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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-059
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Guidance on Adaptation of Commonwealth Fisheries management to climate change

This project is comprised of four key components: (i) FRDC Final Report (Appendices 3-5 are provided as standalone documents); (ii) Adaptation Handbook (designed to help fisheries managers, operators – and anyone else helping to support fisheries – step through a risk assessment and...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-715
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: optimising business structures and fisheries management systems for key fisheries

There is currently an estimated economic gap (lost profit) in the CRC participant fisheries of approximately 40% or $200 million per annum.. If the economic gap could be halved from 40% to 20% the profitability of CRC fisheries would be improved by approximately $100 million. This project aimed to...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2010-040
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing and testing social objectives for fisheries management

The importance of including social objectives in fisheries management is recognised in many policies and programs that are intended to guide sustainable fisheries management. This includes the principle of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) that underpins Australian fisheries management and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

Development of a fisheries R&D response to MPA and spatial management for fisheries

Project number: 2003-073
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $30,000.00
Principal Investigator: David Smith
Organisation: Agriculture Victoria
Project start/end date: 29 Apr 2003 - 30 Nov 2003
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Identifies and discusses the key gaps in knowledge as they relate to the integrated spatial management of fisheries, including the role of aquatic protected areas.
2. Identifies R&D, including specific outputs, that will address these gaps.
3. Draws an explicit link between these R&D outputs and the fisheries and/or ecosystem based management responses that would be expected as a result of these R&D outputs
4. Develops an R&D framework for investment in research on fisheries integrated spatial management including the role of aquatic protected areas. This framework could provide options or examples on where future R&D is required.
5. Further, this framework should clearly identify the various stakeholder involvements.
6. Discusses the relevant benefits and risks in undertaking this R&D.
7. Demonstrates very clearly the link between these needed R&D outputs and existing R&D activities and understanding.

Final report

Author: David Smith
Final Report • 2004-02-23 • 342.44 KB
2003-073-DLD.pdf

Summary

The governance arrangements for fisheries management are based on the use of spatial structures and management measures, such as jurisdictional boundaries, management plans and zoning of fishing type and intensity. These spatially-based arrangements are manifest at various scales and so there is a growing interest in assessing the relative roles of different spatial components in achieving desired outcomes for marine systems as a whole.  This includes the use of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the management of fisheries and the ecosystem more generally. Despite this, key uncertainties remain about the use of spatial management approaches and these are a significant constraint on decision-making to achieve Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) objectives.
 
In recent years the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) has received a number of applications concerning the use of spatial management in fisheries, particularly the impact of MPAs.  However, the FRDC Board recognised that it lacked clear strategic direction with respect to the R&D needed to support spatially-based management and the way that R&D investment could reduce the risks and improve the benefits of management.  In order to facilitate a discussion of this topic with the Australian Fisheries Managers Forum in July 2003, the FRDC board funded the development of this paper to outline the options for fisheries R&D investment in spatial management (including MPAs).
 
The objectives of the paper were to consider two main issues:
• The effectiveness of spatial based management for fisheries
• The implications for fisheries of closures initiated by other sectors
 
The paper begins with a description of the policy context and concepts. The current and past R&D relevant to the spatial management of fisheries were considered, and a gap analysis was undertaken and used to develop an R&D framework. Finally the potential management issues/response are outlined.
 
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-339
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fishrights '99 - use of property rights in fisheries management conference

Fisheries Western Australia, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, hosted 'FishRights99', an international Conference with the theme Use of Property Rights in Fisheries Management. The conference was held in Fremantle, Western Australia, in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-089
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fisheries Management: From Science to Sustainable Practices (program development)

The Fisheries Capacity Building Network project, led by Ian Knuckey and funded through Department of Water and Environment (DAWE) aimed to drive more effective engagement in Commonwealth fisheries management processes by Indigenous, recreational and commercial fisheries representatives and concluded...
ORGANISATION:
Brentwood Kitchens Pty Ltd trading as Jenny Cook Consulting
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2002-434
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Proactive environmental management of commercial fisheries: closing gaps in supply chain management standards

New food safety standards applicable to the Seafood Industry align to new food safety legislation. However, ensuring compliance to new standards can be problematic because the standards are impenetrable to most grass roots participants in the Seafood Industry. A gap analysis comparing...
ORGANISATION:
Australian Maritime College (AMC)
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-746
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: preliminary investigation of internationally recognised Responsible Fisheries Management Certification

The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and FAO Guidelines for the Eco-labelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries represent internationally negotiated documents that represent consensus on the criteria for responsibly managed fisheries. These ‘tools’ form the...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
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