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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 - 30 Oct 2011
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Need

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.

Objectives

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

ISBN: 978-0-646-57001-3
Author: Lowri Pryce
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 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
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-012
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Hoppers in action: a handbook for fishers on the use of hoppers in Australian prawn trawl fisheries

This project has provided an opportunity to consolidate all literature currently available on existing knowledge and technology relevant to the use/research of hoppers. It has demonstrated that there are clear gaps in the research and that it is imperative that further work be undertaken to...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing environmental management standards for the Australian seafood industry

The purpose of this report is to illustrate the value of EMS as a management tool for seafood businesses to achieve their environmental, economic and social goals and in achieving broader natural resources management goals associated with fishing and aquaculture as well as demonstrating to the...
ORGANISATION:
OceanWatch Australia Ltd
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