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Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-090
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood Directions 2017

In May 2016, The Association Specialists were contracted to manage the biannual National Seafood Industry Conference, Seafood Directions, at the International Convention Centre Sydney. The event included the following: The conference was held across three days (Wednesday 27 September...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
Industry

Transformation in Commonwealth Fisheries Management Policy: connecting research, policy and practice in addressing shifting expectations

Project number: 2023-162
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $125,000.00
Principal Investigator: Christine Kershaw
Organisation: Commonwealth Fisheries Association Inc (CFA)
Project start/end date: 5 May 2024 - 30 Dec 2024
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Australia’s fisheries management system is facing significant challenges with the resilience of small-scale operators under threat and growing pressures on the fisheries sector. New policy pathways are needed to address rising costs, climate adaptation and other cumulative pressures on industry (resource competition, market volatility, restructures, and rising operational costs).
The main purpose of this short duration (6 month) project is to identify transformational strategies that can be supported and sustained by industry and fisheries managers and provide insight into current policy reviews in progress (Nature Positive and Fish Harvest Strategy in particular).
This project is an initiative of the Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA) and its members, with support from two Australian government agencies/authorities (AFMA and DAFF) and Seafood Industry Australia (SIA).

This is a collaborative action research project using technical workshops and case study scenario testing to examine ‘out of the box’ management tools, such as triage capability, co-management and ecosystems approaches.
A two-day residential workshop will be undertaken to facilitate open discussion, knowledge sharing and scenario testing of alternative management approaches and adaptation options in three fisheries scenarios. The project will be supported by targeted pre and post activities to support linkages developed in the workshop and ensure practical outcomes.
The residential workshop will be a solutions-focussed, consultative event with participants asked to come prepared to collaborate and to make commitments for change. The event is aimed at CEOs, senior level fisheries managers, commercial fishers, and youth delegates. Numbers are strictly limited.

Objectives

1. Foster greater understanding of issues of common concern between stakeholders across priority commercial fishing sectors with government policy practitioners and researchers.
2. Investigate the advantages and disadvantages associated with proposed fisheries policy measures.
3. Identify potential fisheries policy options and new ideas for more effective fisheries management in Australia, including ways to reduce or mitigate associated risks.
4. Test the practical sectoral and regional impacts and experiences of select government policy measures through scenario testing of proposed alternative management approaches and adaptation options.
5. Publish key outcomes, insights and lessons from the workshops and project.
People
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-049
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Monitoring and mitigating interactions between small pelagic fisheries and dolphins: literature review and analysis of fishery data

This review compares approaches taken to monitor and mitigate common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) interactions with the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) with those taken for protected species interactions with other fisheries for small pelagic species, including Australia’s Commonwealth...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
SPECIES
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-062
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Knowledge to improve the assessment and management of Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland

Researchers from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Queensland, CQUniversity (CQU) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) NSW Fisheries are collaborating on a Fisheries Research and Development (FRDC) co-funded research project on mud crab populations in Queensland. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
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