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Determinates of socially-supported wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia

Project number: 2017-158
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $66,868.94
Principal Investigator: Karen A. Alexander
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 14 Feb 2018 - 30 Jul 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

In order to secure the future of Australian wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries, it is increasingly clear that, alongside effective and responsible management and production, building and maintaining societal support is vital.

There are a number of recent examples in Australia where wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries have been threatened, even shut down, as a result of not having a ‘social license to operate’. This is despite having good ecological, economic and management credentials. Examples include: the 2016 closure of the Victorian small scale Port Phillip Bay net fishery as a result of pressure from the recreational fishing sector; the environmental controversy over mid-water trawling (‘super trawlers’) for small pelagic species despite scientifically-determined healthy stock status; and environmental non-governmental organisations (eNGOs) campaigns against Tassal’s proposed fish farm operations in Okehampton Bay on Tasmania’s east coast.

The wild-catch and aquaculture industries are increasingly and acutely aware of the need to garner societal support. But, they are unsure of how to address poor societal support at its root, who needs to be involved to address the problem, and effective pathways to improving societal support. From an industry perspective, there are gaps in knowledge in terms of 1) identifying the determinants of poor/high societal support; 2) identifying stakeholder groups to target who determine societal support and outcomes for wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries (e.g. other resource user groups, eNGOs, decision-makers and government, consumers, other publics); and 3) appropriate, effective and innovative pathways to improve societal support through engagement strategies and interventions.

However, there is a wealth of information available that is not directly or easily transferable currently. It requires collation and synthesis to address the knowledge gaps, including learnings from other industries, international wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries, as well as historical case studies of successes and failures within Australia. This project will draw together knowledge from existing literature and documentation and also use key informant interviews to address the above gaps.

Objectives

1. To provide a nuanced definition of societal support for wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia
2. To identify determining factors (social, economic, environmental and political) affecting societal support for wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia
3. To identify means by which to detect, assess and monitor societal support for wild-catch and aquaculture fisheries in Australia using a risk-based approach

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925646-82-5
Author: Karen A. Alexander & Kirsten E. Abernethy
Final Report • 2019-08-31 • 1.21 MB
2017-158-DLD-final.pdf

Summary

Australia’s wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly attentive to the importance of having support from communities and stakeholders to ensure their future sustainability and prosperity. This project aimed to identify determinants of socially-supported wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This project was developed collaboratively with the Human Dimensions Research Subprogram and relevant industry stakeholders and extends previous FRDC projects by examining differential definitions and assessments of social acceptability.
Final Report • 2019-08-31 • 1.21 MB
2017-158-DLD-final.pdf

Summary

Australia’s wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly attentive to the importance of having support from communities and stakeholders to ensure their future sustainability and prosperity. This project aimed to identify determinants of socially-supported wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This project was developed collaboratively with the Human Dimensions Research Subprogram and relevant industry stakeholders and extends previous FRDC projects by examining differential definitions and assessments of social acceptability.
Final Report • 2019-08-31 • 1.21 MB
2017-158-DLD-final.pdf

Summary

Australia’s wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly attentive to the importance of having support from communities and stakeholders to ensure their future sustainability and prosperity. This project aimed to identify determinants of socially-supported wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This project was developed collaboratively with the Human Dimensions Research Subprogram and relevant industry stakeholders and extends previous FRDC projects by examining differential definitions and assessments of social acceptability.
Final Report • 2019-08-31 • 1.21 MB
2017-158-DLD-final.pdf

Summary

Australia’s wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly attentive to the importance of having support from communities and stakeholders to ensure their future sustainability and prosperity. This project aimed to identify determinants of socially-supported wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This project was developed collaboratively with the Human Dimensions Research Subprogram and relevant industry stakeholders and extends previous FRDC projects by examining differential definitions and assessments of social acceptability.
Final Report • 2019-08-31 • 1.21 MB
2017-158-DLD-final.pdf

Summary

Australia’s wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly attentive to the importance of having support from communities and stakeholders to ensure their future sustainability and prosperity. This project aimed to identify determinants of socially-supported wild-catch fisheries and aquaculture in Australia. This project was developed collaboratively with the Human Dimensions Research Subprogram and relevant industry stakeholders and extends previous FRDC projects by examining differential definitions and assessments of social acceptability.

