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Environment
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-046
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

What’s stopping you from protecting yourself and your mates? Identifying barriers to the adoption of safe work practises in the small-scale wild catch commercial fishing industry

Thanks to the FRDC, Dr Kate Brooks and a small team of researchers and industry people are working to identify exactly what factors are stopping the commercial fishing industry from adopting safe work practices and looking out for themselves and others while on the...
ORGANISATION:
KAL Analysis

WAFIC, Recfishwest, DPIRD and SSPWA attendance at 'Engaging Leaders Innovating Across Sectors' (ELIAS)

Project number: 2017-250
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $18,000.00
Principal Investigator: Alex Ogg
Organisation: Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Project start/end date: 19 Jul 2018 - 27 Feb 2019
Contact:
FRDC

Need

In November 2017 the WA RAC published the priority: Develop an efficient and equitable process for allocation and re-allocation of fisheries resources, across sectors, to align with legislative requirements of the Aquatic Resource Management Act 2016.

Another of the WARAC priorities recently has been to assist small fisheries improve viability and a strategic approach to fisheries development on the South Coast of WA.

Objectives

1. Develop capacity to work across commercial fishing, recreational fishing and government to solve complex problems using innovative methods
Industry
Environment
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-098
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Southern Bluefin Tuna: Changing The Trajectory

Life on the Line is the true story of the Southern Bluefin Tuna, its biological traits and its history of exploitation and most recently its recovery. This documentary covers how research, managers and the fishing industry - commercial and recreational have contributed to the recovering status of...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
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