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PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-200

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Community Sentiment Survey

Australia’s Commonwealth, state and territory governments together with regulatory bodies and local authorities have worked in partnership with the fishing industry, scientists, economists, environmental non-government organisations to establish management frameworks for fishing in...

ORGANISATION:

Intuitive Solutions

TAGS

Survey

PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-201

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

FRDC Community Engagement Strategy Evaluation Framework

This report outlines the process and outcomes of the Community Engagement Monitoring & Evaluation Framework and Toolkit project that the FRDC contracted Clear Horizon Consulting to complete.

ORGANISATION:

Clear Horizon

TAGS

Stakeholder

Resource Access And Allocation

Human Dimensions Research

Community

Communications

PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-037

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Western Rock Lobster Community and Industry Outreach Program

ORGANISATION:

Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-058

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Communications Program – Increasing community understanding, trust and acceptance for the Western Rock Lobster industry

The original intention of the Western Rock Lobster (WRL) Communications Program was to deliver its communications and engagement activities over four years from 2021 to 2025. However, as investigations progressed additional information about the communication and engagement needs of stakeholders...

ORGANISATION:

Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)

TAGS

SPECIES

ACPF IPA Management and Community Engagement, People Development Programs

Project number: 2021-080

Project Status:

Current

Budget expenditure: $1,023,232.00

Principal Investigator: Rachel King

Organisation: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)

Project start/end date: 31 Oct 2021 - 29 May 2026

Contact:

FRDC

SPECIES

Need

The ACPF IPA management project is needed to:

1. Resource the investment of $3.98M under a 2021-2025 IPA across Environment, Industry, Communities, People, Adoption Programs according to the ACPF's 2021-2025 Strategic Plan (Note that the ACPF's Plan is aligned to the Goals of FRDC's 2020-2025 RD&E Plan)

2. Deliver a People Development Program

3. Deliver a Community Engagement Program which is designed to maintain moderated community engagement with RD&E projects (in the form of 'What We Care About Series')

Objectives

1. ACPF IPA RD&E funds are invested according to RD&E priorities in the 2021-2025 ACPF Strategic plan and the associated Program allocation %s

2. ACPF IPA RD&E investments address goals in the FRDC's 2021-2025 RD&E Plan

3. Commission stakeholder driven investments, in partnership with prawn fishery jurisdictions, that address RD&E priorities in the 2021-2025 ACPF Strategic plan

4. Collaborate with other sectors and utilise alternative funding sources to address RD&E priorities in the 2021-2025 ACPF Strategic plan

5. Engage the community on RD&E outputs that address shared values

6. Advance wild caught prawn sector people through a People Development Program

7. Finalise a 2026-2030 ACPF Strategic Plan and RD&E priorities

PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-172

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Methods to profile and connect the provenance of wild caught prawn fisheries and their values to the community

The wild prawn industry, as a key influencer of the community's (sustainability) perception of the Australian seafood industry, has addressed identified risks to social license so that it can protect its legal license to operate in public waters. This report provides the results and conclusions on...

ORGANISATION:

Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-063

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

WRL Communication, Education and Engagement Program

This report encapsulates the achievements and outcomes of the Western Rock Lobster Council's (WRL) Communication, Education, and Engagement Program (Project 2022-063), which aimed to enhance community understanding, trust, and acceptance of the Western Rock Lobster industry. Through innovative...

ORGANISATION:

Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-412

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

ACPF IPA: Australian wild caught prawn sector RD&E management and communication

This project enabled the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers to coordinate, commission and extend its RD&E investments under the 2016 2020 Industry Partnership Agreement with FRDC. The report documents the process and plans behind each of the IPA’s programs: Community...

ORGANISATION:

Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-132

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Ensuring that fishing and seafood industry focused RD&E delivers improved economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia’s Indigenous people – IRG and Indigenous Subprogram Support

ORGANISATION:

Five Cubed Environmental Indigenous Consultants Pty Ltd

TAGS

Indigenous

Fisheries Management

Community

PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-049

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

A Better Way to Fish: testing the feasibility of tunnel net ‘fish trap’ gear in North Queensland

This study found that tunnel nets are technically feasible in this location. In spite of the weather conditions, the fishing gear remained intact and successfully captured significant numbers of marketable fishes. Importantly, SOCI species were released alive and in excellent condition, as were...

ORGANISATION:

James Cook University (JCU)

TAGS

Threatened Endangered Protected Species

SPECIES