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People development program: 2014 FRDC Visiting Expert Award: Dr. Robert Stephenson (Practical steps to implementation of integrated ocean management)

Project number: 2008-328.21
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $10,000.00
Principal Investigator: Gavin Begg
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2014 - 29 Jun 2015
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Australian and Canadian fisheries face the challenges of evolving domestic and international policies that call for the move to full implementation of ‘ecosystem’ and ‘integrated’ management approaches, to allow sustainable management of multiple coastal activities during a time of increasing market (and general public) pressure for sustainability. The evolving landscape of management demands increased participation of fisheries with other activities in integrated management processes and shared stewardship responsibility. A workshop in March 2014 summarised progress in implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries, with emphasis on social and economic aspects, and how these can contribute to the generation of a ‘license to manage’ for fisheries management agencies (FRDC Report F2013/436, in prep). One recommendation of the workshop was for further exploration of integrated management approaches that encompasses the broader dimensions and users of the marine ecosystem.

This proposal will build on the 2014 workshop in a study of Australian and Canadian experience in applied integrated ocean management. We propose to focus on case studies including the NSW Marine Estate Management; Canadian Bay of Fundy Marine Advisory Committee (and related initiatives); Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; Spencer Gulf and Ecosystem Development Initiative; and Great Australian Bight. We will establish a network to compile, compare, and assess methodologies, policies/frameworks and progress.

Objectives

1. Compile, review and compare Australian and Canadian experience in implementing integrated coastal/ocean management.
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PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-230
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Ex-post benefit-cost evaluation of R&D projects

Increasing demands on public funds have led to calls from governments and industry for greater accountability in research expenditures and hence a need for a systematic evaluation of the benefits from research. The underlying rationale for government involve­ment in supporting fisheries research...
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
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