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2021-06-01

FRDC revises advisory structures

Revamped advisory committees have broadened their membership while tightening their focus on outcomes for end users The FRDC’s new Research and Development Plan 2020-2025 has set the direction for the organisation’s research activities over the next five years. The FRDC has also revamped its...
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2021-06-01

Experimenting to improve delivery

The FRDC has been exploring new ways of working to improve efficiency and client focus By Chris Izzo and Annabel Boyer Throughout 2020, COVID-19 outbreaks across Australia severely impacted everyone’s lives. While many Australians were struggling to purchase basic groceries, others had to...
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2021-06-01

In brief

Seafood leadership program The National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP), funded by the FRDC, is running three courses in 2021 – two are a continuation of disrupted 2020 courses, and a third course will also be completed this year. The ongoing Port Lincoln group includes Anthony...
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2021-06-01

Fisheries sustainability reports expand

The fifth edition of the Status of Australian Fish Stocks, launched on World Oceans Day, 8 June 2021, marks a decade of expanded national assessments of Australia’s fisheries Words Annabel Boyer Illustrations efishalbum.com With its fifth edition completed, the Status of...
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2021-06-01

Risky business: equipping Australia’s fisheries for climate change

A new handbook offers a step-by-step guide to managing the risks of climate change in Australian fisheries By Chris Clark Climate change is wreaking havoc in natural systems, and the plans that fisheries managers and other fisheries stakeholders have in place today may quickly prove...
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2021-06-01

FISH Vol 29 2

FISH is the official newsletter of the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. The hard copy version is distributed widely throughout the industry via direct mail. To obtain a hard copy of "FISH", please fill in your details...
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2021-03-01

States align to raise Snapper from the depths

Bringing communities together in the care and management of Snapper stocks could prove the key to the future of the species By Brad Collis Snapper. Photo: Al McGlashan Collective stewardship of the iconic Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) among sectors has emerged as the...
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2021-03-01

Device trials underway to keep sharks from the catch

A range of shark deterrent devices using acoustic, electronic and electromagnetic technologies is being put to the test in Western Australia’s shark hotspots By Catherine Norwood Researcher Peter Coulson with the shark deterrent devices being tested in Western Australia, from left, Ocean...
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2021-03-01

Crowded out: Pipi dynamics revealed

New fishery management options emerge from a better understanding of the boom-and-bust Pipi life cycle in South Australia Words Melissa Marino Pipis harvested in South Australia. Photo: Goolwa PipiCo New analysis around Pipi (Donax deltoides) populations in South...
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2021-03-01

Final reports

Evaluating community engagement 2018-201 Recognising the importance of strategic community engagement to ensure the fishing and aquaculture industry’s social licence to operate is sustained, this project designed and piloted a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework and toolkit for...
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