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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-064
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Implementation of an environmental management system for South Australia's rock lobster and prawn fisheries

The principal objective of the project was to provide a State EMS Officer for South Australia to develop and implement an environmental management system with the prawn and rocklobster fisheries. An integrated third party audited EMS was developed with the rocklobster sector...
ORGANISATION:
Seafood Council (SA) Ltd
TAGS
Waste
Sustainability
Stakeholder
Fisheries Management
Community
SPECIES
Southern Rock Lobster
King Prawns
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 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
TAGS
Stakeholder
Estuarine
Communications
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Sydney Rock Oyster
Pacific Oyster

Driving innovation in environmental performance in the Queensland fishing industry

Project number: 2003-062
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $80,000.00
Principal Investigator: Daryl McPhee
Organisation: James Cook University (JCU)
Project start/end date: 25 May 2003 - 20 Jun 2006
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Workforce
Sustainability
Stakeholder
Resource Sharing
Resource Sharing

Need

Environmental performance will be one of the most important drivers of future fishing industry profitability. There is a growing recognition amongst the industry's grass roots that long-term profitability will require maintainence of existing resource and market access - access that is only possible with improved environmental performance and demonstrated triple bottom line sustainability.

Projects that assist in motivating and demonstrating continual improvement in the industry's environmental performance are clearly within industry's interest, and will assist in increasing community and consumer confidence in the sustainability of wild capture fisheries.

Methodologies to assist in motivating and demonstrating continual environmental improvement in the seafood industry have been the subject of significant investment at the policy level but remain largely unimplemented on the ground at broad scale. This project aims to roll out 'green chooser' (FRDC 2000/146) derived EMS methodologies across two broad scale pilot project areas both subject to a high degree of community scrutiny (Moreton Bay, Cairns inshore fishery). In doing so the project will 'road test' the existing green chooser EMS model and refine it where necessary to ensure it is relevant to the needs of grass roots industry.

In addition, improvement of incentives for adoption of best practice will greatly assist industry environmental performance while providing significant opportunities to reduce management and compliance costs. In the long-term, the project aims to improve overall industry profitability by assisting Queensland fishers demonstrate the benefits of low cost and high performance co-management arrangements.

For collaborative agencies involved fisheries regulation there is a strong recognition that EMS can provide reform mechanisms which are industry driven. Further, for these agencies the project provides an alternate tool to demonstrate that state (e.g. QFS), national and international (e.g. Environment Australia) sustainability obligations are being met. Moreover, the proposed project can offer relevant agencies the opportunity to further streamline, co-ordinate and integrate parallel programs (incl. extension & compliance) at fisher level. These needs are reflected in the high number of collaborative agencies involved in the project.

The recently released mid-review findings of the Seafood Industry Training Package Review recommend a stronger emphasis on environmental awareness and promotion of ESD and environmental management throughout the training package - a need which is also reflected in the Seafood Training Australia’s Strategic Training Plan for 2001-2002.

The proposed project can operationally deliver QFIRAC and FRDC priorities, as envisaged by the FRDC's Environmental Management Systems Initiative (FRDC Project 2000/084). FRDC, in creating its EMS initiative has allocated funds to ensure the persons employed under this initiative and associated industry champions are appropriately trained for their roles. The proposed project can further value add and extend both current (e.g. FRDC 2002/303) and previous research investments (e.g. FRDC 2000/146).

Objectives

1. To develop and implement two EMS projects for industry participants that will have utility for the fishing industry throughout Queensland.
2. To further refine the existing Green Chooser EMS methodology with a focus on identifying and overcoming any impediments to on-ground implementation.
3. To improve awareness of the triple-bottom line benefits of EMS amongst both the seafood industry and broader community in the pilot regions.
4. To provide EMS project officers, industry champions and industry participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to optimally carry out their roles and responsibilities.
5. To establish a grass roots culture amongst pilot regions of continual improvement in environmental performance, and to motivate the development of an industry-driven framework to demonstrate ongoing improvements in environmental performance post the life of the project.

