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2013-06-01

Something sounds fishy

Several important species for recreational fishers including trevally are known to use sounds to communicate. Photo: Cheyne Jones By Matt Barwick and Geoff McPherson Australia is home to a species of animal whose mating call is almost as loud as a rock concert. While a blue whale or...
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DATE:
2022-07-07

Supporting R&D and capacity building for Indigenous fishing and aquaculture

As part of its support for NAIDOC Week 2022 this month, FRDC acknowledged the special relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have with their traditional lands and waters. Managing Director Dr Patrick Hone says FRDC is committed to investing in R&D projects around...
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DATE:
2020-09-24

R&D Plan 2020-2025 Roadmapping

During October the FRDC will be facilitating a series of online events to promote cooperation across all sectors of fishing and aquaculture, fisheries managers, researchers and associated services in developing clear, actionable, shared roadmaps on how each of the five R&D Plan outcomes can be...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-915
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2008 - 30 NOV 2011

Seafood CRC: Australian Barramundi Farmers Association - R&D planning, implementation, extension and utilisation

The farmed barramundi industry is at a pivotal stage in its development; there is a real opportunity for producers to work together to ensure sustained industry growth and individual profitability. Market data and experience over the last few years has shown that there is a substantial demand...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Barramundi Farmers Association (ABFA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-731
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2009 - 15 OCT 2009

Seafood CRC: Develop priority R&D projects for the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries

In 2005 the FRDC funded a project - 2005/308 to develop a strategic plan for the Australian prawning industry. From this project the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries was activated. An additional project was funded to run the ACPF conference in Adelaide in 2007. The Australian Council of Prawn...
ORGANISATION:
Shearwater Consulting Pty Ltd
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June 2023 Open Call for R&D Investment Opportunities

Application timeline Open 9 June 2023 Close 11.59pm (AEST) 30 July 2023 (unless otherwise stipulated) Refer to the requirements before applying for any of the opportunities below. * * * All applications MUST be completed via FishNet so that FRDC receives...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-715
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2008 - 30 JUN 2011

Seafood CRC: Australian abalone industry R&D planning, implementation and utilisation.

Australian abalone (Haliotis spp) support major commercial fisheries in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales with total catches from these States being around 5500t in 2004-05. Of this catch, Tasmania is the largest producer with approximately 50% of the total...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-711
DATE START/END: 14 FEB 2010 - 27 MAR 2010

Seafood CRC: Australian Council of Prawn Fishers R&D Forum

A meeting of Directors of the Australian Council of Prawn Fishers in March 2009 agreed in conjunction with members of the Seafood CRC agreed on a range of R&D themes that should have projects developed. Budgets for each theme were set and the Seafood CRC was authorised to commence development of...
ORGANISATION:
Shearwater Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-238
DATE START/END: 14 JUN 2016 - 21 JUN 2018

Rural R and D for Profit: Easy-Open Oyster automation

This project gives effect to a successful Rural R&D for Profit application Oyster sales in Australia have been relatively static for the last decade. The need to shuck oysters is the biggest barrier to increasing oyster consumption. To overcome this, the Seafood CRC invented a method of partially...
ORGANISATION:
Dr Len Stephens
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-132
DATE START/END: 23 FEB 2023 - 6 JUL 2023

Asparagopsis R&D review and implementation plan for a national seaweed hatchery network

The Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance (ASSA) with the FRDC has been successful in securing an in principle agreement for an $8.0m grant from the Federal government (Department of Industry, Science and Resources will be administering the grant on behalf of the Department of Agriculture,...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-164
DATE START/END: 31 MAY 2023 - 31 MAY 2025

Tropical fish traps – addressing ghost fishing impacts and refinements to catch reporting/sampling

Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd holds quota in the NT Timor Reef Fishery (NTTRF) and NT Demersal Fishery (NTDF), and believes it is necessary to address the negative impacts of unattended fish traps (ghost fishing) in those fisheries (and others nearby), as well as provide more useful fishing related data...
ORGANISATION:
Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-205
DATE START/END: 29 JAN 2004 - 31 JUL 2007

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: provision of research platforms for projects requiring Port Lincoln based R&D support

The SBT Industry The aquaculture of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry. The industry, which started in 1990, has expanded to produce about 8,200 tonnes of gilled and gutted tuna, worth about $264 million in 2000/2001...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-241
DATE START/END: 16 APR 2004 - 1 NOV 2007

Coordination of inland saline aquaculture R&D in Australia

Research providers in Australia have been investigating the potential for using inland saline groundwater for aquaculture for several years. The Victoria Department of Agriculture and Fisheries completed the first scoping studies in a small pond in northern Victoria. Following this, NSW Fisheries...
ORGANISATION:
National Aquaculture Council (NAC)
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November 2023 Open Call for R&D Investment Opportunities

Application timeline Open 22 November 2023 Close 11.59pm (AEST) 16 February 2024 (unless otherwise stipulated) Refer to the requirements before applying for any of the opportunities below. * * * All applications MUST be completed via FishNet so that...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-311
DATE START/END: 21 FEB 2007 - 18 FEB 2008

The Development of a National R&D Plan for the Australian abalone Industry

This application was developed because industry identified the need to gather all Australian abalone fishery stakeholders together at a workshop to present each State's R&D priorities. The result will be for national R&D priorities to be identified and incorporated in an R&D plan for the future...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Australia Ltd (ACA)
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-120
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2021 - 30 JUL 2022

Assessing the effectiveness of IRG R&D projects to deliver change

The FRDC Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) has funded two recent projects (2017-069 Indigenous Capacity Building Program and 2018-016 Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making). These projects were designed to lead to an up-skilling and a...
ORGANISATION:
Land to Sea Consulting
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-745
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 30 JUL 2013

Seafood CRC: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries - R&D planning, implementation, extension and utilisation

There are major commercial prawn fisheries in South Australia, Western Australia, the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Queensland as well as a minor fishery in Victoria. Total catches from these states being: around 23 000t in 2003/04 with a total value of $300m; around 17 000t in 2006/07 with a...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-715
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2007 - 30 OCT 2010

Seafood CRC: Oyster consortium - communication, extension and management of R&D results

Relevance to CRC outcomes This project is relevant to Program 5 Commercialisation, Utilisation and Communication. There are 7 Seafood CRC Participants associated with the Oyster Consortium. It is critical to achieving consensus in developing, implementing and adopting research projects and in...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-076
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2021 - 17 MAR 2022

Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) R&D Needs Workshop

ABARES predicted production of both wild and farmed abalone is reported to be valued at $150 million between 2021-2022. Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) was thought to have occurred between early December 2005 to January 2006 when the first mortalities were identified from farmed abalone. The...
ORGANISATION:
Abalone Council Victoria Inc (ACVI)
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