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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-020
DATE START/END: 17 MAR 2019 - 29 NOV 2020

Cumulative impacts across fisheries in Australia's marine environment

The focus of this project will be developing methods to estimate the cumulative impact from multiple fisheries and sectors (commercial, recreational, indigenous), and the assessment framework will be scaleable to include impacts from non-fishing activities in future (e.g. coastal development,...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-079
DATE START/END: 28 JUL 2019 - 17 DEC 2020

Knowledge for Productivity: Phase I - Lake Wooloweyah

Healthy estuaries are essential for food security and the productivity and sustainability of virtually all Australia’s wild professional and recreational fisheries. Australia’s estuaries are heavily degraded and increasingly the community is seeking to repair estuaries to optimise their fisheries...
ORGANISATION:
University of Newcastle
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-080
DATE START/END: 31 OCT 2021 - 29 MAY 2026

ACPF IPA Management and Community Engagement, People Development Programs

The ACPF's investment in the Seafood CRC (2007-2015) was a catalyst to the national sector's focus on improving profitability through marketing and product positioning, supply chain development and integration, and product development. The ACPF's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan contained two elements; a...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
Industry
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PUBLISHED:
2015-03-01

Brave new world of octopus farming

Countering territorial behaviour and the propensity of octopus to escape from even the most securely closed tank systems have been among a number of achievements and world firsts to come from Australian efforts to develop aquaculture techniques for the species By Rose Yeoman A clutch of...
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DATE:
2023-04-28

Seafood builds physical and cultural health of Indigenous communities

For the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal coastal communities, seafood connection to community is much more important than just the meals it provides and the jobs it supports, finds new FRDC-supported research. By Catherine Norwood In the coastal community of Maningrida, 500...
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-412
DATE START/END: 30 MAR 2016 - 29 JUN 2021

ACPF IPA: Australian wild caught prawn sector RD&E management and communication

The Australian wild caught prawn fishery is one of Australia’s most valuable and celebrated wild catch fisheries. It is located around Australia’s mainland coast, is worth $277 million at farm gate; 42% northern Australia Commonwealth fisheries, 25% Qld, 13% WA, 12% SA, 7% NSW and 1% Vic. Efforts...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries Ltd (ACPF)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-120
DATE START/END: 1 NOV 2020 - 29 JUN 2023

Building industry capacity to lead co-management initiatives within the Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery: Training industry to conduct biomass estimate surveys

The Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF) is managed by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority according to the aims and objectives of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and the associated policies which sit under the Act. Key to the management of Commonwealth fisheries is the...
ORGANISATION:
Bass Strait Scallop Industry Association (BSSIA)
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DATE:
2022-02-08

Securing a $100 billion true blue economy by 2025

The Midway Point report on the 10-year National Marine Science Plan measures progress and defines the next steps required to achieve our blue economy potential By Kate Harvey It is easy to forget that the Earth is a blue, water-dominated planet; continents and islands make up...
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Stakeholder planning workshops

The FRDC holds a stakeholder workshops each year to gain an insight into the key issues. The issues identified along with stakeholder feedback forms part of the priority setting for the FRDC funding rounds. 2023 workshop Workshop presentation slides: FRDC Stakeholder Workshop 2023...
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