Indigenous fishing subprogram: Building the Capacity and Performance of Indigenous Fisheries

Project number: 2013-218
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $230,000.00
Principal Investigator: Ewan A. Colquhoun
Organisation: Ridge Partners
Project start/end date: 30 Apr 2013 - 17 Jul 2016
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Wild capture fisheries are a national asset. They contribute in two ways: USE as a social, cultural or economic asset, AND value created through people and MANAGEMENT systems guiding that use. Aquaculture is an increasingly important seafood source offering potential across all sectors.

The IRG's RD&E Strategy contains 5 Aspirations, 11 Principles and related Outputs. Their comprehensive, integrated approach provides a single framework that offers a key role for all stakeholders, locally and nationally.

The IRG's Strategy will be successful only when it resolves key challenges, including:
- poor understanding and awareness of the needs of indigenous fishery users, and their monitoring of progress toward social/cultural/economic aspirations they aspire to,
- lack of capacity (human, management, structural) of fishers and communities to respond to and benefit from this Strategy,
- lack of alignment between customary sea management practices, enterprise profit motives, social/cultural/economic drivers for community viability, and government practices,
- the diversity of indigenous fisheries, across cultures, geography, aquatic environments, species and economic opportunities.

The Strategy must:
- create a viable pathway forward,
- increase fishery value in the hands of users, and
- better align government policy and process. This will require a policy and regulatory gap analysis and review options to better align these with traditional sea management approaches.

Change will take time - but outputs must demonstrate increasing value (social/cultural/economic) to fishers and communities.

The Project Team will partner with 4-5 indigenous fishery communities to consult and understand their fisheries, aspirations, needs, capacities and alignment with social/cultural/economic factors. The Team will respond with actions that aim to boost fishery value. Local case studies will inform national approaches and about what works, when and where.

The project will cost effectively create new tools, structures, alignments, data, and capacities, in the hands of the IRG, indigenous fishers and communities.

Objectives

1. Identify 4-5 Case Study fishing communities, and work with IRG and stakeholders to document aspirations and social/cultural/economic capacity, identify constraints to achieving desired community and national development outcomes, and test/trial micro development pathways.
2. Evaluate models (enterprise/management), conduct gap analyses (policy/regulatory), and synthesize and document preferred development pathways (national/regional) to enhance indigenous access to, participation in, and benefits (social/cultural/economic) from fishery development.
3. Establish and document output and extension strategies (3yr + 5yr) for the IRG (national) and each participating regional indigenous fishing community.
4. Document and report learnings (IRG + case studies), models, performance monitoring arrangements, and recommendations to the IRG that will enhance future indigenous fishery performance and community benefits

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9871427-6-4
Author: Ewan Colquhoun
Final Report • 2018-09-21 • 6.22 MB
2013-218-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was commissioned by the Indigenous Reference Group, an advisory committee to the FRDC for matters related to Indigenous fishery research, development and extension (R&D).
 
The project sought to build the capacity and performance of Australia’s Indigenous fisheries. It identified issues and drivers, and describes methods, means, outputs and outcomes to enhance fishery capacity and performance.
 
This report summary comprises four parts:
  1. Review of the economic framework that impacts Indigenous community and fishery development

    The starting point for the project was the IRG’s RD&E Framework for Indigenous fishery development. This framework of eleven key R&D Principles and five national and community aspirations, is grounded in a vision to enable continuous improvement, rising from Primacy to Capacity Building.

    This is the pathway to achieve sustainable increases in the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, collectively and for individual communities. Indigenous communities will be the immediate and primary beneficiaries of this vision fulfilled.

  2. Issues and drivers for Indigenous fisheries
    The project has identified issues that impact the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, and related drivers of uncertainty and change.
    UNLOCK THE INDIGENOUS ESTATE
    EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND MICROBUSINESSES
    SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND TOURISM
    INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES

  3. Conclusions regarding business models to support economic development
    Project design called for 4-5 case studies that would represent the national Indigenous community fishery cohort, meet project objectives, and inform the IRG and RD&E decision makers.
    Guided by the IRG, the project team has engaged seven case study fishery communities in face-to-face consultations regarding fishery status, capacity, performance, models, aspirations, economic development options, and analyses and reporting.

