Welcome to the Year in Review at FRDC! In the whirlwind of calendar year 2023, FRDC thrived on innovation, collaboration, and impactful initiatives. Throughout the year, our team spearheaded 113...

As we reel in 2023, FRDC casts warm wishes your way for a festive season teeming with joy and goodwill. In the vast waters of progress, this year has been a bounty of collaboration and innovation...

Translocating smaller Pipis (Donax deltoides) from overcrowded beds to less populated beaches is helping to improve the profitability of South Australia’s Pipi fishery.  By Catherine...

On the historic docks of Fremantle in Western Australia, drums, flags and cheers could be heard. Curious visitors poured in from Esplanade Park, Bathers Beach and surrounds to see what was generating...

As Australia’s Abalone aquaculture sector continues to prosper, small operations like Three Friends Abalone are delivering niche products to local, national, and international markets that value...

Future leaders in Australia’s recreational fishing sector share how attending the 10th World Recreational Fishing Conference have inspired them in their current roles supporting their local...

Six years on from the launch of Tuna Champions, project leader Professor Sean Tracey reflects on the success and evolution of the education campaign focused on recreational fishers and the iconic...

Fishing and aquaculture stakeholders applied theory of change techniques to stimulate new thinking on cross-sectoral issues, challenges and opportunities gathered in FRDC's 'have your say' online...

New modelling of sub-surface ocean conditions off Australia’s east coast is identifying factors that influence the catch of key tuna and billfish species, with real-time ocean forecasts now being...

Western Australia’s rapidly developing octopus fishery has found new management and marketing opportunities through an unusual discovery.   By Brad Collis   The future is looking bright,...