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Economic study of the north New South Wales and southern Queensland prawn fisheries

Project number: 1983-045
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1984 - 31 Dec 1984
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To assess, in the north coast of NSW & southern Queensland prawn fisheries: the financial status of fishermen
2. economic trends
& economic aspects of management options to meet economic &/or implied economic objectives of mgt proposals for the fishery

Final report

Author: D.J. Collins K. Menz
Final Report • 1984-12-31 • 959.12 KB
1983-045-DLD.pdf

Summary

The East Coast Prawn Fishery extends along the east coast of Australia from Torres Straight in the north to Barrenjoey Point in New South Wales. A limited entry policy was recently introduced to the fishery and a task force comprising industry and government representatives is currently deliberating on the direction of a long-term management strategy.

In theory, the common property nature of commercial ocean fisheries implies that they will eventually become economically overexploited. A previous survey by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics has indicated that returns to capital employed in the fishery were negative, indicating that economic overexploitation has in fact occurred. Scientific evidence suggests that there is no biological threat to the prawn stock, given present levels of exploitation. Economic overexploitation has resulted from the increase in fleet size and capacity which took place in the 1970s and can be regarded as resulting from 'boat crowding' externalities.

The preferred management strategy will be that which maximises the net benefits to society, where net benefits are defined as economic returns less management costs. A technique using mathematical modelling and simulation is suggested for the estimation of net benefits from alternative management policies. Such a method will allow management policies to be ranked on their economic merits and show the distributional consequences within the fishery of each alternative.

Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-008
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of seal fishery interactions in the South East Trawl Fishery (SETF) and the development of fishing practices and seal exclusion devices (SEDs) in the winter blue grenadier fishery to mitigate seal bycatch by SETF trawlers

Introducing a Code of Fishing Practice aimed at avoiding seals appeared to halve the incidence of seal bycatch in this fishery. In SED trials, the problems of fish-loss via the SED escape hatch and net blockage via the SED grid were solved by changes in SED design. Although the effectiveness of most...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-014
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Research to underpin better understanding and management of western gemfish stocks in the Great Australian Bight

Gemfish (Rexea solandri) is a benthopelagic snake mackerel of the Family Gempylidae. Gemfish is found on the continental shelf and slope in southern, southwestern and southeastern Australia and New Zealand. It is found at depths ranging from 100 to 800 metres, but commonly at 300 to 450 metres....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
SPECIES
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
Adoption

Estimation of gross value of fisheries production

Project number: 1998-166
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $98,085.00
Principal Investigator: Deborah Brown
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1998 - 27 Sep 2001
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The development of statistics on Australian fisheries production and gross value of production (GVP) is required to meet a wide rang of demands.

First: GVP for specific fisheries are required for determining research and development levies for Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and Fish Resources Research Fund (FRRF) and for determining industry contributions to research. Because the estimates form the basis for research levies for each fishery, it is important for the system to be independent from those involved in the management and marketing processes to ensure the neutrality and integrity of the esimates.

Second:The data is extensively used by the fishing ndustry and by providers of services to the fishing indusry (such as banks) in making investment decisions and in longer term planning of marketing stategies. The importance of the information provided by this project was highlighted at the 1997 FRDC Australian Fisheries Economics Statistics Workshop, and has been reafirmed by the Fisheries Economic Statistics Steering Committee.

Third: the existences of these data in a readily accessible form provides the basis for a range of other activities, including the setting of research priorities by fisheries managers, industry and research organisations and the selection of a research portfolio by funding agencies. The project data are used to meet Australia's obligations to provide fisheries information to international organisations, such as FAO and OECD, a task which was handed over to ABARE under the FRRF arrangements and for which support has been provided under FRRF.

Fourth: there are significant economies in centralising the GVP data project. In the absence of this project the workload of a range of organisaions involved in Commonwealth fisheries management would be substantially increased to dealwith public, industry and government enquiries. This inturn, woud result inan increase in the costs of fisheries management and admiistration.

Fifth: the costs of administration of fisheries research would be similarly affected. The current arrangements for the allocation of fisheries research funding and for determining research priorities could not be feasibly undertaken in the absence of the project.

Objectives

1. To develop and maintain a data base of producion, value and trade statisitcs for the Australian fishing industry, including aquaculture.

Final report

Author: Deborah Brown
Final Report • 2001-06-22 • 615.51 KB
1998-166-DLD.pdf

Summary

To meet the needs of the fishing industry and fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers, ABARE has been publishing on an annual basis, detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics since 1991. The research undertaken in this project (98/166) produced data on the volume and value of production from state and Commonwealth fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product, covering the years 1995-96 to 1999-2000. These reports also contain industry structure profiles of Commonwealth and state fisheries. 

An important part of this project was the requirement to implement a process of continuous improvement over the life of the project. These improvements were aimed at enhancing the coverage of fisheries, so all commercial fishing activities were included, maintaining the relevance of the data presented in both the production and trade tables, and implement processes so that the valuation of commercial fishing was undertaken in a consistent framework.

Status of Key Australian Fish Stocks Reports 2012

Project number: 2011-513
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $278,435.00
Principal Investigator: Matt J. Flood
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 11 Dec 2011 - 31 Oct 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

There is a need for a consolidated national report on the status of key wild catch Australian fish stocks, focusing on commercial and recreational target species. One pitfall of guides like the Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide is their focus on entire species, without considering differences among stocks within each species. Consequently, a poor status determination for one stock can result in a poor status determination for all stocks of that species regardless of whether or not the other stocks are healthy. Government can avoid this pitfall by clearly articulating the status of individual fish stocks. Australia’s different jurisdictions have demonstrated their capacity to work constructively together to achieve common goals (e.g. joint stock assessments for shared stocks). However, the current differences in scope, depth, terminology and benchmarking in jurisdictionally based Fishery Status Reports make it difficult to readily compare the status of stocks across jurisdictions and build a coherent national status of key species.

The National Fishery Status Reports would not be promoted as an eco-labelling guide but rather as a government produced instrument designed to simplify comparison of the status of key wild capture fish stocks around Australia both within and among jurisdictions. This information would be available for the general public, policy makers and industry to make informed decisions in relation to the actual health of various stocks. The reports would also provide an important and accurate information source for international organisations (e.g. FAO). The process of producing these reports will improve communication between the jurisdictions, leading to a better understanding of the status determinations made by each jurisdiction and how these compare. One of the main outcomes already achieved from the recent jurisdictional planning workshops is the convergence on a common system of benchmarking and terminology for use across jurisdictions.

Objectives

1. To produce the first National Fishery Status Reports.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-246
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2015

Outcomes achieved to date: A reliable time series of economic data about Australia’s fishing and aquaculture industries provided to ensure well informed investment, management and policy decisions by governments, the fishing industry and the public in general. Accurate information...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
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