Final report

ISBN: 1-8649985-6-3
Author: Daryl McPhee
Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Final Report • 2006-08-24 • 3.32 MB
2003-062-DLD.pdf

Summary

In response to the success of the Green Chooser Case Studies (FRDC 2000-146) carried out in Queensland from 2000 – 2002 (the Rock Lobster Association and the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen), the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) sought funding to trial the development of large scale Environmental Management Systems (EMSs).

The QSIA obtained expressions of interest from two regional professional fishing industry associations – the Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association (MBSIA) and Ecofish of far north Queensland. This coincided with the creation of a National Seafood EMS Program, building on the Green Chooser studies, with the aim of trialing the development of full EMSs within regions or fisheries. This pilot program was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), administered by the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and was coordinated by Seafood Services Australia (SSA). 

The QSIA achieved a grant from NHT to establish a pilot EMS study in Queensland, which formed part of the National Seafood EMS Program. In order to trial EMS at a large scale within Queensland, a partnership approach to funding the project was employed. The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F), the QSIA, MBISA and Ecofish became the primary funding/support bodies for the project in addition to SSA.

The scope of the project was set so that two pilot project groups were established in Queensland. One group was affiliated with Ecofish and positioned in far north Queensland. The other was tied to the MBSIA and located in Moreton Bay (south-east Queensland). The original FRDC contract stipulated that two EMS officers would facilitate the development of EMSs, with one officer based in each region.

Keywords: Environmental Management Systems, Ecologically Sustainable Development, natural resource management, fisheries, commercial fishing.

Evaluation of alternative strategies for management of Commonwealth fisheries in southeastern Australia

Project number: 2003-061
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $1,429,399.00
Principal Investigator: Margot Sachse
Organisation: Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Project start/end date: 30 Aug 2003 - 30 Nov 2008
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Marketing
Individual Transferable Quota
Fishing Gear
Fisheries Management
Bycatch

Need

As part of a move towards EBFM, there is a clear need to identify the variety of management measures in place across fisheries within the region, and to evaluate a range of comprehensive and “integrated” management strategies that would best meet the needs of all fisheries across the full range of management objectives. The AFMA Board has recently signalled that it wants the MACs in the region to consider these issues, and particularly the implementation of a wider mix of strategies for managing fisheries, including time and area closures and gear modifications, in addition to existing output controls such as TACs. This project will assemble the information and provide the analytical tools to undertake such evaluations. A carefully evaluated set of management strategies would support the existing management process (including the MACs, AFMA management, and the National Oceans Office) in developing an operational management plan for south eastern fisheries that is tightly integrated with other uses of the marine environment in the region, including implementation of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas and of the South East Regional Marine Plan. If such a plan can be developed, it would put these fisheries and Australia at the forefront of practical implementation of EBFM. The need is to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table at the same time, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective, and to support a process that will arrive at a comprehensive and balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and all other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region.

Objectives

1. Identify the key economic and environmental issues facing the Shark, SET, SENT and GAB fisheries.
2. Identify the regional and fishery specific management objectives and strategies, encompassing the full range of management measures that are able to be adopted in the SESSF.
3. Evaluate integrated management strategies against regional and fishery specific management objectives:· Qualitative evaluation by February 2007· Preliminary quantitative evaluation by February 2007· Quantitative evaluation by September 2007
4. Make available evaluated strategies to AFMA, relevant MACs and other stakeholders.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-877044-37-3
Author: Margot Sachse
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Final Report • 2010-04-28 • 9.76 MB
2003-061-DLD.pdf

Summary

In early 2004, when this project commenced, the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) was in a critical situation with respect to its ecological and economic performance, and in the external management environment that it faced. It was clear that, as the prime management tool, the quota management system in place in the SESSF since 1992 had been unsuccessful in addressing most of these issues. Recognition of this failing had led to general agreement among managers, industry, scientists and NGOs that a fundamental rethink of management was required. The need was to have all the issues, objectives and options on the table, to consider simultaneously the impacts of a set of integrated management arrangements in addressing each issue and objective.  A process was needed that would assist the fishery to arrive at a balanced outcome considering all fishery sectors and other legitimate stakeholders with interests in the region. A management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach was adopted.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Byproduct: Catch, economics and co-occurrence in Australias longline fisheries

