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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-214
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2020 - 29 DEC 2020

Survey for WSSV vectors in the Moreton Bay White Spot Biosecurity Area

White spot disease (WSD) is caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), a very virulent virus that can cause devastating epizootics (up to 100% mortality within 3-10 days) on prawn farms with many affected prawns displaying characteristic white spots on the carapace. WSSV can infect all decapod...
ORGANISATION:
DigsFish Services Pty Ltd
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-152
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2023 - 19 DEC 2025

Assessing the biology and connectivity of deep-water finfish on Australia’s east coast and the impact of fleet dynamics

The need for this work arose from a lack of baseline data on the biology and connectivity of East Coast deep-water finfish species that are being increasingly targeted across sectors and jurisdictions. Consultation between the Reef Line Fisheries Working Group, Fisheries Queensland, and Animal...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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2023-09-26

Sawing through research to understand the endangered sawfish

Australia is one of the last strongholds for sawfish in the world as populations elsewhere have declined or become extinct. To ensure Australian sawfish populations stay healthy, northern Australia fishers and research organisations are collaborating to understand the impact of sawfish...
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2021-09-10

Sharing international fisheries science with stakeholders

Fishers and aquaculture operators can make important contributions to and benefit from the science and management discussions as part of the World Fisheries Congress 2021. The World Fisheries Congress 2021 is billed as the ‘Olympics for fisheries science’, but organisers of the 2021 event have...
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2018-11-19

Assessing the trawling footprint of Australian fisheries

The first national picture of the footprint of bottom trawling on Australia’s seabed habitats has just been released. Overall, less than 3.5% of the Australian seabed was found to be affected by trawling in recent years. Although this figure varies regionally, it is among the lowest footprints...
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Aquatic Plant Names Committee

Introducing the Aquatic Plant Names Committee for the Aquatic Plant Names Standard AS 5301 Clare Winkel (Independent Chair) has worked in the food industry since 1987 in diverse roles from the processing floor to Australian Government Departments to private consulting and for multiple...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-101
DATE START/END: 10 JAN 2025 - 14 JUN 2026

Pathways to social license for the emerging Tasmanian seaweed industry

This proposal originated through discussions with the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) in response to their concerns regarding community acceptance of seaweed aquaculture following the sustained controversy over salmon aquaculture. Discussions were subsequently held...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-011
DATE START/END: 13 APR 2024 - 29 AUG 2024

2024 CITES Animal Committee Meeting bursary

To attend the Animals Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in Geneva Switzerland from the 14th to the 19th of July 2024. Attendance will be with observer status, and as a representative of the Queensland Sea Cucumber Association but also...
ORGANISATION:
Queensland Sea Cucumber Association
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-146
DATE START/END: 30 NOV 2023 - 2 AUG 2024

Animal Welfare – what we do know and where to from here?

The application was developed in recognition that FRDC has previously invested in understanding animal welfare issues and how the industry can best address them. Addressing the topic has probably lost momentum due to Covid disruptions. Failure to update and consolidate available information and...
ORGANISATION:
McPhee Research Consultants Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-175
DATE START/END: 9 JUN 2024 - 31 JAN 2025

Biorefinery approaches to creating value from Asparagopsis

Deakin University has built a biorefinery (Deakin BioFactory) led by Professor Colin barrow, who is also Program Leader for the Innovative Bioprocessing Program for the Marine Bioproducts CRC. We currently have a project to develop bioproducts from Asparogopsis with an industry partner. However, we...
ORGANISATION:
Deakin University Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-011
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2008 - 29 SEP 2010

Prawn and Crab harvest optimisation: a biophysical management tool

The knowledge of the interactions between physical and biological dynamics in coastal marine environments is fundamental for developing effective tools for resource utilisation and conservation. It is particularly important to understand resilience when biological resources are subjected to...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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FRDC Event Branding

Click here to view and download a PDF version of this content. Principal Investigators (PI’s) should assign a portion of an FRDC project’s budget towards Communication and Extension events with assistance from the FRDC Extension Officer network (EON). Extension events are an excellent way to...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-158
DATE START/END: 14 FEB 2018 - 30 JUL 2018

Determinates of socially-supported wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia

The FRDC's strategic RD&E focus for 2015–20 is on maximising impact by concentrating on knowledge development around three priorities: i) ensuring that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so; ii) improving productivity and profitability of fishing and...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-120
DATE START/END: 1 NOV 2020 - 29 JUN 2023

