This report describes the extent to which the FRDC implemented its approved annual operational plan during the previous financial year. It meets the requirements for reporting legislated by the Australian Government and informs the FRDC’s other stakeholders — especially those in the commercial, recreational and Indigenous sectors of the fishing industry and in the research and development community.

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Annual Report, 2019–20 An electronic version is at the FRDC website — www.frdc.com.au and

Australian Government Transparency Port — https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/ fisheries-research-and-development-corporation/reporting-year/2019-2020

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