The longline sector of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) and the Southern and Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery (SWTBF) target four main species and incidentally take over 80 other species as “bycatch”. Significant amounts of these species are often retained for sale, and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
TAGS
Stakeholder
Population Dynamics
Marketing
Fishing Gear
Data
SPECIES
Slender Tuna
Albacore
Blue Shark
Bronze Whaler
Tunas

Developing and implementing measures of economic efficiency in Commonwealth fisheries

Project number: 2003-059
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $238,924.00
Principal Investigator: Tom Kompas
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2003 - 1 May 2008
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Fishing Effort
Fisheries Management
Economic

Need

Australian fisheries are based on a variety of private uses of resources that are communally owned. The separation of management and use from ownership means that there is a role for regular reporting of the performance of those fisheries. In this context, the use of appropriate indicators to report on how a fishery has performed is an essential part of ensuring the accountability of management. An important component of the management model that has been implemented for Commonwealth fisheries is the public accountability of AFMA.

The reporting of progress against AFMA’s economic efficiency objective has been poor. Information presented in the AFMA annual report has generally been limited to a discussion of changes in the gross value of production in Commonwealth fisheries — this provides little, if any, indication of changes in economic efficiency. The only other regularly published information relevant to the economic performance of Commonwealth fisheries is contained in the Australian Fisheries Survey Report, published annually by ABARE. For selected Commonwealth fisheries, these surveys provide information about the financial performance of the fishing fleet and estimates of the net economic returns from management. While net return estimates are a useful starting point for examining economic efficiency in a fishery, they do not account for the impact of exogenous factors such as changes in input and output prices, movements in exchange rates and variations in environmental factors.

There is a need for the development of suite of robust indicators of economic efficiency movements that can be effectively applied across Commonwealth fisheries. Once developed these indicators will provide a basis for reporting progress against the economic efficiency objective and, perhaps more importantly, provide fisheries managers with information to guide the development of economically efficient management policies. Management regimes, through controlling the total level of harvests (by whatever means) and contributing to the incentive structure that fishers operate within will determine whether a fishery is economically efficient.

This research is consistent with the Key Research Area 1.1 (b) identified in the AFMA Strategic Research Plan 1999-2004. It is also consistent with the Resources Sustainability: Status of fish stocks, environment and industry program of the Fisheries Resources Research Fund.

Objectives

1. Develop a clear definition of economic efficiency in fisheries management.
2. Identify a suite of indicators that AFMA requires to report against the ‘economic efficiency’ objective.
3. Make a recommendation of, and report on, the most appropriate sub-set of indicators that provide a measure of economic efficiency in Commonwealth fisheries.
4. Comment on the likely responses of the indicators to a range of management decisions.
5. Develop a strategy for identifying and reporting against economic efficiency movements in relation to Commonwealth fisheries.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-921448-00-3
Author: Tom Kompas
Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

Final Report • 2009-09-07 • 9.41 MB
2003-059-DLD.pdf

Summary

Given the problems with open access resources and the effectiveness of modern fishing technology, there are few fisheries, if any, which will not be both biologically over-exploited and unprofitable unless they are managed effectively. For a fishery to be economically efficient requires setting correct management targets which are enforced effectively and delivered in a least-cost and incentive-compatible manner. An efficient outcome is important because it protects fish stocks and guarantees sustainability, and because it ensures resources will be correctly allocated to the fishery. That is, the cost of fishing at a given harvest level is minimised. Inefficient fisheries suffer low profits and excessive boat capital or fishing capacity, with the outcome of ‘too many boats chasing too few fish’.
 
Part of the solution to over-fishing and unprofitable fisheries is to adopt the right target level of effort, or catch, in the fishery. The correct target maximises profits regardless of changes in prices and the costs of fishing.
 
Another important part of the solution is to use an instrument that gives industry a stake in protecting the future of the fishery to achieve the target. In other words, maximising economic efficiency requires catch and effort levels to be set appropriately and industry to have an effective property right to the harvest which removes the incentive for a wasteful and inefficient ‘race to fish’.
 
