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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-091
DATE START/END: 31 MAR 2022 - 31 MAR 2025

Whale entanglement mitigation program – understanding whale population dynamics, entanglement dynamics and gear modifications to reduce entanglements in WRL gear

This project was developed in conjunction with the Western Rock Lobster Council (WRL) who requested the development of a program of works to address entanglements in commercial fishing gear off Western Australia. The EOI for this program was provided to, and endorsed by the WRL board.
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys
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2014-12-01

Whale watch for Rock Lobster fishers

The rise in whale numbers along Western Australia’s coast has prompted new research to reduce the risk of entanglements in fishing gear A typical Western Rocklobster fishing set up. By Sarah Clarry The West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery in Western Australia has been a spectacular...
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DATE:
2024-01-23

Australian trap fishers cross countries seeking whale-friendly options

A delegation of five Australian fishers, led by OceanWatch Australia’s Project Manager for Whale Entanglement Mitigation, Kristin Hoel, recently returned from an enlightening trip to the Ropeless Consortium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Dempsey Ward Supported by an education travel bursary...
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

New projects

The FRDC Board has recently approved the following research projects Project number Project Applicant R&D Plan outcome 2022-006 Developing a harvest control rule to use in...
Environment
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2013-03-01

Scholar seeks strategies to keep whales at bay

Rhy Arangio By Catherine Norwood Depredation of catches in longline fisheries is an increasing problem worldwide: whales and seals can steal up to 75 per cent of the catch from hooks as the lines are being hauled aboard. While it is still a relatively rare phenomenon in Australia’s...
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DATE:
2020-08-21

Did you know that the FRDC’s R&D Plan for 2020-25 has commenced?

One of the FRDC’s most ‘people-centric’ plans to date, the Plan’s main purpose is to convey a shared vision for the future. To pursue this vision, FRDC investment will be targeted to achieve the Plan’s five outcomes, and the enabling strategies to make progress towards these outcomes...
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R&D Plan outcomes

Over the next five years, FRDC investment will be targeted to achieve the five outcomes of this R&D Plan (shown in Figure 2 below). The five outcomes are: Growth for enduring prosperity Best practices and production systems A culture that is inclusive and forward...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2008-017
DATE START/END: 20 JUL 2008 - 29 JUN 2009

Empowering Industry R&D: Trials of gear modifications to reduce bycatch in freshwater fyke nets

Knowledge of bycatch issues associated with the Victorian eel fishery has been identified in the Victorian Eel Fishery Bycatch Action Plan (BAP) and Eel Fishery Management Plan (EFMP) as being deficient, and recommendations were made to commence fishery dependent and independent monitoring of...
ORGANISATION:
Western Victorian Eel Growers Group
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FRDC R&D Plan 2020-2025

Overview FRDC's R&D Plan 2020-2025 seeks to build on efforts from across Australia’s fishing and aquaculture system to achieve a shared vision of what fishing and aquaculture might look like in Australia by 2030. The Plan focuses on delivering outcomes in five key areas, supported by five...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-068
DATE START/END: 29 SEP 2020 - 29 JUN 2026

Implementing the FRDC's 2020-25 R&D Plan - Strategic activities

FRDC’s new R&D Plan 2020-25 provides a high-level conceptualisation of the organisations’ direction and focus, describing a shared long-term vision, and five R&D plan outcomes that must be achieved to accomplish that vision. The process of deriving the new R&D Plan delivered numerous insights,...
ORGANISATION:
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)
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About this R&D Plan

2030 vision The FRDC will invest to achieve the shared vision of Australia’s fishing and aquaculture sectors of building collaborative, vibrant fishing and aquaculture, creating diverse benefits from aquatic resources, and celebrated by the community. FRDC’s...
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-747
DATE START/END: 31 DEC 2011 - 29 JUN 2014

Seafood CRC: National oyster R & D – strategic R & D project commissioning, management and path to commercialization

This project is relevant to Program 5 Commercialisation, Utilisation and Communication. The Oyster Consortium is seen as a successful means of managing and communicating R & D projects with a commercial outcome. Seafood CRC project 2007/715: “Oyster consortium - communication, extension and...
ORGANISATION:
Oysters Australia Ltd
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FRDC R&D Plan 2020-2025

Imagining the future of fishing and aquaculture FRDC will invest to pursue the shared vision of Fish forever 2030 for a collaborative, vibrant fishing and aquaculture, creating diverse benefits from aquatic resources, and celebrated by the community. Overview The FRDC R&D Plan commenced...
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Developing the FRDC's R&D Plan 2020-2025

A lot has changed since FRDC developed its first strategic plan in the early 1990s. There has been widespread digitisation of enormous amounts of information, development of smart systems that communicate interdependently, a huge decrease in cost and increase in the power of computing, a global...
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Enabling strategies to help achieve R&D Plan outcomes

To help make progress towards the five R&D Plan outcomes easier, the FRDC will also invest in five enabling strategies: ‘Drive digitisation and advanced analytics’ (this means expanding capacity to make decisions based on data). ‘strengthen adoption for transformative...
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2021-11-30

Managing $50.5 million in R&D to deliver value for stakeholders

A challenging year also marked the start of several new FRDC initiatives designed to improve stakeholder consultation and increase the use of research findings The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Annual Report 2020–21 details the $50.5 million in research and development...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-304
DATE START/END: 26 MAY 2007 - 30 AUG 2008

Empowering stakeholders to initiate and advance R&D projects in the seafood industry

This project seeks to provide a means for stakeholders to institute and advance R&D applications so as to assist them in meeting their research expectations and needs. It will identify industry research opportunities and provide assistance and a point of first call for the development, formatting,...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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DATE:
2022-11-30

November 2022 Investment Opportunities and Open Call for R&D

FRDC funding opportunities are now open for researchers and postgraduate students to address priorities identified by stakeholders in Indigenous, commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture. Applications are invited to address specific priorities. Applicants may also submit an...
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
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 • 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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DATE:
2022-05-27

May 2022 Investment Opportunities and Open Call for R&D

FRDC funding opportunities are now open for researchers and postgraduate students to address priorities identified by stakeholders in Indigenous, commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture. Applications are invited to address 16 priorities. Applicants may also submit an application...
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-300
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2009 - 29 JUN 2012

Empowering Industry R&D: Developing an industry driven R&D model for the Australian fishing and seafood industry - partnerships to improve efficiency, profitability and performance

It has been well recognised that there is a need to better focus R&D to specifically address Industry’s requirements. The trial project “Empowering stakeholders to initiate and advance R&D projects in the seafood industry” (FRDC 2007/304) demonstrated this need. The ‘Empowering Industry’ project...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
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