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30 May 2023
Blue Swimmer Crabs (Portunus armatus) are highly prized among commercial and recreational fishers and new FRDC-funded research outlines strategies to support compliance and maintain the resource for...
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28 Apr 2023
1500+ years of fishing experience come face-to-face to discuss issues facing the East Coast trawl sector.  By Dempsey Ward   Trawl fishers from northern Queensland met in two workshops – in...
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22 Mar 2023
Tristan Guillemin, the winner of FRDC’s 2023 ‘Science and Innovation Award’, talks about his Award-winning project and how he was able to ‘kill two birds with one stone’. The Science and Innovation...
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22 Mar 2023
Cross sector collaborations focused on regional needs would help the fishing and aquaculture sector expand circular economy initiatives.  By Catherine Norwood   Circular economy principles...
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22 Mar 2023
New national committee established to guide research priorities for the recreational fishing sector.  By Brad Collis   The release of the National Social and Economic Recreational Fishing...
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20 Dec 2022
Research Advisory Committees (RACs) play a vital role in ensuring FRDC investments delivers real impact through investment in research, development, and extension (RD&E).   There are eight...
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24 Nov 2022
The search for fishing gear that is both ecologically and economically sustainable is not easy, but continuing data collection is helping fishery managers make more informed decisions.   By...
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24 Nov 2022
By Michelle Daw   Technology that will save time and money, provide more accurate data more often, and reduce stress on farmed abalone, is continuing to prove its worth in trials.  A...
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24 Nov 2022
By Michelle Daw   For 30 years, the unique, experiential-based Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) has been bringing together and developing people from our rural, regional and remote...
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14 Jun 2022
FRDC is taking a lead role in the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange initiative, which aims to develop digital infrastructure to transform operations in primary production and food supply chains By...
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14 Jun 2022
The 2020 Cairns cohort of the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) was able to recently graduate in Canberra in a face-to-face ceremony, after being delayed by Covid. NSILP is an...