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PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-225
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improving risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) in the Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra rubra)

The accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) of microalgal origin in abalone tissues causes a trade and human health risk that requires active management. Toxic algal blooms of the genus Alexandrium have recently caused several abalone harvest closures on the east coast of Australia. Risk...
ORGANISATION:
SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-164
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Application of molecular genetics to the Australian abalone fisheries: forensic protocols for species identification and blacklip stock structure

Of the nineteen abalone (Haliotidae) species recognised in Australian waters (Geiger 1999), ten are endemic and two dominate the commercial, recreational and illegal harvests in southern States: the blacklip abalone Haliotis rubra Leach and the greenlip abalone H. laevigata Donovan. A third species,...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2006-243
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: development of management strategies for herpes-like virus infection of abalone

In January 2006, a previously unknown herpes‐like virus was identified as being the most likely cause of mass mortalities of abalone (Haliotis spp.) in a number of aquaculture farms in south‐west and central Victoria (Hardy‐Smith, 2006). The disease caused by the virus was named abalone viral...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment

Measuring the economic value of recreational fishing at a national level

Project number: 2012-214
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $65,000.00
Principal Investigator: Ewan A. Colquhoun
Organisation: Ridge Partners
Project start/end date: 17 May 2012 - 29 Nov 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Recreational fisheries have no reliable and acceptable methodology or mechanisms to measure their economic value (direct and indirect) to Australians.
More broadly, the sector has no clear understanding of end-user requirements for its economic data, and the most appropriate means of obtaining the required data.
The impacts of this problem are direct, substantial, local and national. Measurement enables monitoring of performance, which enables management of the resource to consistently achieve best outcomes. Lack of measurement means the sector cannot:
1. quantify the operational or economic size of the national fishery on a reliable and repeatable basis, and therefore can not measure or manage economic performance changes over time
2. demonstrate with acceptable accuracy the economic contribution to regional and national economies, at any time,
3. justify and motivate investment by communities, investors and agencies in recreational fishing,
4. clearly and unambiguously demonstrate that it is a relevant sector or contributor to regional and national economies.

The RFAC's 2011 Strategy identifies at least 2 goals (as follows) that demand some type of economic measure to demontrate that they have been achieved.
- Recreational fishing is acknowledged as an important activity that contributes to the health and well-being of Australian society.
- Recreational fishers have access to a fair and reasonable share of Australia’s fish resources.

Objectives

1. Identify end-users of Recreational Fishing data, their economic data needs, and appropriate data collection methods
2. Identify and short-list appropriate economic indicators and the preferred "GVP Equivalent" cross-jurisdictional approach
3. Establish a project Steering Group to work with the consultant, raise stakeholder awareness, and carry the project forward
4. Estimate and document the initial "GVP Equivalent" for the Recreational Fishing Sector by key jurisdiction and for the nation
5. Establish an Action Plan (resources, responsibilities, timing, etc) for measuring the economic contribution of the Recreational Fishing Sector or a repeatable annual basis
6. Establish a GVP Equivalent value of Recreational and Indigenous Fisheries as a permanent component of DAFF's determination of the Australian Fishing Industry
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