Program · Outcome 1: Increased economic, social and environmental benefits for Australian fishing and aquaculture, and the wider community, by investing in knowledge, innovation, and marketing
Program 1.1: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Objective FRDC invests in people and innovation to ensure healthy aquatic environments for
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 193 reported
$51m
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$7.5m (−12.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024 – s37 Fishing Industry | corporate | $30m | $30m | +$298k +1.0% | reported | FRDC Tables 2.1, row 86 |
| Revenues from industry sources | corporate | $13m | $11m | −$1.7m −13.1% | reported | FRDC Tables 2.1, row 87 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation | corporate | $15m | $9.2m | −$6.0m −39.5% | reported | FRDC Tables 2.1, row 89 |
| Revenues from other independent sources | corporate | $500k | $400k | −$100k −20.0% | reported | FRDC Tables 2.1, row 88 |