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,...

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...

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,...