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DATE:
2024-12-03

December 2024 Open Call for R&D Investment Opportunities

Webinar Contact If you have any questions or issues with FishNet, please contact the FRDC by phone (02) 6122 2100 or email frdc.programs@frdc.com.au. Opportunities Title Close-kin mark recapture design study to detect Swordfish stock...
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-120
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2021 - 30 JUL 2022

Assessing the effectiveness of IRG R&D projects to deliver change

The FRDC Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) has funded two recent projects (2017-069 Indigenous Capacity Building Program and 2018-016 Improving data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine resource use to inform decision-making). These projects were designed to lead to an up-skilling and a...
ORGANISATION:
Land to Sea Consulting
Environment
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DATE:
2024-07-23

Promising new device to reduce sea snake bycatch in prawn trawling

A sector-led initiative to reduce the bycatch of sea snakes in prawn trawlers, is refining a new snake escape device and testing its effectiveness in three major prawn fisheries. By Catherine Norwood A new bycatch reduction device currently being trialled, could reduce the number...
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-046
DATE START/END: 31 JUL 2010 - 14 DEC 2011

Proposed Standards and Guidelines for Bycatch Management in Commonwealth Fisheries

Australian fisheries and government have invested substantially in bycatch mitigation over the past two decades, resulting in significant improvements in bycatch mitigation in several fisheries. In many cases, however, the fishing industry and management are unable to demonstrate the effectiveness...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2004-205
DATE START/END: 29 JAN 2004 - 31 JUL 2007

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: provision of research platforms for projects requiring Port Lincoln based R&D support

The SBT Industry The aquaculture of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) has been a major success story in the expansion of the Australian aquaculture industry. The industry, which started in 1990, has expanded to produce about 8,200 tonnes of gilled and gutted tuna, worth about $264 million in 2000/2001...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-745
DATE START/END: 31 AUG 2010 - 30 JUL 2013

Seafood CRC: Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries - R&D planning, implementation, extension and utilisation

There are major commercial prawn fisheries in South Australia, Western Australia, the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Queensland as well as a minor fishery in Victoria. Total catches from these states being: around 23 000t in 2003/04 with a total value of $300m; around 17 000t in 2006/07 with a...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
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