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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-085
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

National Snapper Workshop - Rebuilding our iconic Snapper stocks

The Department of Primary Industries and Regions organised and ran a national Snapper Workshop in Adelaide from the 12 to 14 November 2019 with funding from FRDC and the strong support of the Australian Fisheries Managers Forum. The workshop objectives were to: identify key issues and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
SPECIES
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-220
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture: potential for parasite interactions between wild and farmed kingfish, discrimination of farmed and wild fish and assessment of migratory behaviour

This project greatly contributed to an increased understanding of parasite fauna of yellowtail kingfish in Australian waters. This baseline information is critical to understanding potential parasite interactions between wild and farmed kingfish. Our risk assessment enables consideration...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture: extension, communication and adoption of the outputs from the PIRSA and FRDC initiative

Project number: 2004-203.20
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $10,000.00
Principal Investigator: Peter R. Lauer
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Project start/end date: 30 Mar 2004 - 15 Nov 2006
Contact:
FRDC

Need

This application has been developed at the request of FRDC to ensure that the outputs developed from the projects that PIRSA and FRDC have co-invested in through the "Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture" initiative are communicated and extended to end-users and beneficiaries both in SA and nationally. The need is for the benefits of the “Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture” initiative to be clearly communicated to all stakeholders, particularly industry groups and grass level industry groups who are currently not receiving these messages. This is particularly true to ensure that all stakeholders feel engaged and involved with the project and can positively participate and be informed There is a need not only to ensure that stakeholders are aware of project developments but, most importantly, the project benefits and how they will affect each stakeholder group.

Currently, there is an opportunity, at this early stage of the “Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture”, to clearly identify messages and the most effective way of deploying messages and this application allows for a communications professional with over 13 years of experience with the seafood industry at state and national level to assist in this process.

There is also a need for the research results to be translated into communicative results which can easily assist in the management decision making processes as well as other communications processes such as media management and other public relations exercises.

Objectives

1. To develop a comprehensive and effective communications strategy for the Innovative Solutions for Aquaculture projects incorporating and involving all stakeholders
2. To implement that strategy so that project outputs are communicated effectively to all stakeholders
Industry

Identifying opportunities for developing community supported fisheries in South Australia’s small scale, multi-species, multi-gear community based fisheries

Project number: 2015-505
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $19,959.71
Principal Investigator: Jonathan McPhail
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Project start/end date: 20 Apr 2017 - 29 Nov 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The LCF and MSF have indicated that they want to reconnect consumers with local sources of seafood, for enhanced freshness, food safety and assurance of sustainable fishing methods, including creating new markets for independent fisher suppliers, while at the same time allowing consumers to invest in their community and nearby ecosystems. Overall the LCF and MSF want to convey the contribution they make to the local and regional economy, in particular supporting healthy communities and local fishers being environmental stewards of the resource. Having said this, the LCF and MSF have limited capacity, skills and tools to facilitate or build upon this reconnection. In addition to this, recently commissioned research by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture found the seafood industry is not front of mind for consumers.

Objectives

1. Mr Stoll to present CSF model to the associations and licence holders in the LCF and MSF and Wildcatch Fisheries SA.
2. Undertake workshops with the associations and licence holders in the LCF and MSF and a seminar with other commercial fisheries in SA to facilitate discussion and opportunities to develop a project to trial a CSF model
3. Ultimately foster an improved social licence to operate.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-876007-14-0
Author: Jonathan McPhail
Final Report • 2020-03-13 • 10.75 MB
2015-505-DLD.pdf

Summary

PIRSA with the support of Dr Joshua Stoll held several workshops and meetings with commercial fishers in the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF) and Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF), members of Wildcatch Fisheries SA and fish markets to understand whether the concept of a Community Support Fishery (CSF) would be applicable in South Australia. These workshops and meetings provided insight into the challenges being faced by commercial fishers and the many opportunities that lay ahead. 

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