This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.

This project investigates fishing rights in Australia reviewing both legal and management aspects.

The implementation of limited entry in Australian fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of new fisheries legislation. Since then, the perspective of the legislative framework has changed and broadened. In the 1990s, the critical challenge facing governments and the fishing industry has been how to strike a delicate balance between the public’s ownership of fisheries resources and the need for a more secure access rights.  Very often, the debate has been focused narrowly on the issue of property rights

The project reviews fisheries legislation in Australia to determine the extent to which the legislative framework recognises fisheries entitlements as property rights. It is argued that the issue for industry is not so much whether fisheries entitlements constitute property rights in the legal sense, but the extent to which the legislative framework enhances such rights.

The application for the project 99/161 amended a previous one which was in two parts. Part I was funded by FRDC to provide review papers of rights in the Australian scene for the Fish Rights'99 Conference in Western Australia, November, 1999.  Part II: was not included in current project.

This project has been developed from the desires of the fishing industry in South Australia to clarify and enhance their fishing access rights and resource security. Investment requires some degree of certainty and many developments taking place in the management of marine resources in South Australia may not assist the investment climate. The benchmarking of fishing rights also comes as a natural progression of the desire of fishers to be more involved in the development of the resource management practices in their industry.

The fishing industry wish to be assured of their current fishing rights and how they can move from this benchmark towards enhanced fishery management arrangements with greater rights as an incentive to stakeholders.