Project number: 2008-915
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $31,950.00
Principal Investigator: Marty Phillips
Organisation: Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA)
Project start/end date: 31 Dec 2008 - 30 Nov 2011
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES

Need

The Australian barramundi farming sector is a small and growing industry, with the opportunity to sell high quality product at premium prices.

Although many aquaculture ventures across Australia have licences to grow barramundi, the industry comprises only 25 ventures that produce barramundi on sufficient scale to regarded as full time enterprises. These businesses have little or no capacity to coordinate investment in, and manage industry development. There is great difficulty in providing a whole of industry perspective on R&D and hence difficulty in capturing the benefits of scale arising from investment in innovation. Collective action on R&D will help capture the benefits of R&D and will deliver future growth.

The ABFA is now established and well positioned with the CRC to implement its strategic plan and to integrate R&D work across all stakeholders under its leadership. CRC staff have participated in several planning meetings, the proposed projects have been decided.

There is now a need for the ABFA to appoint one of our members to act as a liasion point with the CRC, to ensure barramundi farmers are involved in the R&D and contribute their resources when required. This person will also faciltate effective communication and coordination with all stakeholders, particularly at the start of projects and coomunication of results.

Objectives

1. To coordinate the planning, implementation, and reporting of R&D projects conducted by the Seafood CRC to achieve the outcomes specified in the ABFA Strategic Plan.
2. To facilitate the barramundi farming industry participation in Seafood CRC projects and the extension and utilization of the project results, particularly in relation to the development of new products and new markets
3. To establish, by December 2011, a mechanism by which the ABFA can fund its own R&D coordination and communication activities

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9871427-1-9
Author: Graham Dalton
Final Report • 2012-04-01 • 109.04 KB
2008_915_DLD.pdf

Summary

This project allowed work with the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA) to:

  • Coordinate the planning, implementation, and reporting of R&D projects conducted by the Seafood CRC to achieve the outcomes specified in the ABFA Strategic Plan.
  • Facilitate the barramundi farming industry participation in Seafood CRC projects and the extension and utilization of the project results, particularly in relation to the development of new products and new markets.
  • Work towards establishing a mechanism by which the ABFA can fund its own R&D coordination and communication activities.

This project provided ABFA with the capacity to provide information and essential contacts and support to CRC participants and researchers involved in projects relating to this industry. This was especially important as the capacity of the industry was stretched as a result of floods and cyclones. The resources provided as part of this project enabled research and development to continue as a priority.

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