9 results

Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Industry Development Subprogram: strategic planning, project management and adoption

Project number: 2004-254
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $129,196.00
Principal Investigator: Ian Knuckey
Organisation: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 14 Aug 2004 - 30 Sep 2007
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Until the establishment of the SEF Industry Development Subprogram, there was a dearth of R&D projects focused on industry development for the SESSF. The Subprogram was established in 2000 and has since accessed over $700K in funding (of which almost half has been from sources external to FRDC) to increase the value of the fishery by value-adding to fish products, adopting new technologies and improving utilisation of catches. The current Subprogram project finishes in December 2003 but there are sufficient funds to extend its work until June 2004. Members of the Seafood Industry involved in the SESSF see the need for R&D into industry development projects to continue and are supporting the submission of this proposal to continue the Subprogram.

Many of the economic indicators for the commonwealth scalefish fisheries in south eastern Australia are poor. The low profitability in the fisheries is recognised by most operators in the catching sector and this has flow-on effects throughout the supply chain. Industry is now looking to investigate the impediments to economic efficiency in the fishery. 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 and meeting sustainability performance measures.

Recognising that catch levels are unlikely to increase in the future, fishers are looking for various options to improve profitability by increasing the value of their catch. This type of industry development is a primary goal of the SESSF Industry Development Subprogram.

By continuing to link groups of people in the seafood industry with expertise in the whole of supply chain, the Subprogram will continue to deliver the successful outcomes for the seafood industry involved in the SESSF. The through-chain approach being adopted by the Subprogram for industry development is continuing to attract interest from a wide range of stakeholders and will continue to be successful in accessing considerable funds that are not usually available to the seafood industry. For example, the Subprogram has recently accessed $10,000 to develop up a $500,000 through-chain market development and innovation project under the National Food Industry Strategy program. In this manner, the Subprogram easily pays for the initial investment it receives from the FRDC. Nevertheless, through the involvement of FRDC in various industry development projects under the Subprogram (eg. as an ASCo shareholder), the Subprogram intends to return dividends to the FRDC that will make the Subprogram cost neutral to the FRDC by the end of this project.

Objectives

1. Adopt a supply chain approach to R&D for the SESSF to increase the value of the fishery by value-adding to fish products, adopting new technologies and improving utilisation of catches.
2. Determine priority industry development projects for the SESSF and seek a broad range of funding sources to support this R&D.
3. Integrate with other FRDC and externally funded SEF projects to ensure maximum leverage of industry funds and avoid duplication.
4. Coordinate the FRDC SESSF Industry Development Subprogram (applications, workshops, communication) and facilitate the input from industry members throughouth the seafood supply chain
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-204
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Realising economic returns of reducing waste through utilisation of bycatch in the GAB Trawl Sector of the SESSF

Fisheries bycatch reduction and utilisation is an important topic in the western world in both policy and research developments. At an international level, the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries directs management agencies and fisheries to reduce discards through development and...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd

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

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

People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-116
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

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

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...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding factors influencing undercaught TACs, declining catch rates and failure to recover for many quota species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery

Concerns about the ecological and economic sustainability of Australia’s Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) prompted major structural readjustment of the fishery in 2006 that significantly reduced the number of operators in demersal trawl, Danish seine and gill net...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-512
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review of structural and funding options for a peak body for the Queensland seafood industry

Queensland’s commercial fisheries produce about $250 million of seafood annually, and contribute more than 10% of Australia’s seafood production in both quantity and value. The fishing industry is diverse in species targeted, methods used and areas fished. There are around 1,500...
ORGANISATION:
Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Environment
View Filter

Organisation