Key information sources

Fishery Status Reports

ABARES produces annual fishery status reports for governments and the community. The reports provide independent reviews of stock status for fish stocks in Commonwealth-managed fisheries. Each report includes: 

• background information on fisheries
• an overview of species biology
• monitoring and research
• current status of fisheries, and
• an assessment of fisheries management.   

Seafood Services Australia

Seafood Services Australia is a not-for-profit company established to encourage sustainable development of the seafood industry. Its founding members are the FRDC and the former Australian Seafood Industry Council. 

Seafood Services Australia helps seafood businesses and organisations become more competitive in increasingly challenging and sophisticated domestic and global markets. The company also helps seafood businesses and fisheries follow sustainable, responsible environmental practices, and demonstrate them to the community. 

Seafood Services Australia's resources will allow you to identify your main business challenges and opportunities, especially with:

• seafood supply chain development
• environmental management systems
• seafood safety and quality
• trade and market development
• seafood industry occupational health and safety

The Australian Seafood Industry Portal is maintained by Seafood Services Australia and provides links to a comprehensive list of contacts and websites. The portal includes: 

• career opportunities
• government agencies
• industry associations
• research and development
• codes of practice
• industry training
• industry goods and service providers
• processing and trade
• producers
• commercial fishers, and
• aquaculturists.

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) is Australia’s leading agency concerned with planning, investing in, and managing fisheries research, development and extension. The FRDC is a statutory corporation founded in 1991 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development (PIERD) Act 1989. It is responsible to the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry. The FRDC’s mission is to maximise economic, environmental and social benefits for its stakeholders through effective investment and partnership in research, development and extension.