Tactical Research Fund: To explore ways to engage successfully with the indigenous community on fisheries R&D issues
FRDC have conservatively described engagement with the indigenous community as challenging. Indigenous fishing is one of three core topic areas within the current FRDC priority areas and, despite significant opportunity, has received limited interest from the target market.
This project aims to develop and test guidelines for engagement with indigenous applicants and to test the current FRDC funding application process for its "user-friendliness" to this target audience.
Testing the guidelines for engagement will involve people with limited experience with indigenous communities supported by more experienced team members. It is also hoped that FRDC staff will participate in the testing phase.
Final report
Indigenous fishing subprogram: Business Nous - Indigenous business development opportunities and impediments in the fishing and seafood industry
WRL Communication, Education and Engagement Program
Measuring non-commercial fishing catches (traditional fishing) in the Torres Strait in order to improve fisheries management and promote sustainable livelihoods
Identifying and synthesizing key messages from projects funded by the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group
The IRG has raised a need to synthesise the key messages from previous projects that they have supported. In order to ensure that the data and information from these projects are accessible and easily understood for various audiences (includes Indigenous, commercial and recreational stakeholders, researchers, policy makers and the general public), the IRG has identified a need to create succinct materials that can be useful to those that seek to develop policy and stimulate community driven engagement.
Final report
- To gain an understanding of the materials and formats that policy makers and key fisheries organisations need in their use of research to develop policy.
- To improve general stakeholder awareness of the key research findings in of FRDC and IRG projects.
- To provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with material that they can use in their engagement with government and non-government agencies.
- To develop succinct fact-sheets and a report that integrate the key messages of eight previous IRG projects in a user-friendly and culturally appropriate way.
- Indigenous fisheries
- Governance and management
- Legislation and policy
- Economic empowerment
- Capacity building