  4. Recommendations to the IRG/FRDC regarding measures and actions to build the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries.
The project team recommends the IRG consider the following actions:
  1. Implement a plan to identify Indigenous fishery communities across Australia that hold exclusive or non-exclusive rights to, and control of underutilised fishery resources.
  2. Encourage Indigenous fishery communities that seek to develop their fishery resources, to establish at least one community corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  3. Encourage each Indigenous fishery community (including local residents and remote TOs and members) to undertake a formal planning process
  4. Encourage community to identify commercial partners, networks and collaborations
  5. Empower Indigenous fishery community leaders to attend, contribute to and learn
Final Report • 2018-09-21 • 6.22 MB
2013-218-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was commissioned by the Indigenous Reference Group, an advisory committee to the FRDC for matters related to Indigenous fishery research, development and extension (R&D).
 
The project sought to build the capacity and performance of Australia’s Indigenous fisheries. It identified issues and drivers, and describes methods, means, outputs and outcomes to enhance fishery capacity and performance.
 
This report summary comprises four parts:
  1. Review of the economic framework that impacts Indigenous community and fishery development

    The starting point for the project was the IRG’s RD&E Framework for Indigenous fishery development. This framework of eleven key R&D Principles and five national and community aspirations, is grounded in a vision to enable continuous improvement, rising from Primacy to Capacity Building.

    This is the pathway to achieve sustainable increases in the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, collectively and for individual communities. Indigenous communities will be the immediate and primary beneficiaries of this vision fulfilled.

  2. Issues and drivers for Indigenous fisheries
    The project has identified issues that impact the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, and related drivers of uncertainty and change.
    UNLOCK THE INDIGENOUS ESTATE
    EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND MICROBUSINESSES
    SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND TOURISM
    INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES

  3. Conclusions regarding business models to support economic development
    Project design called for 4-5 case studies that would represent the national Indigenous community fishery cohort, meet project objectives, and inform the IRG and RD&E decision makers.
    Guided by the IRG, the project team has engaged seven case study fishery communities in face-to-face consultations regarding fishery status, capacity, performance, models, aspirations, economic development options, and analyses and reporting.

  4. Recommendations to the IRG/FRDC regarding measures and actions to build the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries.
The project team recommends the IRG consider the following actions:
  1. Implement a plan to identify Indigenous fishery communities across Australia that hold exclusive or non-exclusive rights to, and control of underutilised fishery resources.
  2. Encourage Indigenous fishery communities that seek to develop their fishery resources, to establish at least one community corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  3. Encourage each Indigenous fishery community (including local residents and remote TOs and members) to undertake a formal planning process
  4. Encourage community to identify commercial partners, networks and collaborations
  5. Empower Indigenous fishery community leaders to attend, contribute to and learn
Final Report • 2018-09-21 • 6.22 MB
2013-218-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was commissioned by the Indigenous Reference Group, an advisory committee to the FRDC for matters related to Indigenous fishery research, development and extension (R&D).
 
The project sought to build the capacity and performance of Australia’s Indigenous fisheries. It identified issues and drivers, and describes methods, means, outputs and outcomes to enhance fishery capacity and performance.
 
This report summary comprises four parts:
  1. Review of the economic framework that impacts Indigenous community and fishery development

    The starting point for the project was the IRG’s RD&E Framework for Indigenous fishery development. This framework of eleven key R&D Principles and five national and community aspirations, is grounded in a vision to enable continuous improvement, rising from Primacy to Capacity Building.

    This is the pathway to achieve sustainable increases in the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, collectively and for individual communities. Indigenous communities will be the immediate and primary beneficiaries of this vision fulfilled.