This report is part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) project on the Development of methods and information to support the assessment of economic performance in Commonwealth fisheries. The project included two workshops and a number of presentations at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), resource assessment groups (RAGs) and fisheries management meetings, along with specific implementation of efficiency measures in the northern prawn fishery, south east trawl fishery and the eastern tuna and billfish fishery. The northern prawn fishery has subsequently adopted maximum economic yield (MEY) as its target, and AFMA has now moved to provide economic efficiency measures, including MEY and other productivity indicators, for all of its fisheries where possible.

ESD Reporting and Assessment Subprogram: a social assessment handbook for use by Australian fisheries managers in ESD assessment and monitoring

Project number: 2003-056
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $132,264.00
Principal Investigator: Jacki Schirmer
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 30 Aug 2003 - 4 Aug 2005
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Sustainability
Stakeholder
Social Science
Social Science
Health And Safety

Need

Social assessment is an area of fisheries management that has received little attention and has been identified as a priority by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (SCFA). Assessing social impacts can inform the choice between management options that have similar resource and economic outcomes, but which may have significantly different social impacts. Additionally, understanding the social implications of fisheries management decisions or policy approaches may enable co-ordinated government approaches that eases transitions associated with any structural adjustment processes in the industry.

The project will produce a Handbook that will enable all Australian fisheries to finalise their SCFA assessment process using an approach to social assessment that is consistent with the issues and values articulated in Section 6 “Impacts of the Fishery on Community Wellbeing” and Section 7 “Impacts of the Fishery on National socio-economic benefits”. The Handbook will provide a social assessment framework and guidance on methods/approaches for each stage of a social assessment that will assist practitioners to develop skills and confidence to undertake or commission assessments. Use of the Handbook will also facilitate increased awareness of potential social impacts and improve the planning and management of social impacts, amongst fisheries managers. This project includes a case study to trial the Handbook and will provide an illustration of the application of social assessment principles and practices.

The Handbook will be useful to both fisheries managers, to facilitate resource use decisions, and to the industry through providing a further basis for discussion and negotiation around resource use and access.

Objectives

1. Provide a user friendly “how to” Handbook for practitioners that will include:1) A framework outlining the scope and content of social assessments for fisheries management
2) Describe the range of methods or approaches that can be employed at different stages of a social assessment
3) Provide an assessment of the relative strengths and limitations of different methods and approaches
2. Undertake a case study to1) Refine and trial the social assessment principles and approaches contained in the Handbook
2) Modify the Handbook where necessary for final publication, to ensure ease of use by both fisheries managers and industry.

Final report

ISBN: 0-642-47-594-6
Author: Jacki Schirmer
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.

Project products

Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Final Report • 2005-06-30 • 476.53 KB
2003-056-DLD.pdf

Summary

In recent years, understanding the social side of fisheries and fishing industries has become increasingly important, particularly as part of processes reporting on ecologically sustainable development. This project was developed to provide a more structured approach to the way social assessments are planned and undertaken.
Handbook • 29.44 MB
2003-056-Product-Social Assessment Handbook.pdf
Book
2003-056-Product-Social impacts of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-052
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spatial scales of exploitation among populations of demersal scalefish: implications for wetline management

West Australian dhufish is endemic to shelf waters of south-western Western Australia (WA). In contrast, snapper (known as "pink snapper" in WA) has a continuous distribution around the southern coastline of mainland Australia and in New Zealand. Dhufish and snapper are the two most important...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Reproduction
Laboratory Procedures
Habitat
SPECIES
Snapper
West Australian Dhufish

Developing tagging models and validating assumptions for estimating key fishery assessment parameters in rock lobster fisheries

Project number: 2003-051
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $409,509.00
Principal Investigator: Stewart Frusher
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 19 Jul 2003 - 1 Jul 2007
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Wild Catch
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Mortality
Fishing Effort

Need

There is a common need in the assessment of all fisheries to obtain precise estimates of exploitation rates and/or biomass. In the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery, biomass is a key performance indicator and change in biomass is the primary driver for recommendations of future Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) allocations by the Fisheries Advisory Committee. In recognition of this need, both the Tasmanian
Government (1992-1997) and FRDC (1997-2001) have funded projects to investigate methods to estimate biomass independent of the fishery.

