ACPF

Prawn fishers are often behind game changing innovations that are taken up across the whole sector. But it takes time and money to find out what technology already exists, who to talk to, adapt an innovation in a business and to report back. The ACPF’s Fisher Innovation program supports fishers to investigate a solution to

The ACPF is offering a member of Australia’s wild prawn fishing industry $6,000 (plus GST) towards the costs of completing the 2025 NSILP via the ACPF’s George Raptis NSILP bursary. The program costs $990 plus GST. Travel and accommodation costs of residentials are extra: Cohort 1: 18– 20 March 2025 – Adelaide, 24– 26 June

As trawl fishing becomes the increasing topic of conversation amongst activists and policy makers, the ACPF has partnered with the FRDC to fund a Program of Environment related work aiming toi position the wild prawn sector as ocean stewards. Approved in May the Program: Works with our stakeholders to communicate the environmental facts and achievements

There are so many good ideas that could be a prawn fishing game changer, but so little time to adapt them! There are so many people across the latest technology, but who to talk to first? There might be others who have already a ‘tried and proven’ idea, but travelling to see what they’ve done

Australian Wild Prawns are “more than a prawn”. They are the Taste of the Wild. So – are seafood retailers selling what they say they are? 100% Yes. 345 samples of prawns marked Australian and/or indicating wild caught were analysed in the latest batch of prawn samples taken from retailers all around Australia by Source

The results of the December 2021 round of random, covert samples from retailers around Australia are in – 96% of prawns marked ‘Australian’ were again found to be Australian.  The survey is part of a four-year FRDC/ACPF investment with Curtin University and Source Certain into Australian Wild Prawn trace element fingerprints. The 4% of samples