  2. Issues and drivers for Indigenous fisheries
    The project has identified issues that impact the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, and related drivers of uncertainty and change.
    UNLOCK THE INDIGENOUS ESTATE
    EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND MICROBUSINESSES
    SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND TOURISM
    INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES

  3. Conclusions regarding business models to support economic development
    Project design called for 4-5 case studies that would represent the national Indigenous community fishery cohort, meet project objectives, and inform the IRG and RD&E decision makers.
    Guided by the IRG, the project team has engaged seven case study fishery communities in face-to-face consultations regarding fishery status, capacity, performance, models, aspirations, economic development options, and analyses and reporting.

  4. Recommendations to the IRG/FRDC regarding measures and actions to build the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries.
The project team recommends the IRG consider the following actions:
  1. Implement a plan to identify Indigenous fishery communities across Australia that hold exclusive or non-exclusive rights to, and control of underutilised fishery resources.
  2. Encourage Indigenous fishery communities that seek to develop their fishery resources, to establish at least one community corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  3. Encourage each Indigenous fishery community (including local residents and remote TOs and members) to undertake a formal planning process
  4. Encourage community to identify commercial partners, networks and collaborations
  5. Empower Indigenous fishery community leaders to attend, contribute to and learn
Final Report • 2018-09-21 • 6.22 MB
2013-218-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was commissioned by the Indigenous Reference Group, an advisory committee to the FRDC for matters related to Indigenous fishery research, development and extension (R&D).
 
The project sought to build the capacity and performance of Australia’s Indigenous fisheries. It identified issues and drivers, and describes methods, means, outputs and outcomes to enhance fishery capacity and performance.
 
This report summary comprises four parts:
  1. Review of the economic framework that impacts Indigenous community and fishery development

    The starting point for the project was the IRG’s RD&E Framework for Indigenous fishery development. This framework of eleven key R&D Principles and five national and community aspirations, is grounded in a vision to enable continuous improvement, rising from Primacy to Capacity Building.

    This is the pathway to achieve sustainable increases in the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, collectively and for individual communities. Indigenous communities will be the immediate and primary beneficiaries of this vision fulfilled.

  2. Issues and drivers for Indigenous fisheries
    The project has identified issues that impact the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, and related drivers of uncertainty and change.
    UNLOCK THE INDIGENOUS ESTATE
    EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND MICROBUSINESSES
    SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND TOURISM
    INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES

  3. Conclusions regarding business models to support economic development
    Project design called for 4-5 case studies that would represent the national Indigenous community fishery cohort, meet project objectives, and inform the IRG and RD&E decision makers.
    Guided by the IRG, the project team has engaged seven case study fishery communities in face-to-face consultations regarding fishery status, capacity, performance, models, aspirations, economic development options, and analyses and reporting.

  4. Recommendations to the IRG/FRDC regarding measures and actions to build the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries.
The project team recommends the IRG consider the following actions:
  1. Implement a plan to identify Indigenous fishery communities across Australia that hold exclusive or non-exclusive rights to, and control of underutilised fishery resources.
  2. Encourage Indigenous fishery communities that seek to develop their fishery resources, to establish at least one community corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  3. Encourage each Indigenous fishery community (including local residents and remote TOs and members) to undertake a formal planning process
  4. Encourage community to identify commercial partners, networks and collaborations
  5. Empower Indigenous fishery community leaders to attend, contribute to and learn
Final Report • 2018-09-21 • 6.22 MB
2013-218-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project was commissioned by the Indigenous Reference Group, an advisory committee to the FRDC for matters related to Indigenous fishery research, development and extension (R&D).
 
The project sought to build the capacity and performance of Australia’s Indigenous fisheries. It identified issues and drivers, and describes methods, means, outputs and outcomes to enhance fishery capacity and performance.
 
This report summary comprises four parts:
  1. Review of the economic framework that impacts Indigenous community and fishery development

    The starting point for the project was the IRG’s RD&E Framework for Indigenous fishery development. This framework of eleven key R&D Principles and five national and community aspirations, is grounded in a vision to enable continuous improvement, rising from Primacy to Capacity Building.

    This is the pathway to achieve sustainable increases in the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, collectively and for individual communities. Indigenous communities will be the immediate and primary beneficiaries of this vision fulfilled.

