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2016-09-01

Students win for presentations on aquaculture research

Atlantic Salmon and abalone are the focus of FRDC award-winning PhD presentations By Melissa Marino Two outstanding presentations based on the work of PhD students Tina Oldham and Jiadai Wu that could benefit aquaculture industries have won FRDC-sponsored awards at the Australian Marine...
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2016-09-01

Fisheries Congress set to bring the world to Adelaide

The 2016 World Fisheries Congress in Busan gave Australian delegates a head start on making the next event, in Adelaide, a success SARDI’s Keith Rowling and Mike Steer with a happy customer at the Australian booth at the 2016 World Fisheries Congress in Busan, South Korea. Photo: Peter Horvat...
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Eyes on the prize

An initiative to ‘crowd-source’ ideas from industry could see prawn bycatch in the north reduced by more than 30 per cent By Bianca Nogrady Kon Triantopoulos Kon’s Covered Fisheyes In trials, the green net fitted with Kon’s Covered Fisheyes resulted in significantly less bycatch, compared...
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Flexible investment approach

The FRDC is adopting a more flexible approach to the application, submission and assessment of research funding proposals By Peter Horvat The FRDC has developed a more flexible approach to how it funds projects to align with the FRDC Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan...
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Scales provide age data for living fossil

The radioactive signature from nuclear testing in Australia is providing crucial information about vulnerable lungfish populations By Natasha Prokop Tom Espinoza holding a giant lungfish. Lungfish scale showing a section through the scale. Photos: Stewart Fallon, Andrew McDougall With...
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Quality a global passport

As FRDC’s manager of market trade and communications, Peter Horvat travelled to Belgium for the Global Seafood Expo this year. On the way, he found himself tracing the steps of Australia’s Yellowtail Kingfish on a similar route to international destinations. It was a chance to discover first-hand...
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A voice for fishers

Chance transformed Fritz Drenkhahn from electrician to commercial fisher, while love of the job ignited a desire to help secure a long-term future for the fisheries sector By Annabel Boyer Fritz Drenkhahn in Eden. Photo: Annabel Boyer The house where Fritz Drenkhahn lives with his wife,...
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Community stake in skate survival

New information about the Maugean Skate’s life and habits has prompted changes to the management of Macquarie Harbour to protect this endangered species By Annabel Boyer Researcher Justin Bell examines a female Maugean Skate by using a portable ultrasound to assess the size of the eggs and...
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Leadership skills to connect shared aspirations

Negotiating the diverse interests of fisheries stakeholders requires strong leadership and vision By Catherine Norwood It’s not often a leader can take time out from trying to get things done to reflect on and develop their own leadership skills. But doing so can make their leadership efforts...
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2016-09-01

New value from seafood

Innovation in processing and product development is identifying new opportunities to increase the value of waste in the seafood sector By Catherine Norwood Doing more with the seafood we already harvest is the aim of an FRDC-funded project focusing on new opportunities for seafood...
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