PROJECT NUMBER
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2023-072
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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Engagement for Success: evaluation of engagement events to inform industry management strategies
Project number:
2019-074
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure:
$135,450.00
Principal Investigator:
Lowri Pryce
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
29 Feb 2020
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27 Feb 2021
Contact:
FRDC
Commercial fisheries and aquaculture activities with insufficient levels of social support can negatively affect industry member well-being and contribute to restricted resource access. More & appropriate engagement is needed to improve stakeholder and community trust & support, both with those affected by industry activity, and with those who affect industry activity (i.e. decision-makers and influencers).
This project addresses the need to ensure that the range of engagement activities and strategies undertaken by organisations and operators within fisheries and aquaculture are effective at:
- building relationships and trustworthiness;
- understanding concerns and needs arising from industry activity; and
- influencing preferences and decisions.
Limited evaluation has been undertaken regarding the effectiveness of engagement strategies and activities in meeting predefined goals. Similarly, limited opportunities exist to transfer knowledge between industry organisations of successful and future engagement practice; or to support improved return on investment of engagement strategies.
The NSW Fishing Industry has a need to improve relationships and trustworthiness with key stakeholders, and to achieve specific outcomes for PFA members, which include; improve social license by industry taking the lead on its own imagery, and an increase in the consumption and variety of NSW seafood.
In addition, there is limited feedback on whether communication strategies about to embark on will be effective at achieving the PFA’s desired outcomes, and there is information to help develop long term engagement strategies and direct limited resources to the most effective activities.
Therefore, there is a need to select a range of community engagement strategies and activities, and evaluate these against predefined goals. Engagement successes need to be extended to other industry organisations,
and if appropriate, decision support materials to be developed to extend knowledge adoption of the findings and materials.
1. Evaluate these engagement activities and strategies against their predefined goals, applying an engagement evaluation framework developed by Clear Horizon as part of "FRDC project 2018-201" using standardised and defensible monitoring and evaluation methods.
2. Pilot and refine the evaluation framework using the above.
3. Develop materials to support other industry organisations based on the specific case studies, in selecting, designing, implementing and evaluating types of engagement activities and strategies which have been demonstrated to be highly effective at achieving specific engagement goals. (REVIEW with Stop/Go point)
4. Contribute to extension and knowledge mobilisation of these findings and materials. (REVIEW with Stop/Go point)
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PROJECT NUMBER
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2013-024
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2012-302
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2010-305
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2009-328
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2008-314.20
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2008-036
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Reducing plastics in the Australian seafood industry - Phase 1
Project number:
2004-410
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$5,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Anissa Lawrence
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
29 Jun 2005
-
20 Apr 2007
Contact:
FRDC
Given the current trend by groups such as Planet Ark, local councils, DEH and other industries it is important that
the seafood industry is aware of the options/alternatives available for reducing plastics and is seen to be operating
as a responsible industry. Internationally, particularly in the EU, there is also a drive to reduce plastics and other
non-recyclable materials such as polystyrene. There is no forward planning in the Seafood industry to cover this
issue and because of the environmental damage that can be caused by plastics it is essential that some
background work be done to assess the current position and to create some viable alternatives.
1. To undertake a desktop study to review where plastics are used within the Australian Seafood Industry (post harvest) and whether potential alternatives/substitutes are available.
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PROJECT NUMBER
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2003-063
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Adoption of an environmental management systems by NSW commercial estuary fishers and oyster farmers
This project has provided estuary fishers and oyster farmers across NSW with an opportunity to develop an Environmental Management System (EMS), based on ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems for their businesses.
The main driver for each group to develop an EMS was primarily improving...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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