  2. Issues and drivers for Indigenous fisheries
    The project has identified issues that impact the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries, and related drivers of uncertainty and change.
    UNLOCK THE INDIGENOUS ESTATE
    EMPLOYMENT, LEARNING AND MICROBUSINESSES
    SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD AND TOURISM
    INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN FISHERIES

  3. Conclusions regarding business models to support economic development
    Project design called for 4-5 case studies that would represent the national Indigenous community fishery cohort, meet project objectives, and inform the IRG and RD&E decision makers.
    Guided by the IRG, the project team has engaged seven case study fishery communities in face-to-face consultations regarding fishery status, capacity, performance, models, aspirations, economic development options, and analyses and reporting.

  4. Recommendations to the IRG/FRDC regarding measures and actions to build the capacity and performance of Indigenous fisheries.
The project team recommends the IRG consider the following actions:
  1. Implement a plan to identify Indigenous fishery communities across Australia that hold exclusive or non-exclusive rights to, and control of underutilised fishery resources.
  2. Encourage Indigenous fishery communities that seek to develop their fishery resources, to establish at least one community corporation registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  3. Encourage each Indigenous fishery community (including local residents and remote TOs and members) to undertake a formal planning process
  4. Encourage community to identify commercial partners, networks and collaborations
  5. Empower Indigenous fishery community leaders to attend, contribute to and learn

The multiple values attained through partially protected areas

Project number: 2021-070
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $227,634.86
Principal Investigator: Genevieve Phillips
Organisation: University of Tasmania
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2022 - 4 Sep 2024
Contact:
FRDC

Need

In Australia, the definition, and objectives of partially protected areas (PPAs) in the marine environment are inconsistent across jurisdictions. Some examples of PPAs in Australia include spatial or temporal closures to commercial fishing; ‘special-use’ or ‘multi-use’ zones within marine protected areas; and marine zones where recreational fishing is allowed for specific species.

The implementation of such areas is underpinned by a tension to balance the environmental, economic, and social values of multiple users, and multiple objectives of such areas. In turn, resource managers require systematic knowledge of these diverse user values to consider them in decision making and ensure mutually beneficial outcomes wherever possible.

Within Australia, a wide range and combination of such regulations are applied in both Commonweath and State-managed waters, but there is limited understanding of associated effectiveness and implementation of PPAs relative to their stated goals.

Consultation with key stakeholders in Parks Australia, ABARES, DPIPWE (Tasmania), Parks Victoria, and researchers recently working in Fisheries NSW, highlighted the requirement to create an inventory of current PPAs, and where possible, quantify the multiple benefits (environmental, economic, and social) currently attained through PPAs to provide resource managers with evidence-based tools to implement appropriate marine zoning policies.

Recent analyses have suggested there is no benefit to the introduction of specific types of PPAs along the New South Wales coastline (Turnbull et al. 2021) and we will build on the results of this study to quantitatively understand whether these results are representative for all PPAs in Australian and Commonwealth-managed waters.

This project will review definitions of the main objectives for PPAs across Australia and characterise their implementation across Australia. We will then quantify the extent to which specific types of PPAs achieve their stated goals and use the results to develop evidence-based decision support tools, in conjunction with marine resource managers, to facilitate effective implementation of appropriate marine policies.

Objectives

1. Review definitions of environmental, economic and social objectives for partially protected marine areas across Australia.
2. Characterise partially protected area (PPA) implementation across Australia.
3. Analyse to what extent PPAs achieve their stated goals and allow for fair access to marine resources.
4. Develop quantitative decision support tools suitable for resource managers to evaluate PPA implementation strategies.

Development of a 5-year sector and NT Strategic Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan for Northern Territory fisheries and aquaculture based on priority needs of major stakeholder sectors

Project number: 2016-116
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $141,659.98
Principal Investigator: Ian Knuckey
Organisation: Fishwell Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2017 - 29 Jun 2018
Contact:
FRDC

Need

A 5-year Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan is a major strategic need of NT. However, for a number of reasons including the diversity and geographical separation of sectors (commercial wild catch, recreational, indigenous and aquaculture) and their wide stakeholder bases, there is limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan.

