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The indigenous development scholarship is part of the suite of professional development opportunities developed and managed through the FRDC people development program. This particular scholarship addresses the following objectives of the people development program 2008-2013:

Objective 1 Enhance industry leadership within all sectors
and; Objective 3 Provide opportunities for knowledge transfer and R&D adoption

The significant drivers identified in the FRDC people development program, addressed by this project
are:
- There is a shortage of industry leaders in all sectors of the fishing industry.
- There is an urgent need to develop people within all sectors who have the skills to effectively contribute to debate and policy development for significant challenges, including access to fish resources.
-Early career researchers and emerging industry leaders lack opportunities for formal mentoring and
professional development.
-There is a shortage of opportunities for people in industry to develop skills that are going to directly
improve business profitability and sustainability.
-The industry is geographically dispersed and fragmented, and needs opportunities to learn within and
across sectors.

Objectives

1. To provide one annual scholarship for an indigenous person

2. To encourage maximm benefit from the scholarship with a personalised learning program and mentoring

Final report

Final Report • 2017-09-29 • 414.25 KB

2008-326.36-DLD.pdf

Final Report

2008-326.36_DLD.pdf

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

TAGS

Supply Chain

Resource Access And Allocation

Rac Sa

Fisheries Management

Community

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.