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People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-300
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Empowering Industry R&D: Developing an industry driven R&D model for the Australian fishing and seafood industry - partnerships to improve efficiency, profitability and performance

'Empowering II' sought to develop an ongoing, cost-effective and transparent process, whereby the best industry RD&E ideas, on a national or regional scale, could be obtained, linked with the most suitable RD&E providers, and developed into successful projects with valuable industry outcomes...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
Education
People
People

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 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Workshop
Wild Catch
Survey
Stakeholder
Rac Nt

Need

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.

Objectives

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 • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

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.

South East Fishery Industry Development Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

Project number: 2001-238
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $110,403.00
Principal Investigator: Ian Knuckey
Organisation: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 24 Apr 2001 - 9 Jan 2007
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Waste
Value Add
Training
Sustainability
Supply Chain

Need

To achieve the complementary outcomes of sustainability and economic benefits to the stakeholders in the SEF, a whole of chain approach to R&D is required (which is in accordance with government direction on R&D planning). Current practice focuses on the biology and fishery management which has precluded more innovative ways of adding value. Following a workshop held in November 1999 (Canberra) a recommendation was made that FRDC develop a subprogram to support the industry development component of R&D for the SEF. This application will develop the subprogram over the next year and produce a Strategic Plan that incorporates a whole of chain approach.

Objectives

1. Coordinate the FRDC SEF Subprogram (applications, workshops, communication)
2. Conduct an annual research workshop to present research outcomes from the subprogram and to define research objectives for subsequent years.
3. Facilitate travel of industry representatives and the subprogram leader to biannual steering committee meetings.
4. Coordinate the preparation of a Subprogram newsletter, media releases, and workshop publications.
5. Integrate with other FRDC and externally funded SEF projects to ensure maximum leverage of industry funds and avoid duplication.

Final report

ISBN: 0-9756006-0-5
Author: Ian Knuckey
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
Final Report • 2004-10-01 • 2.96 MB
2001-238-DLD.pdf
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