FRDC Indigenous Reference Group on Fisheries
The scope of the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) is to ensure that fishing and seafood industry focused research, development and extension (RD&E) assists in delivering improved economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia’s Indigenous people. The IRG is expertise based, advisory in nature, and makes recommendations to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) on strategic issues relevant to Indigenous RD&E in the fishing and seafood industry (importantly members of the IRG acknowledge that they do not speak on behalf of all Indigenous Australian people and communities, but they feel they can provide high level strategic input and advice based on key RD&E Principles that were developed through a consultative process).