PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-123
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
SPECIES
6 results
SRL IPA: Rocklobster Trans Tasman cooperation workshop
Project number:
2013-232
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$28,142.00
Principal Investigator:
Ross J. Hodge
Organisation:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Project start/end date:
9 Oct 2013
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27 Feb 2014
Contact:
FRDC
In recent times there has been considerable progress made in collaboration between the Rock Lobster and Abalone industries in addressing trade and market barriers in the direct trade of product into the key market of China. The benefits of collaboration between these fishery sectors highlights the benefits from industry groups focusing on collaboration rather than competitiveness to achieve mutual outcomes.
All Australian and New Zealand rock Lobster fisheries are on quota management which ultimately limits the amount of product than can be supplied. In the case of the China market not only is the lobster from these fisheries held in the highest of regard, i.e. superior eating qualities, it can easily accept the majority of the product produced by all these fisheries. The various operations across the rock lobster supply chain are made up of small family type businesses to larger cooperatives (e.g Geraldton Fisherman's Coop) and working collectively outcomes can be achieved that may not even be considered individually.
Identifying the common matters that can be worked on collaboratively has the potential to achieve economies of scale through efficiencies gained in better organisation and shared investment in key projects and programs. Ultimately this will lead to an increase in the value from investment in R&D and increased extension/uptake of outcomes from projects.
This is possibly a "one off'" opportunity to engage all the stakeholders, particularly those involved in the post harvest sector of the various Trans Tasman Rock Lobster fisheries to participate in such a workshop.
1. Identify and prioritise opportunities for colloboration in Rock Lobster R&D, market research, marketing and generic promotion between the Australian rock lobster industry (Southern Rock Lobster and Western Rock Lobster) and the New Zealand industry.
2. Establish a forum for ongoing dialogue between Trans Tasman Rock Lobster Fisheries
3. Document the outcomes of the workshop including an action plan for implementation of identified priority collaborative opportunities
Southern Rock Lobster Clean Green program, revision, digitisation & extension across the supply chain
Project number:
2017-224
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$705,117.00
Principal Investigator:
Ross J. Hodge
Organisation:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Project start/end date:
29 Apr 2018
-
14 Feb 2020
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
Currently more vessels are participating in the Clean Green program than at any stage since first introduced in 2004. Re-aligning Clean Green to address new and changing legislative requirements has been the key driver for the increased support from industry. The process of revising the program content and on-going dialogue with regulators has identified that Clean Green must / will continue to be an evolving program to address regulatory changes and update the program content. Therefore a project is required to deliver a digitised operationally focussed, benchmark responsible fishing standard including support and auditing materials for the Australian seafood industry that will:
• Improve ongoing program administration (as regulators e.g. SWSA, AMSA and DAWR, continue to change and update relevant legislative requirements, the maintenance of a paper-based program will become unsustainable.
• Extend the Clean Green program into the post-harvest sector of the supply chain and provide a medium for SRL to ‘extend’ relevant outputs from other R&D in which the industry has invested to interested businesses e.g. traceability and ‘lobster health’.
• Improve communications and audit procedures with / for the Clean Green Auditor to streamline and reduce cost of independent third-party auditing processes
• Generate usable data for relevant regulators and seek their recognition / accreditation of the program and further opportunities for Clean Green to serve as a tool for industry self-regulation.
• Streamline program management and financial control of the program e.g. invoicing, scheduling of auditing, raising and closing out of Corrective Action Requests (CARs), physical auditing of vessels, communication with members, improved efficiency and effectiveness of Clean Green training and refresher training.
• Increase the transferability of the Clean Green ‘product’ to other catching sectors. This may aid with generating greater economies of scale and assist the Clean Green Program, and its management, to become financially self-sustaining to a greater degree.
1. Revise and update Clean Green Program Material (catching sector) to meet stakeholder requirements and formatted for digitisation
2. Review and revise existing and develop new Clean Green Program material for exporter / post harvest operations and formatted for digitisation
3. Digitise the revised Clean Green Program so it can be implemented in a device application (app) software format (2 Apps: 1 Catching 1 Exporter)
4. Launch and Roll Out the Revised and Digitised Clean Green Program
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9803977-5-8
Author:
Ross Hodge and Justin Phillips
Final Report
•
2023-05-05
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2.86 MB
2017-224-DLD.pdf
First introduced in 2004, the Southern Rocklobster Limited Clean Green Program was developed as an integrated pot-to-plate Product Standard with independent third-party auditing of practices. During the period 2013 to 2015 the Clean Green Program was considerably updated for the first time to address the introduction of AMSA’s National Standard for Commercial Vessels, resulting in greater industry adoption with approx. 60% increase in vessel use across the 3-year period. The re-alignment of the Clean Green Program to address new and changing legislative requirements e.g. the introduction of the National Standard Commercial Vessels by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and new Work, Health & Safety requirements, had been the key driver for the increased support from industry. This highlighted the need for the Clean Green Program to continue to evolve to address regulatory changes and, accordingly, the required updating of program content (in consultation with Regulators). This project was required to adapt 21st century technology to deliver a digitised, operationally focussed, Clean Green Program that can be more efficiently updated and disseminated to industry.
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2005-222
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
4th National Rock Lobster Congress - market development workshop
Two years on from Congress 3 in Fremantle 2003, lobster prices are 30% lower, the SA Northern Zone has adopted quota, lobster propagation is developing and product quality is a given in markets. As well, lobster markets, marketing, market development, Marine Stewardship Certification, supply...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2016-264
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2007-704
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Seafood CRC: assessment of new market opportunities and development of effective market penetration strategies for Australian Southern Rocklobster in the USA, Middle East & Europe.
This report provides a synopsis of the Southern Rocklobster Limited (SRL) Market Development Program from 2004, including the Seafood CRC Project 2007/704; commercial trade facilitation; SRL experiences; and suggested next steps for the SRL Market Development Program (MDP). The report has been...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
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