PROJECT NUMBER
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2023-072
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-074
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Engagement for Success: evaluation of engagement events to inform industry management strategies
This user-friendly tool helps you choose the most suitable engagement activities based on your specific goals, target audience, and resources. By considering factors like budget and expertise, the tool suggests effective strategies to connect with your community....
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2013-024
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Seafood Industry Partnerships in Schools - Phase 2 Program
Project number:
2012-302
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$150,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Lowri Pryce
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
16 Apr 2012
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27 Feb 2014
Contact:
FRDC
Lack of knowledge by community has contributed to poor perception of industry and negative community attitudes. Teachers are ill-informed about industry’s efforts to operate in a sustainable manner; once informed-they incorporate better knowledge into their teaching program. The long-term benefits for industry with a better informed community are considerable.
The SIPS-Tasmanian-Pilot indicated teachers have difficulty accessing information about the marine environment, sustainable fishing/marine farm practices, and post-harvest sector. Developing/delivering this information within a metropolitan context is a key challenge of this program. Fishermen/Farmers and the post harvest sector are seeking avenues to engage with their local community to secure their social licence to operate - this program gives them a community a voice and a connection with the next generation. An informed community can actively engage in debate around issues affecting industry and the seafood supply - particularly at point-of-sale. Delivering this information to schoolchildren and teachers in a metropolitan context is key.
With the assistance and support of key groups such as the Sydney Fish Market, Master Fish Merchants of Australia, and NSW Fishermens’ Cooperative Association, and our in-house experience of working with the NSW Department of Education, and with various state-based teachers associations on our 'Our Valuable Estuaries' projects - OceanWatch Australia has the ability, determination and support of industry, to make this project succeed.
1. Facilitate new and existing educational partnerships between schools and industry operators.
2. Increase community understanding of the complexities of marine resource utilisation
3. Increase industry capacity to tell its sustainability story to the community
Final report
Author:
Lowri Pryce
Extension of OH&S and Quality Index project outputs to seafood industry across Australia
Project number:
2010-305
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$269,362.50
Principal Investigator:
Lowri Pryce
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
31 Dec 2009
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31 Dec 2010
Contact:
FRDC
The FRDC Board asked the FRDC Secretariat to develop an extension plan for the Sydney Fish Market Occupational Health and Safety Video and Quality Index. As a result of this request FRDC approached OceanWatch/SeaNet to develop a plan for the roll out and extension of these project outputs.
Additionally, FRDC has related completed research in the areas that could be incorporated into the extension and add value.
Both OH&S and Quality have been identified by industry as major issues that require on-going action. The FRDC over the past 10 years has invested in numerous projects to develop tools for both issues, however very little has been allocated to extension of these materials.
In recent research funded by both the FRDC and Seafood CRC Quality has been identified as a major issue for the seafood industry. The increased cost of seafood has meant that consumers are becoming heavily focused on quality. The issue of quality, flows onto the credibility and standing of the industry - consumers do not like paying high prices for seafood that has been handled badly or is of poor quality. In addition waste and spoilage are factors that consumers can readily see and have associated with sustainability.
1. To increase the adoption and uptake in relation to R&D which relates to OH&S and quality
2. To develop a set of materials (presentation, fact sheet and references) appropriate to the seafood industry
3. To deliver key messages (including sets of developed materials) to target audience across key processing regions
4. To evaluate the methods for seafood industry extension used in this project to inform future extension activities
Final report
Tactical Research Fund: Seafood Industry Partnerships in Schools - Program Pilot, Tasmania
Project number:
2009-328
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$73,621.00
Principal Investigator:
Lowri Pryce
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
30 Apr 2010
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30 Oct 2011
Contact:
FRDC
School teachers report a difficulty accessing relevant and accurate information about the marine
environment, current sustainable commercial fishing and marine farm practices. This, coupled with a
recognised paucity of young people embarking on a career in the seafood industry indicates a need for
greater interaction between the seafood industry and the educational sector.
A general lack of knowledge about commercial fishing practices in the public arena has contributed to
poor public perception of the seafood industry, and in fact public attitudes to commercial fisheries are
often negative and ill informed.
1. Develop and trial pilot educational program between seafood industry and School classes year 1 to 10 in Tasmania with a view to National extension
2. Facilitate new and existing partnerships between schools and commercial fishers and aquaculture operators.
3. Facilitate work experience opportunities for young people.
4. Provide opportunities to increase general community understanding of complexities of marine resource utilisation as well as cultural fishing practices.
Final report
People development program: 2010 FRDC International Travel Bursaries - Lowri Pryce: To present at the World Ocean Council 's Sustainable Ocean Summit and to visit key organisations in the Irish republic developing wild caught Seafood EMSs.
Project number:
2008-314.20
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$6,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Lowri Pryce
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
13 Jun 2010
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29 Aug 2010
Contact:
FRDC
Presenting at the Summit, themed "Reducing Risk, Increasing Sustainability: Solutions through Collaboration", will increase my contact/collaboration with leading marine industries experts that use the marine space and resources. As the summit aims to assist marine businesses in addressing shared ocean environmental challenges and develop the practical programs to develop and implement solutions - issues raised at the 2010 Seafood Directions, there is opportunity for me to gather ideas, techniques and contacts that are relevant to the sustainability of Australian fisheries and mechanism for improved communication to the public. Further travel to discuss progress in Ireland on wild caught seafood EMS and its impact on market share, will further assist the work of OWA and the industry nationally, particularly the inshore fisheries which often are in direct conflict with other estuarine/marine user groups.
1. Attend, present & participate in SOS.
2. Develop contacts/networks & gather ideas/strategies to improve the delivery of good news stories relevant to Australian fisheries.
3. Visit Irish organisations involved in developing wild caught seafood EMS to share problems, solutions and discoveries to add value to Australian EMSs being developed through SeaNet.
4. Disseminate findings to the OceanWatch team (so they can directly relate them to the fisheries they are assisting), to the SeaNet Steering Committee, and others industry stakeholders.
5. Produce article on the SOS for the wider stakeholders for inclusion in the SeaNet newsletter.
Final report
Author:
Lowri Pryce
PROJECT NUMBER
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2008-036
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Reducing plastics in the Australian seafood industry - Phase 1
Project number:
2004-410
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$5,000.00
Principal Investigator:
Anissa Lawrence
Organisation:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Project start/end date:
29 Jun 2005
-
20 Apr 2007
Contact:
FRDC
Given the current trend by groups such as Planet Ark, local councils, DEH and other industries it is important that
the seafood industry is aware of the options/alternatives available for reducing plastics and is seen to be operating
as a responsible industry. Internationally, particularly in the EU, there is also a drive to reduce plastics and other
non-recyclable materials such as polystyrene. There is no forward planning in the Seafood industry to cover this
issue and because of the environmental damage that can be caused by plastics it is essential that some
background work be done to assess the current position and to create some viable alternatives.
1. To undertake a desktop study to review where plastics are used within the Australian Seafood Industry (post harvest) and whether potential alternatives/substitutes are available.
Final report
PROJECT NUMBER
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2003-063
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Adoption of an environmental management systems by NSW commercial estuary fishers and oyster farmers
This project has provided estuary fishers and oyster farmers across NSW with an opportunity to develop an Environmental Management System (EMS), based on ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems for their businesses.
The main driver for each group to develop an EMS was primarily improving...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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