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Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-069
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Compliance program evaluation and optimisation in commercial and recreational Western Australian fisheries

This project provides a database that can be used to estimate trends in compliance rates for different regulations in different fisheries. This enables fisheries compliance officers and managers to make informed decisions on the priorities for applying limited resources to ensure that the fisheries...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-052
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spatial scales of exploitation among populations of demersal scalefish: implications for wetline management

West Australian dhufish is endemic to shelf waters of south-western Western Australia (WA). In contrast, snapper (known as "pink snapper" in WA) has a continuous distribution around the southern coastline of mainland Australia and in New Zealand. Dhufish and snapper are the two most important...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-237
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Tactical Research Fund: Decision tree and rapid assessment methodology for new fisheries

The objective of this report is to provide a Rapid Appraisal Methodology process for assessing proposals for new fisheries. If adopted, the methodology could extend to the receipt and assessment of new fishery proposals which may potentially encompass aquaculture, in line with...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-155
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Modelling Western Australian fisheries with techniques of time series analysis: examining data from a different perspective

The management of fisheries in Western Australia requires an understanding of the status of the fisheries stocks. For many species, the only available data are catch, effort and CPUE history. For these and other fisheries, time series methods may improve the stock assessment methods. Biological...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-074
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Management of bioeroding sponges in wild stocks of Pinctada maxima in Western Australia

Data on bioeroding sponge species that excavate shells of the pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, was collected from the main fishing grounds in North Western Australia. Estimates on infestation rates across size/age classes of shell are provided from the main fishing grounds and over three consecutive...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA

ESD Reporting and Assessment Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

Project number: 2004-006
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $215,477.00
Principal Investigator: Warrick J. Fletcher
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 30 Sep 2007
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Effective coordination of the activities needed to progress the implementation of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors is essential. The concepts of ESD cover a variety of different disciplines including environmental, social, economic, legal and administrative. Furthermore, the stakeholders involved include the research agencies, fisheries management agencies, environmental agencies, the commercial, recreational and aquaculture industries along with the non-government organizations plus indigenous interests. Therefore, the standard jurisdictional, discipline or stakeholder consultative structures are not appropriate to meet this task.

A “Subprogram structure”, which has a reference group that acts both as a coordinating group and as method of increasing communication amongst the different parties, has proven an effective method of administering these activities for the past two years. The duration of the current ESD Reporting and Assessment (ESDRA) subprogram project will finish in June 2004. At this time, however, a number of ESD based initiatives will still be underway. Moreover, a number of new initiatives have only just been endorsed by the ESD reference group and the Ministerial Council for Natural Resource Management (NRMSC) and are likely to be funded in the coming round of applications. Therefore, to assist in the effective management and coordination of these activities (and any future developments) an extension of the subprogram for a further three year period will be required.

Objectives

1. Facilitate the discussion and coordination of ESD related issues amongst the various stakeholder groups
2. Coordinate and facilitate the development and evaluation of ESD related project applications submitted to FRDC
3. Coordinate the preparation and delivery of the ESD subprogram communications strategy
4. Facilitate travel of ESD Reference group members to the annual workshop and meetings

Final report

ISBN: 1 921258 54 3
Author: Rick Fletcher
Final Report • 2017-09-29
2004-006-DLD.pdf

Summary

The second stage of the operation of the ESD Subprogram was successful, but compared to the focus during the first subprogram period, mostly in a consolidation manner rather than from the generation of significant new tools. This was necessary because it takes time to adopt and integrate significant changes to the methods of operation of agencies and industries. The policies must be there before any real activity can occur and we found that for the broader focused, cross fishery/cross sector applications of the framework, agencies were not in a position for much of the time to apply this.

There was also the need to get a level of harmonization of policy and processes amongst agencies - especially between fishery and environment agencies before these broader frameworks can be applied in an effective manner. Such discussions are now occurring in some jurisdictions and these regional types of frameworks are therefore becoming more relevant to their operations and it is likely that they will be used with increasing frequency over the coming few years.

The projects and processes undertaken through the ESD subprogram (and related activities) have overall, been successful. It has provided the basis to demonstrate whether management has credibility with the issues of resource sustainability, functional ecosystem relationships and habitat processes such as is needed to meet the requirements of the Commonwealth's EPBC assessment. Most jurisdictions are now using the tools and frameworks developed by the subprogram or related projects.

Keywords: Ecologically Sustainable Development, Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management, Ecosystem Approaches; Risk Assessment, fisheries management, reporting frameworks, social and economic assessments.

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