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Carbon Farming Outreach Program. Integrated approaches to building fishing and aquaculture emission knowledge - Gap analysis

Project number: 2024-050
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $121,600.00
Principal Investigator: Tom T. Cosentino
Organisation: Margo Consulting
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2025 - 29 Jan 2026
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Climate Resilience
Climate Change

Need

FRDC will analyse fishing and aquaculture emissions reduction and carbon sequestration information to support development of the Carbon Farming Outreach Program's knowledge bank. FRDC will identify gaps in publicly available information on emissions reduction, emissions intensity, and carbon sequestration, and provide actionable insights/recommendations to avoid duplication and ensure cross-commodity consistency. The project will collaborate across stakeholders, RDCs, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the broader supply chain. The project will engage a consultant with extensive knowledge of fishing and aquaculture and other commodities to conduct the analysis, ensuring it is informed by industry-specific expertise and includes collaborative opportunities with other RDCs. The project will involve systematic stakeholder consultations to identify and prioritise gaps and develop actionable recommendations for producers to lower emissions and sequester carbon.

Objectives

1. Identify gaps in publicly available commodity specific information relating to on-farm, wildcatch fishery emissions reduction and carbon sequestration opportunities.
2. Identify and prioritise within the Fishing and Aquaculture sector opportunities to address gaps in commodity specific information, based on latest research and stakeholder needs, leading to actionable insights and recommendations
3. Identify and propose strategies that allow FRDC to work collaboratively with the Department, DCCEEW, other RDCs and the broader supply chain to address information gaps to ensure consistency across commodities and avoid duplication
4. Prepare final report outlining the manner in which FRDC should inform the Department and DCCEEW so that they have an understanding of the most appropriate and functional formats and delivery channels for commodity specific information within Fishing and Aquaculture

SafeFish 2025-2030

Project number: 2024-046
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $2,298,000.00
Principal Investigator: Alison Turnbull
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 31 Aug 2025 - 27 Jun 2030
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Wild Catch
Trade
Indigenous
Food Safety
Communications

Need

Maintaining and enhancing market access for Australian seafood in an ever-changing environment is critical for future industry growth and survival. The current geo-political landscape and impacts of our changing climate on food safety hazards exacerbates a number of the food safety risks. SafeFish makes a significant contribution to this by carrying out the following:

1. Food safety incident response. SafeFish provides industry and government with immediate technical information required to respond to incidents relating to food safety and/or market access. Subsequently, technical input is provided to update policies for prevention and response of similar incidents should they recur. Appropriate technical responses reduce the impact of food safety incidents and ensure better outcomes for all involved.

2. Technical input to inter-government consultations on food regulations and market access. It is essential for the Australian seafood industry to participate in consultations such as Codex and monitor top export destination regulatory changes through WTO SPS notifications to ensure that proposed new, or modified, regulations are pragmatic, fit for purpose and cost-effective for the Australian seafood industry. It is far easier to influence standards under development than after they have been finalised. Similarly, it is essential for the seafood industry, through coordination by SafeFish, to input into domestic regulation reviews at Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).

3. Proactive research, risk analyses and training. The safety of Australian seafood is not negotiable in domestic and international markets. Over recent years SafeFish has conducted many activities to assist the industry anticipate and minimize food safety risks. The objective of these activities has always been to identify and mitigate risks before they cause a problem, or to grow knowledge to enable us to improve our risk management in a cost-effective manner.

Objectives

1. Deliver robust food safety research and advice to industry and regulators that underpins Australia’s reputation as a producer of safe seafood
2. Maintain and enhance the capabilities in seafood food safety in Australia
3. Implement governance and engagement of SafeFish to facilitate cost effective, efficient, and timely operations and maximise impacts
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