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...

The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) (ASL) is a listed Threatened species under State and Australian Government legislation and is a listed Endangered species by The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is estimated that 85% of the species population breeds within SA...

Unacceptable levels of bycatch have the potential to close major fisheries and to affect markets for seafood, regardless of the fishery’s economic importance and the health of commercial fish stocks. One of the earliest and most dramatic examples of the significance of bycatch was the 1990s decline...

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...