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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-177
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

'If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else' - Future proofing the Australian Mud Crab Industry through improved strategic direction

BACKGROUND Australian mud crab fisheries extend from northern Western Australia (WA) across the Northern Territory (NT) and Queensland (Qld) through to northern New South Wales (NSW) and are managed across the four jurisdictions. The product from each jurisdiction is sold into a...
ORGANISATION:
C-AID Consultants
TAGS
Rac Wa
Rac Vic
Rac Qld
Rac Nt
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Mud Crabs
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-126
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Australian Agrifood Data Exchange (OzAg Data Exchange): Deliver an interconnected data highway for Australia's AgriFood value chain - Proof of concept

Pain point: The delay in exchange and reconciliation of catch data by fishers and processors means that there is a delay in quota accounting which impacts planning due to lack of timely information. Furthermore, with no access to pre-fishing information data to the processors means they are unable...
ORGANISATION:
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)
TAGS
Traceability
Digitisation
Data
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-153
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fishing and Aquaculture Workforce Capability Framework

In 2023 RM Consulting Group (RMCG) was contracted by FRDC to develop a Fisheries and Aquaculture (F&A) Workforce Capability Framework (hereafter referred to as the Framework) that would be used as a high-level, standardised tool across all F&A sectors. The FRDC and other groups in leadership...
ORGANISATION:
RM Consulting Group (RMCG)
TAGS
Workforce
Leadership
Capacity Building
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries

Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Rac Vic
Rac Sa
Rac Nsw
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
Royal Red Prawn
Giant Scarlet Prawn
Red Prawn
Black Tiger Prawn
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-024
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Investigation and improvement of live Blue Swimmer Crab handling in NSW

This report presents pivotal findings from an in-depth investigation into optimising live handling practices for the commercial Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) industry in New South Wales (NSW), with the overarching goal of unlocking high-value live trade opportunities. Initiated in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Rac Nsw
Post Harvest
Mortality
Fisheries Management
Audit
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
Industry
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FRDC Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Alumni bursaries 2022

Project number: 2022-066
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $12,395.19
Principal Investigator: Sally Roberts
Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
Project start/end date: 18 Sep 2022 - 1 Dec 2022
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Leadership
Capacity Building

Need

Attend ARLF gala dinner on 26 October 2022, travel (flights, 1 night accommodation, incidentals) and ticket included in the bursary.
Attend Revive leadership Development 27-30 Oct, travel (flights, accommodation, incidentals) and ticket included in the bursary.

This provides an opportunity for the alumni to re-engage with networks, utilise and develop their capabilities which has both individual and collective industry capability and capacity benefits.

Objectives

1. Build leadership capability and capacity in fishing and aquaculture
2. Enable fishing and aquaculture leaders to reconnect and develop networks
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