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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-235
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fisheries Managers' Workshop

A national fisheries management workshop was held at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre in Adelaide on 26/27 March 2014, which brought together fisheries managers from all Australian jurisdictions. The idea of holding a workshop was promoted by the Australian Fisheries Management...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-428
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National Seafood Emergency Plan - Western Australia Trial Workshop

A National Seafood Emergency Plan was produced in 2001 and the individual States (apart from South Australia and Queensland) have not tested their capability to handle an emergency that could jeopardise the future of the seafood industry. There is a commitment from Industry leaders throughout...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-306
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

ASFB workshop: towards sustainability for data limited multi-sector fisheries

FRDC and State agencies have generously supported an annual national workshop hosted by Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) since the 1980’s. At the workshop, Australian and overseas scientists have presented keynote addresses on the theme of the workshop, followed by panel debates. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
People
Industry
Environment

Towards an assessment of natural and human use impacts on the marine environment of the Abrolhos Islands - Phase 1: Data consolidation and scoping

Project number: 2000-166
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $143,898.00
Principal Investigator: Chris F. Chubb
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 29 Dec 2000 - 29 Mar 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The management plan for the Houtman Abrolhos; system (Anon. 1998, section 10) identified a number of objectives. In essence these relate to understanding human-use impacts on the marine environment of the Abrolhos Islands and the evaluation of the effectiveness of present and future management strategies to ensure ecologically sustainable multiple use of Western Australia's first Fish Habitat Protection Area. Also it is important to recognise the more general responsibilities that the state of Western Australia will likely have with respect to the Commonwealth under its Oceans Policy statement and to the ongoing environmental stewardship considerations that the conferring of accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council on the western rock lobster fishery entails.

Specifically, within the context of the Abrolhos Islands management plan there is a need to quantify the physical impacts of current human activity on Abrolhos marine habitats and subsequently establish a monitoring programme central to the ecologically sustainable management of this unique area. However, in order to determine such impacts and monitoring schemes, a number of preliminary steps need to be taken.

1) There is a need to collate, from diverse sources, existing research information relating to the ecology of the Abrolhos Islands, the effects of natural perturbations and to gather information on the types and effects of previous human use on Abrolhos marine habitats where it is documented. This synthesis of information will perform two functions: the first will be a statement of the current status of environmental impact research at the Abrolhos and the second will be as a background document for use in current deliberations and decision making by the Abrolhos Islands Management Advisory Committee.

2) A small amount of survey (field) work is required to establish precisely the timing and locations where commercial (potting, trawling, handlining, aquaculture) and recreational fishing and diving occurs particularly in relation to environmentally sensitive areas of the Abrolhos This information is not available from existing reporting systems such as log books etc. In addition some survey work is necessary to determine and provide general descriptions/ground truth of the various habitat/community types. The results from this field work will facilitate discussion on the scope of the issues to be assessed and methods to be used in long term monitoring programmes.

3) A workshop of community representatives and technical experts (representatives from AIMS, the universities, etc.) is needed to allow the formulation of a dedicated research/monitoring programme that will take into account issues raised by all stakeholders, and the legislated requirements of state and federal governments in relation to ecologically sustainable management.

Objectives

1. To collate existing research information relating to human use impacts and natural perturbations in Abrolhos marine habitats to provide a detailed overview of the status of current knowledge about the marine ecosystem of the Abrolhos Islands.
2. To conduct limited field work to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of commercial fishing and recreational activities and provide general descriptions/ground truthing of habitat/community types at the Abrolhos as baseline/background data for presentation at the workshop.
3. To conduct a scientific workshop including community representatives and technical experts to determine the objectives and formulate a dedicated research programme to provide quantitative monitoring data for use in the sustainable management of the Abrolhos Islands Fish Habitat Protection Area.

Final report

Environment
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-314
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sharing the Fish conference '06

Sharing the Fish06 Conference was held from 26 February – 2 March 2006 and preceded by the FAO Pre Conference Workshop on 23 – 24 February 2006. Sharing the Fish06 Conference was an initiative of the Department of Fisheries Western Australia. The aim of the conference was to focus...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
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