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Establishment of a Professional Association of Australian Fisheries Managers

Project number: 2015-405
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $49,961.47
Principal Investigator: Bradley Moore
Organisation: University of Tasmania
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2016 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The Commonwealth and States have shared responsibility for the management of Australia’s fisheries resources under a Federal system of Government. This can create a number of challenges, foremost of which is incompatible management arrangements applying to the same fish stock across jurisdictions. Other issues include the lack of awareness, engagement and communication between fisheries managers working on common fisheries problems across jurisdictions and reductions in government funding for fisheries management and research.

There is a recognised need to increase cross-institutional engagement so line managers (as in those staff engaged in the development and implementation of fisheries management and policy) are made more cognisant of the work being undertaken across jurisdictions, thereby increasing their knowledge, skills and understanding of fisheries issues and solutions, with the aim of achieving management efficiencies. Due to budgetary cuts and increased workloads, Australian fisheries managers have very little time or opportunity to communicate and network with their associates within other institutions. The establishment of a professional association of Australian fisheries managers would facilitate collaboration and engagement by providing a forum for discussion/debate as well as acting as a repository for information and coordinator for future workshops and meetings on key focus areas. Qualified and experienced fisheries managers, despite their pivotal role in sustainable fisheries, are largely unrecognised as inter-disciplinary professionals in their own right. This is in contrast to fisheries biologists and economists. The formation of the association could lead to increased recognition of fisheries management as a profession. There would also be a value to industry through synergizing management approaches across jurisdictions, increasing efficiency and thereby reducing possible costs of management.

Objectives

1. Establishment of Professional Association of Australian Fisheries Managers
2. Improved accessibility and transparency of jurisdictional fisheries management information (technical papers, policy and legislation) through hosting of a central website
3. Increased recognition of the profession of fisheries management within Australia and the current work undertaken by managers to ensure fisheries remain sustainable
4. Exposure of fisheries managers to innovations and developments in fisheries ecological, economic, social and political fields in Australia and overseas
5. Improved consistency and transparency in management approaches between jurisdictions through greater information-sharing and liaison
6. Establishment of linkages between fisheries managers for future interactions and collaborative engagement
7. Improved public confidence in Australian fisheries management through greater stakeholder outreach and communication
8. Ensuring the Association has appropriate support (financial and logistical) to operate beyond the completion of the two year project

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925646-67-2
Authors: Moore B.R. Cartwright I. Emery T. McDonald Rowling K. Sloan S.
Final Report • 2019-05-16 • 928.29 KB
2015-405-DLD.pdf

Summary

Amongst Australian fisheries managers, a persistent challenge exists to facilitate regular and coordinated professional engagement and exchange between Commonwealth, Territory and State level fisheries managers working on common fisheries problems. There is also an absence of professional recognition of fisheries managers and acknowledgment of the quality work they produce, both from key fishery stakeholders and the wider community. The opportunities for fisheries management to be advanced in Australia and for staff development could be greatly enhanced by regular and coordinated professional exchange between fishery managers in State, Territory and Commonwealth fisheries organisations.

Feedback from Australian fishery managers provided support for the formation of the professional association of Australian fisheries managers, a strong willingness to pay for membership and keen interest in the association organising and facilitating future workshops and meetings on key focus areas. This was also strongly supported by members of the Australian Fisheries Management Forum (AFMF).

Development of an integrated fisheries management model for King George whiting (Sillaginodes punctata) in South Australia

Project number: 1995-008
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $461,163.00
Principal Investigator: Anthony J. Fowler
Organisation: SARDI Food Safety and Innovation
Project start/end date: 29 Dec 1995 - 30 Jun 2001
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To produce an age-structured, spatial-temporal fishery model for King George whiting in South Australia based on a comprehensive understanding of its biology, life-history and genetics as well as an analysis of the fishery. This model will be used as a stock assessment tool to assess management options.
2. To implement a biological research programme to facilitate objective 1/, including: a/. determination of site-specific age-structures based on ageing fish using otoliths, to be used for estimation of demographic parameters
b/. completion of the understanding of the life-history including reproductive, early and adult biological information
c/. assessment of genetic variation amongst populations over two spatial scales (amongst states and amongst regions within SA).
3. To review current commercial catch and effort information to: a/. identify the value of such data for estimating population abundance
b/. continue an on-going assessment of impacts of technological advances in fishing equipment on catch and effort in the commercial sector of the fishery
c/. compare commercial catch with that from recreational catch information currently being collected in SA using creel surveys (FRDC 92/81).

Guide

Author: Anthony Fowler
Guide • 7.64 MB
1995-008-PDT-1.pdf

Summary

The King George Whiting Simulator (WhitSim) is a simulation version of the Whiting Estimator (WhitEst) encased inside a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes geographical information systems (GIS). WhitSim provides the ability to simulate various management strategies and parameter scenarios and interrogate results of the simulation via in-built statistical, curve fitting and indicator analysis modules.

Final Report • 2000-08-31 • 11.76 MB
1995-008-DLD.pdf

Summary

King George whiting (Sillaginodes punctata) remains a prime target species of the marine scalefish fishery of South Australia. Levels of fishing mortality are high on inshore populations throughout the fishery which has caused concern about the level of egg production. This prompted the need for a comprehensive stock assessment for this fishery. However, complicating this task is the fact that the life-history incorporates an obligate migratory step where fish move from shallow, inshore areas where they are heavily targeted, to deeper, more exposed places where the spawning populations occur.

Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-226
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Indigenous Fishing Subprogram: Improving the recognition and integration of traditional owner customary fishing and ecological knowledge in the management of Victoria’s fisheries

With growing recognition of Traditional Owner groups across Victoria as native title claims are being resolved. There is a strong interest from within Victorian Traditional Owner community to actively participate in the management of Victoria’s fisheries. However, despite these strongly held...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-029
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Improving performance of ITQ fisheries - Project activity paused

Following the Improving performance of ITQ fisheries Forum on September 28, 2023, decisions were made regarding the project's direction. Instead of proceeding to case studies, stakeholders acknowledged the importance of focusing on future research priorities for rights-based fisheries approaches....
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
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