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DATE:
2021-09-10

Call for EOI: Steering Committee members for the Human Dimensions Research

We invite expressions of interest for up to 8 members of the HDR Coordination Program Steering Committee The FRDC Human Dimensions Research (HDR) Coordination Program is made up of a Steering Committee and management team. The HDR Coordination Program and its Steering Committee will help...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-034
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 29 AUG 2013

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of an emerging bacterial disease in wild Queensland gropers, marine fish and stingrays with production of diagnostic tools to reduce the spread of disease to other states of Australia

In 2008-2009, 46 wild Queensland (QLD) gropers, Epinephelus lanceolatus, a protected species under the Fisheries Regulation 2008, were found dead between Mackay and the Daintree River in north Queensland. Most deaths occurred in highly urbanised areas including Cairns and Port Douglas, with peak...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-215
DATE START/END: 16 JUN 2004 - 31 JUL 2008

Aquafin CRC - Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture Subprogram: establishment of challenge for AGD

The salmonid aquaculture industry is an important player in the Tasmanian economy producing approximately 16,000 tonnes of fish per year valued at around 165 million AUD (Battaglene and Buxton, 2003) and generating employment for more than 3000 people (Carrington Smith and Wardley, 2003). The...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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2021-11-30

Chasing giants – assessing the health of crab fisheries

Diverse approaches are being trialled to gather more data about two of Australia’s giant crab fisheries, reflecting the differences in the species and the way they are fished By Corrina Ridgway Deep on the continental shelf line in the cold waters off southern Australia, brilliantly patterned...
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2020-10-01

Central source for safety

A central web portal being developed will provide a one-stop shop for those in the fishing and aquaculture sectors looking for information about workplace health and safety. By Catherine Norwood From ready-to-use safety management system templates to news about the latest safety gear, the new...
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Coordination programs and services

Coordination Programs are established when it becomes clear that a planned RD&E outcome could be achieved more successfully if activities and expertise are managed in a coordinated manner. Coordination Programs will be critical to delivering outcomes set out in the FRDC R&D Plan...
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2015-06-01

Industry has its say on seafood marketing

Industry support for marketing initiatives is growing, building on early market research and the positive progress of initial industry campaigns The FRDC has a clearer understanding of what industry wants at the individual company, sector and national level following the completion of one of the...
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DATE:
2021-06-01

FRDC Research and Innovation Investment Briefing June 2021

Changes are coming The Stakeholder briefing is changing. You may have noticed it now has a new name, the FRDC Research and Innovation Investment Briefing. Over the next few issues, this briefing will re-focus its purpose towards research and development...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-722
DATE START/END: 29 FEB 2008 - 30 AUG 2008

Seafood CRC: Scope and economic analysis of options for a nationally unified breeding program that provides significant economic benefit to the Australian abalone aquaculture industry

The Australian Abalone Aquaculture industry has grown since 1997/8 from a small, emerging industry producing only 3 tonne in that year to a mature, viable industry with a production of over 600 tonne in 2006/07 worth $27 million. The industry’s annual production is projected to increase over the...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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Measuring performance

As a statutory authority, the FRDC has a legislative obligation to ensure its investments in R&D projects deliver benefits for its stakeholders. however, measuring these can be difficult for a range of reasons including the duration and complexity of the project, what to measure from it and what...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-049
DATE START/END: 29 MAY 2005 - 30 JUN 2008

An industry-based program to monitor seal interactions in the SETF

The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) is a multi-species multi-gear situated off the south east coast of Australia. It is Australia’s largest scalefish fishery, providing most of the fresh fish to domestic markets. The fishery has both trawl and non-trawl sectors. The trawl...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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2018-06-01

Prawn farmers regroup

Queensland Groper is being trialled as an alternative aquaculture species Photo: Richard Knuckey Queensland’s Rocky Point Aquaculture is cutting its losses after white spot disease, expanding to farm other species The rhythms of farming life have returned to Queensland’s Rocky Point...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-121
DATE START/END: 4 MAY 2021 - 29 APR 2022

Indigenous Branding in the Fishing and Seafood Industry - Economic Creation and Capture

Australia's Indigenous people fish for custom, for recreation and for profit. This project considers the economic benefits of Indigenous brands in all three activities, but primarily from commercial seafood. At a NATIONAL Fishery & Aquaculture (F&A) industry level, FRDC's seeks R&D that improves...
ORGANISATION:
Ridge Partners
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-171
DATE START/END: 17 FEB 2019 - 31 OCT 2019

CRDC: FRDC Contribution: Growing a digital future - understanding digital capability in Australian agriculture

Recommendation D10 of the Accelerating Precision to Decision Project is: That the 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) and the university sector strategically invest in education and capacity building for students, producers, agribusinesses, rural industries and their stakeholders to...
ORGANISATION:
Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
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2014-12-01

Technology enhances recreational endeavours

Advanced technologies are helping recreational fishers more accurately target their preferred catch, while reducing the environmental effects of their activities By Natasha Prokop Total Fishing Australia app menu. Photo: Total Fishing Australia The recreational fishing trade and...
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2021-09-14

New projects

The FRDC board has recently approved the following research projects to go ahead Project number Project Applicant R&D Plan outcome 2021-036 Management and delivery of the...
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-405
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2015 - 29 JUN 2019

Oysters Australia IPA: Australian edible oyster RD&E investment via Oysters Australia strategic plan 2014-2019

Oysters Australia is seen as a successful structure through which oyster specific R & D projects with a commercial outcome can be managed and communicated. This project condenses the work of a number of Seafood CRC projects into one sustainable package for the commissioning, management and...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-404
DATE START/END: 30 JUN 2016 - 30 AUG 2020

Aquatic Animal Health and Biosecurity Subprogram: Strategic planning, project management and adoption

The Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram (AAHS) was established in 2001, prompted by the federal budget initiative (FBI) - Building a National Approach to Animal and Plant Health. Under a joint agreement between DAFFA and FRDC, AAHS was established and, in consultation with industry, a portfolio of...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-238
DATE START/END: 29 JUN 2005 - 23 MAY 2009

Aquaculture Nutrition Subprogram: Further development towards commercialisation of marine fish larvae feeds - artemia

Hatchery production of fish in Australia has increased rapidly over recent years to support expanding fish culture industries for established (e.g. barramundi, estimated to reach 4000 mt worth $25-30 million in 2003-4 (Barramundi Farming Association, workshop, Darwin, NT, 2003) and emerging species...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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PUBLISHED:
2020-12-01

Recognising Indigenous relationships

Indigenous Australians have conducted fishing and aquaculture across this land for tens of thousands of years, maintaining and managing the natural resources for sustenance, and in balance with the broader ecosystem. The evidence is plentiful, displayed around the coasts as middens, in the remnants...
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-198
DATE START/END: 1 JUL 2018 - 30 AUG 2018

Assess new technologies and techniques that could improve the cost-effectiveness and robustness of recreational fishing surveys

Currently, the most significant gap in our knowledge in assessing the status of community-shared fisheries is determining the relative contribution by the recreational sector. In Australia, this sector’s total harvest has been evaluated through traditional methods that include phone-diary and...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
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DATE:
2023-04-07

Research and Innovation Investment Briefing April 2023

Annual Operational Plan 2023-24 FRDC’s Annual Operational Plan (AOP) 2023-24 details how FRDC will deliver on the fourth year of the R&D Plan 2020-25 and contribute to the 2030 vision of a: collaborative, vibrant fishing and aquaculture, creating diverse benefits from aquatic resources and...
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