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What’s stopping you from protecting yourself and your mates? Identifying barriers to the adoption of safe work practises in the small-scale wild catch commercial fishing industry logo
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What’s stopping you from protecting yourself and your mates? Identifying barriers to the adoption of safe work practises in the small-scale wild catch commercial fishing industry

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to foster a stronger safety culture in the wild catch commercial fishing industry in Australia. It will identify barriers (environmental, behavioural, psychological, regulatory, and market based) to adoption and implementation of safe work practices.

5 Oct 2017 - 29 Sep 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

KAL Analysis Pty Ltd

Informing strategies, policies and options supporting owner-operated fishing businesses in fisheries experiencing corporatisation logo
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Informing strategies, policies and options supporting owner-operated fishing businesses in fisheries experiencing corporatisation

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to host a workshop for fishery managers and leaders to inform management strategies, policies and options in small-scale fisheries that are experiencing a reduction in fleet size and a concentration in ownership. It will: 1. plan for and adapt to corporatisation in the southern rock lobster fishery,...

31 May 2019 - 30 Dec 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)

Identifying and synthesizing key messages from projects funded by the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group logo
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Identifying and synthesizing key messages from projects funded by the FRDC Indigenous Reference Group

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to identify and bring together key messages from projects supported by the Indigenous Reference Group of FRDC. Through this the aim is to develop succinct fact-sheets, improve general stakeholder awareness of the key research findings and provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with material that they...

31 Aug 2019 - 8 Mar 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Land to Sea Consulting

RRD4P: FRDC contribution: Precision to Decision Agriculture (Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme 2016) logo
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RRD4P: FRDC contribution: Precision to Decision Agriculture (Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme 2016)

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to increase the profitability of average performing producers to become as profitable as the top 25%. The project will identify how to deploy decision agriculture to increase the profitability of producers; provide clarity about ownership and access rights to producers to increase trust and confidence in the...

25 Jun 2018 - 30 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

National fisheries and aquaculture industry social and economic contributions study: Phase 1 logo
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National fisheries and aquaculture industry social and economic contributions study: Phase 1

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to provide evidence of the contribution of Australian fisheries and aquaculture industries to national, state and regional economies and communities. It will enable these industries to demonstrate their contributions to the economic and social dimensions of sustainability. To generate the information needed to achieve this, the project...

30 Jun 2018 - 29 Sep 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)

Developing novel remote camera approaches to assess and monitor the population status of Australian sea lions logo
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Developing novel remote camera approaches to assess and monitor the population status of Australian sea lions

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to provide information for evaluating whether remote camera systems can provide conservation and management organisations with a cost-effective and practical method for monitoring risks to Australian sea lion colonies and measuring the success of conservation measures for this species.

31 Dec 2017 - 30 Dec 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

SeSAFE - delivering industry safety through electronic learning logo
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SeSAFE - delivering industry safety through electronic learning

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to raise safety awareness and improve safety performance in the Australian fishing and aquaculture industry. For more than a decade the safety performance of this industry has not improved; fishing is the most dangerous occupation in Australia and fatalities are four times higher than the mining and...

28 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAIC)

National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018 logo
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National tropical oyster aquaculture workshop - Darwin 2018

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to support a national tropical oyster aquaculture workshop that will provide a forum to share information on progress and intentions of current and planned tropical oyster research and commercial farming projects across northern Australia. Given the relatively early phase of industry development the workshop will identify key...

27 Sep 2018 - 22 Dec 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industry and Resources (NT)

Validation and implementation of rapid test kits for detection of OsHV-1 logo
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Validation and implementation of rapid test kits for detection of OsHV-1

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to support the monitoring of outbreaks of Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome caused by the virus OsHV-1 by validating and implementing a rapid test kit for detection of the disease.The project will review available technology, select a candidate approach, and implement an OsHV-1 test using the preferred platform....

29 Nov 2018 - 29 Jun 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

South Australian Pacific Oyster selective breeding program: Building POMS resistance to reduce risk for the South Australian oyster industry logo
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South Australian Pacific Oyster selective breeding program: Building POMS resistance to reduce risk for the South Australian oyster industry

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

This project aims to support the South Australian Pacific oyster selective breeding program build a resistance level of over 90% for ≥ one year old oysters to Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) by developing selective families. Subsequently it will support the industry by provision of high POMS resistant broodstock for...

30 Jun 2019 - 29 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)