As the oceans are getting busier, it is more important than ever for fisheries and aquaculture stakeholders to engage and work together. In November, FRDC brought approximately sixty stakeholders to Adelaide for FRDC’s annual Stakeholder Planning Workshop.
Attendees at Stakeholder...
Seafood Directions Conference to be held for the first time since 2019
For the first time since 2019, the national seafood industry will converge in Queensland for the industry’s premier ideas, innovation and networking event, the Seafood Directions conference.
Seafood Industry...
Rising fuel prices, value from waste, digitising supply chains, labour shortages and building capacity were hot topics at Seafood Directions 2022 in September – issues all being tackled by FRDC’s transformative investments.
By Catherine Norwood
Shared and complex...
An international leader in sustainable fisheries research had two key messages for producers at the recent Seafood Directions conference in Brisbane – that intensive fisheries management improves stocks but climate change and pollution are major challenges.
By Brad...
What's been happening?
Project update – March 2022
29 Mar, 2022
Recreational fishing is an important activity in Australia, both socially and economically. It is also likely to provide wellbeing benefits. The Australian Government, through the Fisheries Research and Development...
Bridging science-policy for sustainable development, blue carbon soil stocks and reducing community conflict in aquaculture, were the focus of the winning student presentations at the Australian Marine Science Association annual conference.
Held in Cairns in early August and supported by funding...
Climate change and global food systems were key themes at the United Nations Ocean Conference in June 2022, which focused on achieving the aims of several Sustainable Development Goals.
By Catherine Norwood
“We are facing an ‘Ocean Emergency’. We must turn...
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...