El Nemo - South East Australia Program
"El-nemo - South Eastern Australia" is a program aimed at coordinating climate change related projects to prepare fisheries and aquaculture sectors and fisheries management to adapt to change in South-Eastern Australia.
This Program recognises that Australian marine commercial, indigenous and recreational fisheries and aquaculture sectors will be affected by climate change and the types of effects and opportunities will depend on how well prepared and adaptable the sectors and fisheries managers are to respond.
The Program will cover the marine region (including State and Commonwealth waters from approximately the South Australia/ Western Australia border to approximately the New South Wales/Queensland border). It will provide information to help those the fishing and aquaculture sectors and fisheries managers manage risk their own risks and opportunities.
The South Eastern program is the first to be established. Coordination
of this program will be undertaken by the Victorian Department of
Primary Industries. Information on the South East Program will be
updated and placed on its webpage. In addition, a Stakeholder Advisory Group will ensure that the
program’s activities are targeted to the needs of those (industry,
managers and the public) that will use the information.
This Program was developed by State and Commonwealth fisheries agencies, and research institutes including the CSIRO, the University of Tasmania and South Australian Research and Development Institute in recognition of the need for a coordinated, multi-jurisdictional, outcome focused program in South-Eastern Australia to facilitate adaptation of fisheries and aquaculture businesses and management to climate change.
The program will focus on the south-eastern region, and will be a key component of a national approach to climate change and fisheries and aquaculture.
This Program aims to prepare marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors and fisheries management arrangements to adapt to future changes. This is vital for meeting the challenges and capturing opportunities ahead.
This is not a strategy or a plan, but a program to coordinate projects to implement action and answer priority questions, and coordinate work across jurisdictions.
El Nemo South East work commenced
The following projects allocated for 2009/10 financial year are already underway in the South Eastern region:
1. Regional modelling of physical drivers
2. Risk assessments of fisheries and aquaculture species in the region
3. Risk assessment of social and economic elements of fisheries and aquaculture in the region
4. Development of a vulnerability framework
5. Testing of responsiveness of management arrangements
The following projects from the 2009/10 financial year are yet to be completed and are intended to be included in the 2010/11 and later financial years:
1. Social Surveys to understand needs of stakeholders
2. Case studies to learn from past responses / adaptation
3. Information products of climate change implications for the sectors
4. Identification of barriers to adaptation