Fishery independent estimates are essential because estimates derived from fisher’s catch and effort are often biased as exemplified by the change in the link between catch rate and abundance following the introduction of the ITQ management system in Tasmania (FRDC 1999/140). Although initially promising, exploitation rate and biomass estimates based on changes in the population during the fishing season proved unreliable (FRDC 1997/101). Both the Industry and Managers have identified the need to explore new methods to obtain precise estimates of these important performance indicators.

Multi-year tagging models have been identified as a promising way of estimating these parameters because they address the failings (variable catchability and recruitment) in the population derived estimators. Initial trials in northwestern Tasmania proved very successful and support the potential of this approach. However, tag returns from fishers are unpredictable and there is an immediate need to
determine ways of improving tag reporting rate to optimise the output of tag based models. Furthermore, the models applied to northwestern Tasmania relied on a minimum of two tagging events occurring each fishing season. As each tagging event occurred during a different period of the moult cycle, there is a need to validate the tag retention and tag induced mortality rates associated with these different tagging times. Other factors relating to size, sex, damage and their interactions with different tagging times also need further investigation. A careful evaluation of other means of improving the precision of estimates from tagging models is seen as necessary, prior to the implementation of a large scale tagging program.

Validating the assumptions associated with the use of tagging models, demonstrating ways to test for these assumptions and the precision of fishery assessment outputs is needed prior to recommending these models for use in other fisheries.

Objectives

1. To develop methods for maximising and better estimating tag reporting rate.
2. To evaluate different tagging methods in rock lobsters with respect to tag induced mortality, tag loss and the likelihood of recaptured tags being reported.
3. To determine the variability in tag loss, tag induced mortality and tag recapture rates associated with the time of tagging and demonstrate the impact that these have on mortality estimates.
4. To develop a fishery-based mark recapture model that estimates both fishing mortality and natural mortality and catchability, and demonstrates the precision of these parameters based on a number of data options.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-86295-504-2
Author: Stewart Frusher
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2003-051-DLD.pdf

Summary

Tagging is an important tool for estimating key fisheries parameters such as fishing mortality, natural mortality and growth. This project identified the need for future tagging projects to undertake preliminary studies to determine the impact of tagging on both growth and survival, and we developed a new method for obtaining in situ measurements. While aquaria studies have demonstrated that the timing of tagging in relation to the lobster moult cycle can have an impact on tag-induced mortality, these studies estimated that the impacts were low. The in situ method in our study found similar moult cycle impacts but our impact estimates were substantially higher than previously considered.
 
New tagging projects for lobster should evaluate the use of PIT tags as this project demonstrated the ‘proof of concept’ in obtaining a 100% tag reporting rate by scanners placed at strategic locations on board fishing vessels. With as few as 10% of the fleet having scanners, PIT tagging proved to be cost beneficial compared to conventional T-bar tags. As PIT tags are normally imbedded in the muscle of an animal, they are ‘invisible’ to potential reporters (e.g. fishers). A hybrid T-bar tag developed and tested in this project combined a T-bar tag and a PIT tag so that the PIT tag remained visible to fishers for reporting on vessels that did not contain scanners. An additional benefit of the hybrid tag was that it removed the potential for the PIT tag to be ingested.
 
The development of an ‘exact time’ survival model that followed the fate of individual tags enables tagging programs to be more flexible in the release of tags. Previous multi-year tagging models required releases to be aggregated to a single release period during a specific tagging event (i.e. mean day of all releases for a tagging event). The new model allows for tagging projects to be more flexible in their design and incorporate tags released at any time. This would allow for inclusion of tagged animals released by fishers throughout the fishing season (e.g. berried female lobsters). The ‘exact time’ model also enabled finer scale (weeks, months etc) estimates of catchability to be estimated in addition to mortality rates, thus increasing the information obtained from a tagging study.
 
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-050
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Linking habitat mapping with fisheries assessment in key commercial fishing grounds

The Tasmanian commercial fishery for blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra) and greenlip abalone (H. laevigata) contributes a significant component of the total Australian abalone catch, with annual landings of around 2590 tonnes in 2003. The catch consists primarily of blacklip abalone (around...
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University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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