PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-059 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Creating profitability opportunities for SBT ranching - how to benefit from sustainability reporting, eco-labels, decarbonisation and other efficiency improvements ORGANISATION: Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association TAGS Market Opportunities Conference Capacity Building SPECIES Southern Bluefin Tuna
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-051 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capability and Capacity: International Artificial Reef Study Tour ORGANISATION: Recfishwest TAGS Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-048 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT National Recreational Fishing Forum Series (2025-2029) ORGANISATION: Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF) TAGS Leadership Conference Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-041 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) 2025-2026 ORGANISATION: Mi-Fish Consulting Pty Ltd TAGS Leadership Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-027 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Centro Workshop - Actions and management outcomes for Longspined Sea Urchin ORGANISATION: Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) Queenscliff TAGS Rac Vic Rac Tas Rac Nsw Market Opportunities Invasive Species SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Abalone Sea Urchins
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-026 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Qualitative assessment of the potential impacts of seismic survey activity on Victorian managed fisheries of commercial and recreational importance ORGANISATION: Fishwell Pty Ltd TAGS Seismic Rac Vic Marine Sound
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-022 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Researching a multi-sector approach to seafood exports focusing on market access and market development needs ORGANISATION: Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) TAGS Trade Market Opportunities Import/Export SPECIES Southern Bluefin Tuna Prawns Abalone
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-002 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Sponsorship: WISA Power Up Breakfast 2024 Seafood Directions ORGANISATION: Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA) TAGS Conference Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-210 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Abalone Council Australia Ltd management of the national wild catch abalone research, development and extension program (2024 to 2029) ORGANISATION: Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA) TAGS Co-Management SPECIES Abalone
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-208 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Mussels as a snack option to increase the omega-3 index and markers of recovery in female endurance athletes ORGANISATION: Deakin University Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus TAGS Seafood Quality Omega-3 Nutrition Marketing SPECIES Blue Mussel
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-199 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Gulf of Carpentaria King Threadfin (Polydactylus macrochir) - addressing the knowledge gaps to support assessment, management and sustainable harvest ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Tagging Stock Assessment Recreational Fishing Rac Qld Harvest Strategy SPECIES King Threadfin
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-177 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Formulate a comprehensive framework to inform relevant regulatory bodies on safety regulations and legislation pertaining to food, feed, and other forms of bioproducts of Asparagopsis spp. and other seaweeds of key interest to the Australian seaweed ORGANISATION: Integrity Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-176 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Investigating drivers of environmental change in Pipe Clay Lagoon ORGANISATION: Marine Solutions Tasmania Pty Ltd TAGS Wild Catch Recreational Fishing Rac Tas Climate Change Aquaculture
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-174 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Post harvest application of electro-stunning in a commercial setting, sustainable packaging development and new product development to increase sustainability of Australian farmed barramundi ORGANISATION: Humpty Doo Barramundi Pty Ltd TAGS Quality Best Practice Aquaculture Animal Welfare SPECIES Barramundi
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-170 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT FRDC Fish Tank: building the research communities capability and capacity (Seafood Directions 2024/2026) ORGANISATION: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) TAGS Leadership Communications
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-163 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Feasibility of recreational scalefish enhancement in Tasmania ORGANISATION: University of Tasmania (UTAS) TAGS Resource Enhancement Recreational Fishing Rac Tas SPECIES Black Bream Snapper Estuary Perch Southern Sand Flathead
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-160 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Economic Impact assessment of FRDC's annual RD&E investments: a three year procurement ORGANISATION: GHD Pty Ltd Sydney TAGS Economic
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-157 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Safety & Wellbeing Steering Committee annual workshops ORGANISATION: Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) TAGS Workshop Safety Health And Safety Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-154 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Fish LIGHT - Low impact gears and innovative harvest technologies ORGANISATION: Department of Primary Industries (QLD) TAGS Threatened Endangered Protected Species Technology Transfer Rac Qld Innovation Fishing Technology SPECIES Grey Mackerel Barramundi
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-150 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Normalising voluntary catch reporting on QLD Fishing 2.0 app ORGANISATION: Currie Communications TAGS Rac Sa Rac Qld Behaviour SPECIES Spanish Mackerel
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-141 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Voluntary behaviour change in recreational fisheries to support sustainability and amenity ORGANISATION: University of Western Australia (UWA) TAGS Behaviour
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-140 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Navigating New Waters: Supporting Fisheries and Aquaculture Businesses to Pursue Seafood Tourism as a Diversification Pathway ORGANISATION: Blueshift Consulting TAGS Tourism Human Dimensions Research
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-133 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Determine the risk that Southern Rock Lobster fishing and other recreational and commercial fishing activities act as a vector of transmission of the Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) ORGANISATION: AusVet Pty Ltd TAGS Rac Vic Rac Sa Biosecurity Avg SPECIES Southern Rock Lobster Abalone
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-132 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capability and Capacity: Navigating leadership pathways in fishing and aquaculture ORGANISATION: CQUniversity (CQU) Rockhampton TAGS Leadership Capacity Building
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-131 PROJECT STATUS: CURRENT Capability and Capacity: Understanding diverse learning approaches and knowledge transfer opportunities to inform and enable change ORGANISATION: CQUniversity (CQU) Rockhampton TAGS Training Capacity Building