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Seafood New Zealand Conference August 2025 - Travel bursary for Alex McManus to present the Health Benefits of Seafood

Project number: 2025-014
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $4,602.00
Principal Investigator: Alexandra McManus
Organisation: McManus R&D Consulting
Project start/end date: 23 Jun 2025 - 30 Aug 2025
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence
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National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) 2025-2026

Project number: 2024-041
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $1,183,200.00
Principal Investigator: Heidi J. Mumme
Organisation: Mi-Fish Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 29 Jan 2025 - 14 Feb 2027
Contact:
FRDC

Need

FRDC is currently operating under the 2020-2025 Research and Development Plan. This plan details the areas of investment for the industry and provides direction regarding the leadership requirements for the Australia seafood industry.

FRDC states that "This is one of the FRDC’s most ‘people-centric’ plans to date, with a focus on capacity building, shaping culture, building relationships and establishing shared principles and values.” Importantly for the seafood industry and community, capacity building is high on the agenda.

The NSILP responds to four enabling strategies
‘Strengthen adoption for transformative change’ (through increasing and improving the uptake of knowledge, skills, solutions, technology and new ways of thinking to create positive change for industry).
‘Promote innovation and entrepreneurship’ (through encouraging new solutions, products and processes as well as new ways of thinking and doing).
‘Build capability and capacity’ (through helping people from across fishing and aquaculture to have the knowledge and skills needed to be safe, happy and productive, and to adapt and flourish in the face of change).
‘Provide foundational information and support services’ (through delivering information to guide the evolution of fishing and aquaculture in Australia).

The industry needs that have been identified are:

- Capacity building and leadership knowledge.
- Although online delivery evolved and improved during COVID, face-to-face remains the preferred method of NSILP learning/delivery to enable the opportunity to build in-person connections.
- Resourced and facilitated Alumni and industry networking and connections.

Objectives

1. Engage with and enable industry to build leadership awareness and capability - communicate NSILP cohorts/programs annually and Seafood Directions 2026 NSILP Alumni opportunities
2. Review and development of materials and resources
3. Deliver four NSILP face to face programs and 2026 SD NSILP Alumni events
4. Support participants before, during and after their learning experience and support industry engagement with the program and participants.
5. Enable new and robust networks across NSILP cohorts and Alumni into the wider industry
6. Review - establish success factors for leadership learning
7. Connect NSILP cohorts with the FRDC RD&E plan and expertise
8. Explore approaches to showcase NSILP Alumni pathways
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-013
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Australian Sea Country Conference 2024

This report outlines the key findings, survey results, and contributions from the inaugural Australian Sea Country Conference highlighting the innovative discussions and forward-thinking outcomes that will shape the future of Sea Country governance in Australia. The conference, held over...
ORGANISATION:
Aboriginal Sea Company
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First Nations Leadership Capacity Building and Macroalgae Research Trip to the 9th Asian Pacific Phycological Forum (APPF 2024) in Hokkaido, Japan.

Project number: 2023-198
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $10,175.00
Principal Investigator: Brad Darkson
Organisation: Moonrise Seaweed Co. Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 19 Jun 2024 - 30 Oct 2024
Contact:
FRDC

Need

16th (Tue): Plenary lecture, Mini-symposium, General presentation (oral, poster), Forum dinner (Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo)
17th (Wed): Plenary lecture, Mini-symposium, General presentation (oral, poster), Closing ceremony
18th (Thu): Excursion (optional)

Activities undertaken include:
- attendance of the above forum days (each mini-symposium consisting of several presentations taking place simultaneously across 3 separate halls);
- networking with international experts in phycology;
- learning about local Ainu First Nations relationship with seaweed from both cultural and custodian stand-points; and
- report compiled of key findings relevant to FRDC and the emerging domestic seaweed industry, with a focus on building and disseminating knowledge within local First Nations.

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