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PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-235
DATE START/END: 23 JUL 2014 - 15 OCT 2014

Evaluating the Performance of Australian Fisheries

In 2009 the FRDC Resource Working Group commissioned a study - 2006/071.20 Expert Assessment to assess outcomes of Australian fishing management. The project aimed to evaluate the performance of Australian wild fisheries against their full potential in generating benefits for the community. Using...
ORGANISATION:
Ridge Partners
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-003
DATE START/END: 28 FEB 2008 - 30 JUN 2011

Flow and Fisheries: Theme - River flow impacts on estuarine prawns in the Gulf of Carpentaria

One of the key fisheries in the Gulf is the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) worth an average of approximately $100M p.a. over the last 5 years. Ensuring sustainability of catch, particularly in the case of banana prawns, has been an ongoing challenge for stock assessment researchers, fisheries managers...
ORGANISATION:
Griffith University Nathan Campus
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2013-03-01

Rod's finfish expertise rewarded

On the verge of retirement, leading Western Australian fisheries researcher Rod Lenanton reflects on his career and future challenges for the industry Rod Lenanton’s research has contributed to sustainable fishing in Western Australia. He is pictured with a double-tagged Snapper in Cockburn...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-028
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2013 - 28 JUL 2014

Review and update harvest strategy settings for the Commonwealth small pelagic fishery

This project has been developed on request from the Resource Assessment Group for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery. The focus is to improve the harvest strategy for the fisery to make it fully compliant with the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy. The current harvest strategy was fully...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Fishing in the good old days – was it really better?

Author Bob Kearney shares some critical perspectives about the future of fishing along with spectacular stories of past adventures By Professor Colin Buxton Few people with even a passing interest in fishing would doubt that fishing was better in days gone by. Like the old surfing...
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DATE:
2024-07-30

New leaders appointed to Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Portfolio

FRDC welcomes the Hon Julie Collins MP and Senator the Hon Anthony Chisholm to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio. FRDC congratulates the Hon Julie Collins MP Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and Senator the Hon Anthony Chisholm Assistant Minister, who were sworn...
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PUBLISHED:
2016-03-01

Carbon Credentals

Austral Fisheries takes sustainability to the next level, investing in tree planting to offset the impact of carbon emissions from fishing David Carter with MSC-certified Glacier 51 Toothfish, which is in the process of being certified as carbon neutral. Photo: Aimee Ralph By Catherine...
Industry
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PUBLISHED:
2022-06-20

Digital exchange to transform fisheries

FRDC is taking a lead role in the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange initiative, which aims to develop digital infrastructure to transform operations in primary production and food supply chains By Catherine Norwood A cohesive and secure data value chain has the potential to drive...
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