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2023-063
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
26 results
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2022-007
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-129
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Potential transition of shark gillnet boats to longline fishing in Bass Strait - ecological, cross-sectoral, and economic implications
The project involves the evaluation of trials of auto-longlines to target Gummy Shark in Bass Strait.
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-072
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Multiple - Before After Control Impact analysis of the effect of a 3D marine seismic survey on Danish Seine catch rates
The project is a four phase research program being conducted in the Danish seine commercial fishery off Lakes Entrance that looks to:
1. Examine effect of seismic testing on Danish seine catch rates of Tiger Flathead
2. Examine effect of seismic testing on Danish seine catch rates...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-202
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
SPECIES
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2017-122
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Review of fishery resource access and allocation arrangements across Australian jurisdictions
In 2010, the Australian Fisheries Managers Forum listed access and allocation as one of the top priority policy issues to be addressed in Australian fisheries. Subsequently, the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) formed a working group to examine possible approaches to access...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-069
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Indigenous Capacity Building Program
This project aimed to address the need to increase the number of Indigenous Australians with capacity to engage in management and governance of fisheries and aquatic resources, by developing a capacity building program with supporting materials and conducting capacity building activities with...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2016-214
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2016-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Understanding factors influencing undercaught TACs, declining catch rates and failure to recover for many quota species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
Concerns about the ecological and economic sustainability of Australia’s Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) prompted major structural readjustment of the fishery in 2006 that significantly reduced the number of operators in demersal trawl, Danish seine and gill net...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Development of a 5-year sector and NT Strategic Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan for Northern Territory fisheries and aquaculture based on priority needs of major stakeholder sectors
Project number:
2016-116
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$141,659.98
Principal Investigator:
Ian Knuckey
Organisation:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
30 Jun 2017
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29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC
A 5-year Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan is a major strategic need of NT. However, for a number of reasons including the diversity and geographical separation of sectors (commercial wild catch, recreational, indigenous and aquaculture) and their wide stakeholder bases, there is limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan.
The importance of fishery and aquaculture sectors to have strategic plans that include the R&D priorities has been well recognised (eg FRDC project 2016-504). While RD&E plans are in place or under development for a number of groups (eg Indigenous groups, Fisheries Research, Aquaculture and Indigenous Liaison units within NT Department of Primary Industry and Resources), there is no comprehensive plan that encompasses all sectors throughout the Territory. One of the main challenges is in reaching the membership base, and incorporating the diversity of views and opinions into provided. Fortunately, most of the major groups within the three sectors have representative organisations that can be used to collate and present views of their membership, although developing RD&E priority areas often falls outside their current remit or level of expertise.
RD&E plans are important for guiding investment into areas that stakeholders consider as high priority, and assist with providing balanced investment amongst and between stakeholders. A recently finalised project aimed to elicit initial research priorities for the NT RAC RD&E plan (FRDC project 2016-504) noted that, for the successful development of such a plan, it is crucial “for the commercial, seafood and recreational fishing sectors to have strategic industry plans that include the R&D priorities of their members”. We will work with key representative organisations (NTSC, AFANT and the 3 Land Councils – NLC, ALC and Tiwi) to develop initial individual RD&E plans for the commercial, recreational and indigenous sectors and aquaculture respectively. Based critically on these, we will develop an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for the Northern Territory fisheries and aquaculture.
1. Hold workshops and conduct surveys to determine sector priority RD&E areas
2. Deliver a 5-year RD&E Plan to NTRAC that includes input from stakeholders.
3. Develop Strategic R&D Plans for each of: commercial, recreational, indigenous and aquaculture sectors.
4. Leave each stakeholder group with the tools and a process to conduct repeatable surveys of their membership's RD&E needs so that priorities and strategic plans can be updated and fed into the 5-year NT Strategic Plan.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-6480172-7-1
Authors:
Knuckey
I.
Koopman
M. and Calogeras
C.
Final Report
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2020-09-09
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5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf
The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.
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