Australian Seafood CRC

Flinders University is a core participant in the Australian Seafood CRC.

The Minister for Education, Science and Training, The Hon Julie Bishop, announced the establishment of the Australian Seafood CRC in December 2006.

It will become operational on 1 July 2007.

Flinders University's involvement

Flinders University staff worked intensively with the partners, particularly with colleagues at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), in the development of this CRC bid.

As a result, one or more of the Seafood CRC’s programs will be based in South Australia. It is also hoped that the CRC itself will be headquartered in South Australia.

Flinders role in the Seafood CRC is being coordinated by the Office of Research and Dr. Graham Mair. Dr Mair, is a Program Leader designate and is closely involved with the Seafood CRC activities. He can be contacted at graham.mair@flinders.edu.au or on (08) 8201 5968.

Other participants

Visit the Australian Seafood CRC website to access a complete list of participants.

How Flinders researchers can become involved

For an overview of the research to be undertaken by this new CRC refer to Australian Seafood's CRC: Portfolio of Program and Research Project Pre-Proposals (PDF 686KB) .

Flinders researchers will lead research in the following areas:

• Value chain profitability.
• Product quality and integrity.
• Health benefits of seafood.

The Office of Research is seeking renewed expressions of interest from Flinders researchers who have been involved in the bid development to date, or new expressions of interest from those who could become involved in this CRC. Refer to the Australian Seafood CRC Researcher Expression of Interest (DOC 391KB) for further information.

Seafood CRC program leaders visit Flinders

The Seafood CRC Program Leaders met with Flinders researchers on 9 March 2007 to discuss the process they are following in the lead up to the establishment of the CRC on 1 July. Flinders' capabilities to contribute to industry research priorities as a core research partner were also discussed.

Presentations included:

• Flinders in the Seafood CRC: Research capabilities (PDF 1MB)
  
• Presentation to CRC participants by program leaders (PDF 42KB) .