An FRDC funded project on incorporating MAC (Management Advisory Committee) competencies into the Seafood Industry Training Package was completed in December 2001. The report from that project contained detail of the skills and knowledge required by MAC members to fulfil their role and...
Governments intervene to manage the exploitation and conservation of aquatic resources for the benefit of current and future generations. Such management involves balancing an array of complex and sometimes conflicting public policy objectives – canvassing contentious issues such as...
A significant factor determining the long term viability of the Australian seafood industry is the productivity of its workforce. The productivity of the men and women employed across the industry is directly correlated to the skills, knowledge and attitudes held by them and their consistent...
SeaQual was established in December 1995, as a joint initiative of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy (now Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia) and the Australian Seafood Industry Council. SeaQual was located...
1. To develop an industry action plan to underpin the implementation of the National Strategy on Aquaculture in Australia released earlier this year
2. Highlight to industry a number of the current issues concerning the industry which various Government agencies wish to be addressed in the near future
3. To provide an opportunity for industry to formalise peak representation to provide a point of contact for Government and Industry bodies
4. Identify and prioritise national strategy programmes and, if possible set a time-frame within which these programmes can be completed
5. Discuss and resolve issues, identified by several Government agencies, requiring immediate action
6. Identify a mechanism for providing coordinated industry advice to the relevant Ministers and Government departments
7. Identify a mechanism for efficiently using the resources available to the industry on a national basis
8. Identify National marketing issues which may affect aquaculture in the short to medium term
9. Identify a Government framework to support industry development
10. Identify the opportunities for networking the aquaculture industry(ies) across Australia