The importance of fishery and aquaculture sectors to have strategic plans that include the R&D priorities has been well recognised (eg FRDC project 2016-504). While RD&E plans are in place or under development for a number of groups (eg Indigenous groups, Fisheries Research, Aquaculture and Indigenous Liaison units within NT Department of Primary Industry and Resources), there is no comprehensive plan that encompasses all sectors throughout the Territory. One of the main challenges is in reaching the membership base, and incorporating the diversity of views and opinions into provided. Fortunately, most of the major groups within the three sectors have representative organisations that can be used to collate and present views of their membership, although developing RD&E priority areas often falls outside their current remit or level of expertise.

RD&E plans are important for guiding investment into areas that stakeholders consider as high priority, and assist with providing balanced investment amongst and between stakeholders. A recently finalised project aimed to elicit initial research priorities for the NT RAC RD&E plan (FRDC project 2016-504) noted that, for the successful development of such a plan, it is crucial “for the commercial, seafood and recreational fishing sectors to have strategic industry plans that include the R&D priorities of their members”. We will work with key representative organisations (NTSC, AFANT and the 3 Land Councils – NLC, ALC and Tiwi) to develop initial individual RD&E plans for the commercial, recreational and indigenous sectors and aquaculture respectively. Based critically on these, we will develop an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for the Northern Territory fisheries and aquaculture.

Objectives

1. Hold workshops and conduct surveys to determine sector priority RD&E areas
2. Deliver a 5-year RD&E Plan to NTRAC that includes input from stakeholders.
3. Develop Strategic R&D Plans for each of: commercial, recreational, indigenous and aquaculture sectors.
4. Leave each stakeholder group with the tools and a process to conduct repeatable surveys of their membership's RD&E needs so that priorities and strategic plans can be updated and fed into the 5-year NT Strategic Plan.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-6480172-7-1
Authors: Knuckey I. Koopman M. and Calogeras C.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
 
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
 
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
 
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
 
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
 
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
 
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
 
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
 
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
 
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
 
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
 
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
 
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
 
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
 
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
 
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
 
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
 
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
 
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
 
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
 
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.
Final Report • 2020-09-09 • 5.62 MB
2016-116-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation’s (FRDC) Northern Territory Research Advisory Committee (NT RAC) recognised that a 5-year Research Development and Extension (RD&E) Plan was a major strategic need of the NT but acknowledged that there was limited capacity among sectors to undertake the necessary consultation and compile the required information, to successfully develop such a plan — particularly because of the diversity and geographical separation of various sectors (Indigenous, recreational, commercial wild-catch and aquaculture) and their wide respective stakeholder bases. NT RAC therefore contracted Fishwell Consulting to liaise with each of the sectors to develop separate sector-specific strategic RD&E Plans; and based on these, produce an overarching 5-year RD&E Plan for NT fishery and aquaculture.
 
The context under which this Strategic RD&E Plan was developed is very much driven by the FRDC — which is a co-funded partnership between its two stakeholders, the Australian Government and the fishing and aquaculture sectors — whose role is to plan and invest in fisheries RD&E activities in Australia. The FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E plan is framed around the National RD&E Strategy, while the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan guides development, and is itself guided by the FRDC sector-based Industry Partnership Agreement (IPA) RD&E plans and FRDC Research Advisory Committee (RAC) jurisdictional-based RD&E plans. The sector-based and jurisdictional-based plans are also informed by end users. Given this arrangement, development of the NT RD&E Strategy should be guided directly by a combination of the FRDC 2015-2020 RD&E Plan and input from stakeholders, with consideration of the structures of other jurisdictional plans.
 
Existing plans and strategies were summarised to develop the RD&E framework on which to base this Strategic RD&E Plan. At a high level, there are existing strategic plans that are relevant and influential to setting the Northern Territory’s commercial wild-catch and aquaculture research agenda. These include the northern Strategic plans put in place by relevant peak bodies and the Land Councils, NT Fisheries Strategic Plan and associated portfolio plans, the Department of Primary Industry and Resources Industry Development Plan, Success through Innovation – the National Fishing and Aquaculture Research, Development and Extension Strategy 2016, the Northern Territory Fishery Resource Sharing Framework, the ‘Our North, Our Future’ white paper on developing northern Australia and science strategies put in place by research agencies.
 
