4 results
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-215
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Resource access and resource allocation - guidelines

Issues surrounding access to fisheries resources and their allocation among competing parties go back to early feudal times in England where the Magna Carta was thought to be responsible for establishing the common law principle of the public right to fish in tidal waters, with fish being deemed to...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-068
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fisheries co- management initiative

Fisheries co-management is an arrangement in which responsibilities and obligations for sustainable fisheries management are negotiated, shared and delegated between government, fishers, and other interest groups and stakeholders. This is the definition of fisheries co-management developed by...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2011-216
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Co management review

The original Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Report – “Comanagement: Managing Australia’s fisheries through partnership and delegation” Project No. 2006/068 – was reviewed and found to remain rigorous, relevant and appropriate as a guide to...
ORGANISATION:
PJ Neville and Associates

Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) reports 2016 and beyond: Independent project audit

Project number: 2016-143
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $19,345.66
Principal Investigator: Peter Neville
Organisation: PJ Neville and Associates
Project start/end date: 4 Apr 2017 - 29 Apr 2017
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Primary drivers for National reporting of the Status of Australian Fish Stocks include:
(1) key finding of the State of the Environment Report 2011 (Report to the Environment Minister by independent expert committee): ‘lack of a nationally integrated approach inhibits effective marine management’
(2) a recommendation of the House of Representatives Inquiry into the Role of Science for Fisheries and Aquaculture (Netting the Benefits Report 2012): ‘producing national status report regularly’
(3) the Australian Fisheries Management Forum (AFMF) national statement of intent (to provide fishing and aquaculture stakeholders with an understanding of management and policy directions that fisheries agencies will work towards over the next few years): Goal 1 of the statement of intent is ‘Australia's fisheries and aquaculture industries are managed, and acknowledged to be ecologically sustainable’; A key focus area is promoting community awareness and understanding of fisheries and aquaculture management and the ecological status of Australia’s fish resources; A key outcome of this goal is the National Status of Australian Fish Stocks Report.
(4) the National Fishing and Aquaculture Strategy 2015–20 (which documents six goals aligned with the food security section of The National Marine Science Plan 2015–2025: Driving the development of Australia’s blue economy): Goal 1 of this strategy is ‘Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors are well managed, and acknowledged to be ecologically sustainable’; The success of this goal will be measured by (i) Improved understanding of community perceptions of the acceptability of fishing and aquaculture in Australia’, and (ii) Increased number of fisheries assessed as environmentally sustainable in the Status of Australian Fish Stocks Reports. This includes reducing the number of stocks assessed as uncertain.
(5) the FRDC RD&E Plan 2015–20: National priority one focuses on ‘Ensuring that Australian fishing and aquaculture products are sustainable and acknowledged to be so’.

At this point in time, it is important to determine if SAFS is meeting is objectives, hence the need for an independent audit.

Objectives

1. Conduct an review/audit of the SAFS Report according to the Terms of reference outlined in the Project Agreement
2. Submit a final report to the FRDC 30 April 2017

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9577587-3-5
Author: Peter Neville
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