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...

A new group of Research Advisory Committee (RAC) members will provide their input into FRDC’s research priorities when they commence in the second half of 2023.  By Dempsey Ward   FRDC's...

FRDC is thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for four people to participate in a five-day Fisheries Management course at the University of Wollongong from Monday 22 May to Friday 26 May...

In early April, FRDC directors and staff travelled west to visit the fishing and aquaculture sectors in Western Australia.    The FRDC directors with Bryn Westerberg unloading sardines from...

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...

Seafood on Spencer   On a sunny Saturday in late March, thousands of people flocked to a sold-out Seafood on Spencer festival. Held on the foreshore at Port Broughton on the Yorke Peninsula of...

Commercial and recreational fishers have contributed hundreds of fish samples to help develop new ways to detect ciguatera toxins, as part of FRDC funded food safety research.  By Catherine...

For the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal coastal communities, seafood connection to community is much more important than just the meals it provides and the jobs it supports, finds new FRDC-supported...

The FRDC team was saddened at the passing of Australian agriculture reformist and advocate, the Hon John Kerin AO, former Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 1983 and 1993.   ...

Students are the workforce of the future, which is why some of Australia’s most innovative seafood companies are joining an interactive Q&A panel to showcase opportunities for future careers in...