Key stakeholders were identified in the commercial fisheries and aquaculture, Indigenous, recreational and guided fishing tour sectors. These sectors cover a wide geographical distribution, and use a range of equipment to catch and culture a diverse range of species. Representative bodies were engaged via face to face and phone interviews and online surveys. Online surveys were chosen as the main data gathering tool because of the wide spatial extend of NT fisheries. These were distributed and promoted by representative bodies.
 
Common themes across sectors were identified and formed the basis for a draft overarching RD&E Plan for the NT which was developed in line with a format agreed upon by NT Fisheries and stakeholders. Draft RD&E Plans for each sector were returned to each stakeholder group (in confidence) for comment. Following this, revisions were made and the final draft document returned for comment prior to broader release.
 
Across all sectors, the main issues were related to access regarding native title, particularly associated with the Blue Mud Bay decision. In all three plans issues relating to access featured heavily, including developing an understanding of the value each sector places on coastal resources, building awareness of access requirements to and appropriate behaviours on Aboriginal land, the capacity to enforce changed access arrangements and fostering strategic alliances and partnerships between sectors. Many goals, priority areas and outcomes are common across plans for each sector. These outcomes were grouped under the relevant FRDC program (https://www.frdc.com.au/research/rde-planning-and-priorities/frdc-program-areas). Common priority areas for the Environment program are demonstrated resource sustainability and fine-scale spatial information on sectoral catches, effort and “values”. Only priority areas relating to successful, secure and profitable businesses (either commercial wild-catch, aquaculture, FTOs or Indigenous) were common across sectors for the Industry program, however equitable cross-sectoral access and allocation arrangements were common to the commercial wild-catch and aquaculture and recreational sectors, and this priority area has goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Maintaining a social licence to operate is a priority common to the Communities program, and this also includes goals relating to developing strategic partnerships with all sectors and a mutual understanding of the value that each sector places on coastal resources. Under this program, both Indigenous and commercial sectors have priority areas that include increasing capacity of Marine Rangers programs. The People program includes priority areas for capacity building and industry leadership. Priority areas for Adoption are common across sectors.

Pursuing Marine Stewardship Council Certification for the Australian Southern Rock Lobster fisheries

Project number: 2023-060
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $204,100.00
Principal Investigator: Tom T. Cosentino
Organisation: Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
Project start/end date: 31 Dec 2023 - 29 Jun 2025
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Commercial in confidence. To know more about this project please contact FRDC.

Objectives

Commercial in confidence
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Developing triple bottom line harvest strategies that include all environmental aspects for multi-sector fisheries

Based on the results of a comprehensive literature review and the collective expertise of the project team, we developed two alternative approaches with which to evaluate trade-offs between triple bottom line objectives and stakeholder preferences: a semi-quantitative multi-criteria decision...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-070
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Opportunities and impacts of range extending scalefish species: understanding population dynamics, ecosystem impacts and management needs

This work set out to quantify the biology and diet of three key range-shifting species in Tasmania with both recreational and commercial fishery value. The project was heavily reliant on engagement from the recreational fishing community and multiple citizen science initiatives, as well as...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania

Tasmanian Fisheries and Aquaculture Research and Development Plan 2003-2005

Project number: 2004-313
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $20,000.00
Principal Investigator: Colin Buxton
Organisation: University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Project start/end date: 29 Jul 2004 - 10 Jul 2006
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The 3 Year fisheries and aquaculture R&D plan is needed to:
1. Achieve economic, environmental and social objectives (see 7 above)
2. Enable key stakeholder R&D needs to be addressed.
3. Enable priorities to be identified for targeting limited resources.
4. Enable R&D resources to be aligned to (2) and (3) above.

Objectives

1. To increase economic, environmental and social benefits
2. To achieve sustainable use and management of natural resources
3. To develop and more effectively use human resources and skills
4. Improve effectiveness, efficiency and accountability for expenditure

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-86295-488-5
Author: Colin Buxton
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