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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.

Australian Fisheries Statistics

Project number: 2004-246
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $190,938.00
Principal Investigator: Paul Newton
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 16 Dec 2007
Contact:
FRDC

Need

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

First: The data are extensively used by the fishing industry and by providers of services to the fishing industry in making investment decisions and in longer term planning of marketing strategies. The importance of the information provided by this project was highlighted at the 1999 Seafood Directions Conference and the FRDC Australian Fisheries Economics Statistics Workshop in 2003. Also the information is used extensively in FRDC’s publication “From Antarctica to the tropics: a snapshot of the Australian fishing industry.

Second: The existence 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 organizations and the selection of a research portfolio by funding agencies. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry through ABARE, contributes to a number of international databases including databases managed by FAO and OECD. Information at the international level can be important in relation to international negotiations on issues such as transboundary fisheries, in analysing trade opportunities and threats and is essential for participating in fora such as APEC and WTO.

Third: The gross value of production for specific fisheries are used for determining research and development levies for the FRDC 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 estimates.

Fourth: There are significant economies in centralising the collection, collation and dissemination of the gross value of production and trade data. In the absence of this project the workload of a range of organizations involved with fisheries management would be substantially increased.

Objectives

1. To maintain and improve the data base of production, gross value of production and trade statistics for the Australian fishing industry.
2. To add a new section to AFS on valuing recreational fishing.
3. To expand the employment section of AFS.
4. To provide these data in an accessible form.

Final report

Communities
Industry

Determination of Australian fisheries statistics 1994-95 to 1996-97

Project number: 1994-146
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $120,000.00
Principal Investigator: David Campbell
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 29 May 1995 - 30 Jun 1998
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

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

Final report

Author: Perry Smith
Final Report • 1996-12-24 • 355.63 KB
1994-146-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was undertaken to maintain and develop the collection of industry production, value of production and trade data. These are the only collated, published source of information on commercial industry catches and are used for a wide range of purposes , including determination of Commonwealth allocations for fisheries research funding, industry levies and for addressing a wide range of the information needs of both Government and industry.

Since the project's commencement in 1995 there has been an increased focus on developing the statistics to better meet the information needs of all users. In February 1997, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation convened the Australian Fisheries Economic Statistics Workshop in Canberra to review the best means of addressing these needs. At this Workshop there was strong support for the approaches adopted in Australian Fisheries Statistics and the form in which it was published. However, there was agreement on the need to address a number of areas where statistics were either not available or were not of the robustness required.

Project products

Report • 1997-01-07 • 2.35 MB
1994-146-PDT.pdf

Summary

To meet the needs of the fishing industry and fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers, ABARE has been publishing detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics since 1991. The estimates of the gross value of production provided in this report are used, for example, to determine Commonwealth, state and territory fisheries research funding arrangements each year.

This publication, the sixth in the series, contains a comprehensive set of data on the volume and value of production from Commonwealth and state fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product, for the three years to 1995-96. The report also contains a profile of Commonwealth and state fisheries for 1995-96.

Australian Fisheries Statistics can be used in conjunction with ABARE's major annual statistical bulletin, Australian Commodity Statistics, which provides ahistorical series of production and trade statistics for fisheries and a range of other commodities, and ABARE's quarterly journal, Australian Commodities, in which forecasts for major fisheries commodities are updated throughout the year. Together these three publications provide a comprehensive account of historical trends in, and the outlook for, Australian fisheries. Detailed analysis of selected fisheries is also provided in the annual Australian Fisheries Surveys Report.

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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Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2022

Project number: 2023-082
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $60,000.00
Principal Investigator: Robert Curtotti
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Project start/end date: 17 Dec 2023 - 29 Jun 2024
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Statistics on Australian fisheries production and trade seeks to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industry, fisheries managers, policymakers and researchers. It can assist in policy decisions, industry marketing strategies and the allocation of research funding or priorities. The gross value of production for specific fisheries are used for determining the research and development levies collected by government.

The neutrality and integrity of GVP estimates is therefore important due to their forming the basis for research levies for each fishery. At the international level, the Department of Agriculture through the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) contributes to a number of international databases. These include databases managed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Information at the international level can assist in international negotiations on issues such as trans-boundary fisheries and analysis of trade opportunities.

Objectives

1. To maintain and improve the data base of production, gross value of production and trade statistics for the Australian fishing industry, including aquaculture.
2. To provide these data in an accessible form.
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