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Utilising existing R&D to develop and document sustainability factsheets on key species

Project number: 2009-071
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $50,696.30
Principal Investigator: Robert Kearney
Organisation: Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 22 Jan 2010 - 29 Aug 2010
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Communication and extension have been identified by the Board as a priority activity on which more work is needed. In particular the last three AOP's for FRDC identified two key priorities under Challenge 5: Community and consumer support:
• Educate the community about fisheries and aquaculture management and its contribution to Australia.
• Communicate the benefits of government and industry investment in R&D.

As outlined under ‘Consultation’, the fishing industries have identified development of improved public communication packages based on easily understood information on sustainability of fish and fisheries as a high priority. At present the fishing industries have very little information available in a format that can be used to defend the industries’ status with regard to its long term sustainability and to demonstrate the effectiveness of Australian fisheries management.

Oceanwatch Australia, after identifying the need for the development of basic information on key species in a usable format, undertook a scoping project with co-investigator Professor Bob Kearney. This project provided an excellent template for the information, analyses and outputs required for this FRDC project. Oceanwatch Australia has agreed for the information developed in its study to be used and built on in this FRDC project.

Objectives

1. to review and analyse the necessary and appropriate scientific material to document the sustainability status of key seafood species
2. to synthesise the information into a format that is both accessible to, and understandable by, the general public
3. to establish a robust methodology for producing a series of ‘factsheets’ for public distribution and use by the media

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9804231-6-7
Author: Robert Kearney

Seafood Directions 2005

Project number: 2004-302
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $64,574.60
Principal Investigator: Louise Nock
Organisation: Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 30 Jun 2007
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The Australian Seafood Industry Council (ASIC) and other key industry bodies continue to support the holding of a biennial national seafood industry conference to review and discuss priority issues affecting the seafood sector and to use this forum as a means of providing the basis for future planning and direction.

The success of the previous Seafood Directions conferences substantiate the need for future conferences to facilitate industry involvement in the development of industry goals and objectives.

Objectives

1. Plan and deliver the fourth Seafood Directions conference in Sydney in 2005
2. Plan Seafood Directions 2005 to coincide with the "World Fish Inspection and Quality Control Congress" (Australian has recently won the right to host this one week internationally supported conference)

Development of an OH&S induction training video for the post harvest sector of the seafood industry

Project number: 2003-415
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $42,000.00
Principal Investigator: Bryan Skepper
Organisation: Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 1 Mar 2007
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The need for this project was clearly identified in the WorkCover NSW funded research project on Manual Handling Methods in the Seafood Industry that was undertaken in 2002.

One of the key recommendations from that project was the need for “a strategic, co-ordinated and national approach” for “OHS education and training for all people working in the industry”.

This project meets the FRDC Program 2: Industry Development Priority for Occupational Health and Safety as it will increase and apply knowledge of occupational health and safety in the fishing industry. It would also fall under the Legislative, institutional, compliance and policy arrangements and their Impacts priority area of this Program.

In addition the project is in conformance with SSA’s Segment 5 market segment priority by contributing to ensuring that industry is operating to best practice occupational health and safety standards.

Objectives

1. To develop and produce an OH&S training video for the post harvest sector of industry, that meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and is compatible with the competency requirements of the Seafood Industry Training Package.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-237
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: Development of a quality index for Australian seafood

This project updated the Australian Seafood Quality Index manual with eight new species For copies of the manual please contact markb@sydneyfishmarket.com.au For the Quality Index on a free app platform, visit the iTunes or Android stores and search for 'Australian Seafood Quality...
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Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
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