Multiple industries Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool Multiple technology areas Data and AI Traceability Research project OzAg Data exchange The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange has a vision to create an interconnected data highway for Australia’s AgriFood value chain.… Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 30 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation KPMG Australia
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Fisheries technology Harvest technology Research project Identifying biological stocks of Silver Trevally and Ocean Jackets for assessment and management This study seeks to inform stock assessments for silver trevally and ocean jacket species across Australia and make recommendations for management to ensure neither variety is depleted. Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Jun 2021 - 29 Jun 2024 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2019-2020 This project maintains and improves the data base of production, gross value of production and trade statistics for the Australian … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 17 Jun 2021 - 14 Sep 2021 Research organisation Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Seafood Directions Conference 2022, 2024, 2026 Seafood Directions is regarded as the premier seafood industry conference in Australia. Seafood Directions provides an opportunity for the stakeholders … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 13 Jun 2021 - 30 Dec 2026
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Aquaculture technology Research project Workshop to examine the viability of establishing a peak seafood industry body for South Australia The workshop to establish a peak seafood industry body in South Australia brings several benefits. It allows for a thorough … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 13 Jun 2021 - 30 Jul 2021 Research organisation Wildcatch Fisheries SA (WFSA)
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Fisheries technology Machinery & hardware Research project Investigating the use of a remote operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) for surveying abalone on reefs in the Western zone abalone fishery, Victoria. Wild abalone off the coast of Cape Nelson, Victoria have tested positive to a disease called Abalone Virus Ganglioneuritis (AVG). … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 3 Jun 2021 - 21 Feb 2022
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Accelerating Greenlip Abalone stock recovery in South Australia using release of hatchery-reared juveniles: Phase 1 - genetics risk assessment and preliminary cost-benefit analysis There are areas of the Western Zone Abalone Fishery where Greenlip Abalone are depleting, with biomass levels well below carrying … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 May 2021 - 29 Nov 2021 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Future proofing the Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) Industry by developing new products for new markets Recent environmental changes have modified the summer distribution of southern bluefin tuna (SBT, Thunnus maccoyii) in South Australia. This has … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 27 May 2021 - 31 May 2022
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Indigenous Branding in the Fishing and Seafood Industry - Economic Creation and Capture Indigenous people are increasingly the owners of commercial fishing licenses, and the operators of fishery businesses. But in wholesale markets … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 4 May 2021 - 29 Apr 2022
Wild catch fisheries Consumer health Research project An investigation of Indigenous knowledges and nutritional health and wellbeing benefits and values of seafood for supporting Indigenous fisheries development Aboriginal fishing businesses in the Northern Territory are aiming to improve the livelihoods of community members through providing access to … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 29 Apr 2021 - 30 Oct 2022
Wild catch fisheries Research project Western Rock Lobster professional industry development This project is designed to assist with the professional development of people involved in the Australian western rock lobster industry. … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Apr 2021 - 29 Jun 2025
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Evaluating of the role of direct fish-to-fish contact on horizontal transmission of Koi herpesvirus Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a widely cultured fish produced for food globally. It was introduced into Australia for aquaculture … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Apr 2021 - 14 Jan 2022 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project SeSAFE – Delivering Industry Safety through Electronic Learning Working in the Australian fishing and aquaculture industries is one of the most hazardous occupations in the country. The goal … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 31 Mar 2021 - 28 Dec 2023
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Circular Economy Opportunities for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Australia (CEOFAA) This project aims to develop increased knowledge of how the concept of circular economy relates to Australian fishing and aquaculture … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 16 Mar 2021 - 29 Sep 2021 Research organisation University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Aquaculture technology Research project Energy use and carbon emissions assessments in the Australian fishing and aquaculture sectors: Audit, self-assessment and guidance tools for footprint reduction The project aims to calculate the carbon footprint of Australia's fishing and aquaculture sectors, providing valuable information on the greenhouse … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 21 Feb 2021 - 23 Jul 2021 Research organisation Blueshift Consulting
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Food processing technology Processing & packaging Research project An audit of plastic use in the fishing and aquaculture sectors A major challenge facing the Australian seafood industries is the lack of baseline data to support plastic usage trends. It … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 12 Feb 2021 - 29 Jun 2021
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Giant Crab Enhanced Data Collection - Innovative approaches to enhance data collection in the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian Giant crab fisheries The giant crab fishery (GCF) across southern Australia has a small tonnage of large, individually valuable animals. Despite the implementation … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 27 Jan 2021 - 26 Jan 2023
Wild catch fisheries Data and AI Research project Can DNA from routine plankton surveys be used to measure fish spawning areas and monitor changes in pelagic ecosystems? The benefits of establishing long-term ecological programs to monitor ocean health are recognised internationally and the National Marine Science Plan (… Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 17 Jan 2021 - 15 Dec 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Aquatic animal welfare – a review of guidance documents and legislation Respective Australian States and Territories have developed animal welfare legislation and guidelines that either specifically address aquatic animal welfare considerations … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Jan 2021 - 29 Jun 2022
Multiple industries Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries Research project Quantifying inter-sectoral values within and among the Indigenous, commercial and recreational sectors The FRDC is seeking to understand contrasting and complementary values among Indigenous, commercial, and recreational fishing sectors. This project will … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 10 Jan 2021 - 29 Jun 2021