‘sustainability’, ‘responsible fishing’, ‘fully fished’ and ‘overfished’ is often unclear to members of the general public, and also to those within the fishing industry and seafood supply chain. Seafood Services Australia (SSA), in...
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