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PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-600
PROJECT STATUS:
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Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: facilitating the establishment of the Aquatic Animal Health Consultative Committee (AAHCC) as the primary industry-government interface for aquatic animal health issues in Australia

The development and implementation of AQUAPLAN, Australia’s National Strategic Plan for Aquatic Animal Health 1998-2003, was overseen by an interim joint industry/government committee, the Fish Health Management Committee (FHMC). In November 2001, a working group established to review FHMC...
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Tactical Research Fund: Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster fishery 5 year business plan

Project number: 2008-099
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $75,000.00
Principal Investigator: Paul Pak Poy
Organisation: Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date: 30 Apr 2009 - 31 Oct 2009
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The Commonwealth and Queensland governments, have to date spent $10.7 million restructuring the Tropical Rock Lobster fishery. As part of this restructure, the Indigenous commercial sector now holds 53 per cent of the Australian component of the fishery. A business plan investigating how to develop the fishery in the medium term should be created as it will assist in identifying and developing capacity building initiatives that build upon the restructure that has already occurred in the fishery. This plan will greatly enhance the economic and social utility of the fishery and in particular will be of benefit to the Indigenous commercial sector.
This plan will also explore how each sector’s desires can be met in an innovative and co-operative approach, as well as incorporating additional factors such as
• the optimum utilization of resources;
• product development;
• market access opportunities and
• the sustainability of the fishery.
As part of exploring the sustainability of the fishery, consideration for the introduction of the new management plan for the fishery will need to be incorporated into discussions.
Current negotiations as part of introducing the management plan for the fishery have stalled due to the non-Indigenous commercial and Indigenous commercial sector’s positions being inconsistent with each other. Both sectors have agreed to continue negotiations as part of developing this medium term business plan.
Outcomes from this strategic plan will be used to assist in gaining consensus amongst the sectors to the introduction of the management plan and assist in broader strategic policy planning and business development in the TSPZ for the benefit of the non-Indigenous commercial and Indigenous commercial sectors of the fishery.

Objectives

1. Develop an approach agreed to by the the Indigenous and non-Indigenous commercial sectors for the Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster fishery in the coming five years.
2. Liaise with the Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) to assist in the development of strategic policies and facilitate implementation of the plan.

Final report

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2016

Project number: 2017-095
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $88,000.00
Principal Investigator: Robert Curtotti
Organisation: Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date: 27 Jul 2017 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Statistics on Australian fisheries production and trade provides a source of information for a range of
purposes. The information can be used 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 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 transboundary fisheries and analysis of trade opportunities.

Objectives

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

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-74323-354-2
Authors: Curtotti R
Final Report • 2018-04-01 • 1.22 MB
2017-095-DLD.pdf

Summary

Since 1991 ABARES has annually published detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics (now Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics) to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industries, fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers. The research undertaken in this project (2017/095) produced data on the volume and value of production from Commonwealth, state and Northern Territory fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade, by destination, source and product, covering the years 2005-06 to 2015-16. The report also contained industry structure profiles of Commonwealth, state and Northern Territory fisheries.
An important aspect of this project is the requirement to undertake continuous improvement for each subsequent published edition. Improvements should build on each other and are aimed at enhancing the coverage of fisheries so that all commercial fishing activities are included, incorporating industry employment data where available, maintaining the relevance of the data presented in both the production and trade tables, and refining fishery divisions and important species categories. This is achived by publishing the most up to date data available for production statistics and a set of trade data for the same production year.

Project products

Report • 2017-12-01 • 8.68 MB
2017-095 AustFishAquacStats_2016_v1.0.0.pdf

Summary

The Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics report is a comprehensive source of information for the commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, fisheries managers, policymakers and researchers. Since 1991 the report has presented annual updates of fisheries production and trade data and from 2013 it has included data on Australian seafood consumption. Estimates of the gross value of production provided in the report are used for a range of purposes, including to determine Commonwealth, state and territory fisheries research funding arrangements each year.
 
The report contains data on the volume and value of production from state and Commonwealth commercial fisheries and on the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade by destination, source and product. Profiles of Australian commercial and aquaculture fisheries in 2014–15 and 2015–16 are also provided. These profiles display the number of licence holders by selected species and fishing methods for all Commonwealth, state and territory fisheries. The publication is primarily focused on providing statistics for production volumes and the landings / farmgate value of the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors of the Australian fishing industry, which also includes the recreational and Indigenous fishing sectors. While information on recreational and customary wild-caught fishing is also included, statistics on the volumes of wild-caught product by these sectors is not provided. As a result, the publication gives only a partial estimate of the total volume of wild-caught production.

Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2018

Project number: 2019-093
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $88,000.00
Principal Investigator: Robert Curtotti
Organisation: Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
Project start/end date: 22 Aug 2019 - 29 Jun 2020
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.

Final report

Author: R Curtotti
Final Report • 2020-08-01 • 878.07 KB
2019-093-DLD.pdf

Summary

Since 1991 ABARES has published detailed production and trade data annually in Australian fisheries statistics, now renamed Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics. The publication is designed to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industries, fisheries managers, policymakers and researchers. The research undertaken for this edition produced data on the volume and value of production from Commonwealth, state and NT fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade by destination, source and product from 1998–99 to 2017–18.

Project products

Publication • 2020-04-01 • 3.90 MB
2019-093-DLD-A1.pdf

Summary

Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2018
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