Building industry capacity to lead co-management initiatives within the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery: Training industry to conduct biomass estimate surveys

The Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF) is managed by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority according to the aims and objectives of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the associated policies which sit under the Act. Key to the management of Commonwealth fisheries is the...
ORGANISATION:
Bass Strait Scallop Industry Association (BSSIA)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-123
DATE START/END: 30 SEP 2021 - 29 MAY 2027

Biology and Ecology Program: Strategically targeting research on Panulirus cygnus and its ecosystem to suit the needs of the WRL fishing industry and stakeholders

Research applications are often developed, reviewed and submitted independently to the FRDC. The use of a program to oversee the development and administration of a number of small-medium sized research projects allows for more efficient strategic control of the research focus for Western Rock...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys
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2025-05-27

A blue-tiful vision for live crab trading

New research into the handling practices of Blue Swimmer Crabs (Portunus armatus) will help fishers pursue higher-value, live markets for their catch.By Catherine NorwoodWith live crabs fetching up to double the price of green or cooked crabs at various times of the year, a new handling...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-049
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2013 - 29 JUN 2016

DAFF Aquatic Animal Welfare Working Group - Communications Coordinator

The DAFF Aquatic Animal Welfare Working Group (AAWWG) has progressed a structured approach to assessing animal welfare across the 4 sector groups (commercial wild catch, aquaculture, recreational and ornamental) and the development of animal welfare handling guidelines for each sector. The AAWWG...
ORGANISATION:
Bresal Consulting
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-175
DATE START/END: 7 SEP 2023 - 30 OCT 2023

Communication of 2019-051 "Seismic impacts to octopus" results at OceanNoise 2023 conference in Barcelona

Ryan Day will travel to Barcelona, Spain to present the results of FRDC 2019-051: Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster. The venue, OceanNoise 2023, is a biannual conference that hosts international experts to discuss the effects...
ORGANISATION:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) Hobart
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Disclosure log

Overview The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation is required by the Freedom of Information Act 1982 s 11C to publish a disclosure log on its website. The disclosure log lists information which has been released in response to an FOI access request. This requirement has applied since 1...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-051
DATE START/END: 18 SEP 2022 - 14 MAR 2023

Mapping the aquaculture engagement and aquaculture literacy landscape

Sustainably farmed seafood is a smart choice for healthy people, healthy communities, a healthy economy, and a healthy planet. Most of the public still has limited understanding of aquaculture or industry directions and may encounter information that is out of date, inaccurate, incomplete or...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-179
DATE START/END: 10 APR 2024 - 14 DEC 2025

Community Trust in Rural Industries 2022-2025 - Joint RDC initiative

This project was developed by Agrifutures in collaboration with the joint RDCs to continue work to baseline and monitor the drivers of community trust and acceptance of agricultural sectors and as a whole. The first years of work demonstrated that there are shifts in community attitudes around the...
ORGANISATION:
AgriFutures Australia
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-026
DATE START/END: 30 JUL 2015 - 30 AUG 2016

Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Saucer Scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment

The saucer scallop Amusium balloti is fished commercially in four main regions of Western Australia with the highest production historically from the two key fisheries, Shark Bay and the Abrolhos islands. The annual value of these two fisheries is between $5 and $20 million and these two industries...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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2023-04-28

VALE The Hon John Kerin AO, FTSE

The FRDC team was saddened at the passing of Australian agriculture reformist and advocate, the Hon John Kerin AO, former Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 1983 and 1993. Australian politics and agriculture, fishing and forestry industries lost a legend on 29...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-780
DATE START/END: 28 JAN 2008 - 29 JAN 2011

SCRC: PhD : Determination and manipulation of reproductive status of the captive-reared Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) (SBT)

This project aims to gain knowledge concerning the closing of the life-cycle of captive Southern bluefin tuna (SBT), with an emphasis of reproduction. Specifically, it will examine the reproductive dynamics of captive reared SBT and their reproductive physiology. Response to hormonal...
ORGANISATION:
Flinders University
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DATE:
2023-12-14

FRDC 2022-23 investment for innovation and impact

FRDC's 2022-23 Annual Report illustrates how the organisation has set new benchmarks in research, development, and innovation with an investment of over $33 million in Australia's fishing and aquaculture sectors. “Our Annual Report 2022–23 details how the FRDC has invested the contributions...
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