The Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NTRAC) formerly the Northern Territory Fisheries Research Advisory Body (FRAB), is an Australian Government statutory authority that was established by the FRDC in March 2016 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 (PIRD Act).
The Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NTRAC) is an expertise-based committee is comprised of a membership group with expertise in wild catch (commercial and recreational), aquaculture, resource management, processing/post-harvest, indigenous, RD&E management or people development. The committee is responsible for facilitating the identification and delivery of efficient and effective research for stakeholders in Northern Territory.
NTRAC is developing a 5-year Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan that provides a framework to identify and invest in key strategic research needs of Northern Territory stakeholders, with the intent to ensure a healthy marine ecosystem and efficient, productive and profitable fisheries (including commercial, Indigenous and recreational).
The FRDC invests through a flexible approach. Part of this approach allows the Research Advisory Committees (RACs), Industry Partnership Agreements (IPAs) and Subprograms to call for applications based on their priorities, in the absence of a plan NTRAC priorities are communicated to stakeholder through this call up to three times per year in November, April and August – see whether this RAC has put forward any priorities in the current call for applications.
TBA
IPAs are an agreement between the FRDC and a sector body to manage a suite of sectoral projects over a specified time period against an agreed industry strategic plan. Some sectors in a jurisdiction may have their RD&E needs represented by the IPA as opposed to the RAC – for more information on see the IPAs.
Australian Barramundi Farmers’ Association IPA
Australian Prawn Farmers’ Association IPA