PROJECT NUMBER
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2011-223
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
SPECIES
85,419 results
Development of a cohesive industry-wide policy on Eco-Certification for Australian commercial fisheries
Project number:
2011-222
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$27,203.26
Principal Investigator:
Annie Jarrett
Organisation:
Pro-Fish Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
24 Jul 2011
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24 Nov 2011
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
There is growing producer and consumer interest in, and demand for, environmentally sustainable seafood products, both nationally and internationally. Australia is a world leader in sustainable fisheries management and the Australian fishing industry is highly supportive of ecosystem based management. However industry continually bears the cost of implementing measures to improve and demonstrate fishery and environmental sustainability, without deriving the benefits which can flow from demands for sustainable seafood.
It is therefore imperative that Australian fisheries progress rapidly to eco-certification, to derive benefits from existing best practice applied in management of our fisheries, encourage continual improvement in fishing practices, and to provide a clear point of difference in the marketplace to cheaper imported products which are typically not subject to the same strict environmental and management constraints.
In order to achieve this there is a pressing need to address the existing policy vaccuum at government level regarding third party eco-certification for fisheries, including development of funding mechanisms which will facilitate the pursuit of third party eco-certification.
Key drivers for the development of this proposal include:
- Increasing focus from the fishing industry on the need to pursue eco-certification as a means of differentiating Australian seafood in domestic and international markets to maintain market access, increase market demand and maximize competitive advantage.
- The opportunity to better inform consumers about the sustainability of Australian seafood and inform choices that consumers make when buying seafood
1. The primary objective of this project is to facilitate the development of government policy and programmes, including funding mechanisms, that support third party eco-certification for Australian commercial fisheries
Final report
Author:
Annie Jarrett
Final Report
•
2015-03-24
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1.40 MB
2011-222-DLD.pdf
The project facilitated on-going discussion within industry on eco-certification for the Australian seafood industry.
The project demonstrated that clear benefits can be gained from eco-certification and that there are numerous certification programs available to industry. This is consistent with the outcomes of the October 2011 environmental workshop that future access to eco-certification programmes must be voluntary and non-discriminatory.
The project also highlighted that there are varying views within some sectors of industry, including the National Seafood Industry Alliance (NSIA) on the need for and the benefits of eco-certification.
The project has resulted in on-going support by the Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA) for the development of a whole of government eco-certification policy (including funding) for Australian fisheries. This position has been incorporated into a CFA policy paper as part of the CFA 2013 Federal Election policy platform.
The NSIA is still developing its position on the proposal for a government policy on eco-certification however at least two members (WAFIC and CFA) support the approach. A key recommendation in this report is that any FAO-compliant ‘Australian Standard’ which may be developed in the future should be available to commercial fishers on a voluntary basis under an eco-certification policy.
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-217
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Curtin University
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-216
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Co management review
The original Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Report – “Comanagement: Managing Australia’s fisheries through partnership and delegation” Project No. 2006/068 – was reviewed and found to remain rigorous, relevant and appropriate as a guide to...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-215
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Resource access and resource allocation - guidelines
Issues surrounding access to fisheries resources and their allocation among competing parties go back to early feudal times in England where the Magna Carta was thought to be responsible for establishing the common law principle of the public right to fish in tidal waters, with fish being deemed to...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-209
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-205
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-203
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-201
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Implementing a spatial assessment and decision process to improve fishery management outcomes using geo-referenced diver data
Fishing activity was captured across 53,852 one Hectare hex grid cells across Tasmania. A total of 113,164 diving hours were recorded across 125,536 individual fishing events (Table 1). Between 2012 and 2016, the Tasmanian Geo-Fishery Dependent Data (GFDD) program captured between 85 % and 90 % of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2011-200
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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