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Seafood CRC: funding options for the Australian oyster industry
Project number:
2012-757
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$45,758.79
Principal Investigator:
Ewan A. Colquhoun
Organisation:
Ridge Partners
Project start/end date:
30 Sep 2012
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29 Apr 2013
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
In Sept 2009 the industry completed a Discussion Paper regarding optional Governance Models as part if its move to "Oysters Australia." This paper identified a number of key issues:
1. LACK OF R&D INVESTMENT - the industry collects and invests a relatively small 0.22% of turnover in R&D,
2. UNCERTAINTY on R&D Spend - there is uncertainty at a number of levels about ongoing certainty of R&D funding at current levels. These concerns arise from: the effectively ‘voluntary’ nature of R&D collections from SA and Tasmania; potential legal risk regarding the collection mechanism in NSW; uncertainty regarding the long term retention of the current FRDC $ for $ funding gearing model; uncertainty about what will happen with R&D fund matching from the Seafood CRC beyond 2013/14; and industry feedback suggesting state based service models are not always meeting all growers' expectations.
3. LACK OF MARKETING & PROMOTION SPEND - industry relies solely on other organisations (SCRC, SEA and other private organisations) to promote oysters to consumers. Surveys highlight industry’s desire to better promote the oyster industry and its product. There is no mechanism in place that allows the industry to invest collectively and efficiently in marketing, industry promotion and other service (e.g. bio-security, training) activities.
4. LACK OF FUNDS to support a national full-time Executive Officer for OA.
1. Collate & review information on existing funding mechanisms used in the oyster industry and relationship to any relevant legislation
2. Collate & review recommendations on funding required for high priority strategies for oyster industry growth
3. Collate & review recommendations (based on previous industry consultation) on preferred levy mechanisms
4. Document external stakeholder views re arrangements and options for funding mechanisms - consulting with NSW legislation and agencies (high priority), and FRDC
5. Draft and release a Briefing Paper (with 1 page summary) to Industry identifying the need for funding, levy options, and some case examples and stakeholder questionnaire feedback
6. Present at state industry meetings (August in SA, August in Tas, TBA in NSW) and document responses to Briefing Paper issues
7. Document the preferred funding option in detail, related mechanisms, rates and impacts, proposed adoption pathway, implementation process and time frame
8. Conduct a meeting (possibly teleconference) with industry leaders / key stakeholders to confirm the recommended funding option and implementation pathway
9. Conduct a meeting with stakeholders in NSW to discuss recommended funding options and implementation pathway as relevant to NSW
10. If supported funding option is a national levy, draft a short brief for the conduct of the ballot process and conduct the ballot process.
11. Draft and submit a final report of the project process and recommended outcomes for Oysters Australia
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9874281-3-4
Author:
Ewan Colquhoun
Final Report
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2014-02-01
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821.69 KB
2012-757-DLD.pdf
Funding for industry development, operations, promotion and other industry services is increasingly important in every modern food production sector. This project sought to confirm an agreed national funding mechanism for joint R&D, marketing and promotion and administrative support for Oysters Australia (OA).
This project revealed the challenges and options that the Australian Oyster Industry faces. Oysters are losing market share even as the demands of domestic seafood consumers rise, global risks (biosecurity, genetic improvement, market competitiveness) are threatening local enterprise sustainability and viability, and growers struggle to communicate and find common approaches that invest in real responses.
The report has detailed existing funding mechanisms, related state cost impacts, and leverage options. Presentations at regional and state meetings in New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have opened the debate and highlighted Oysters Australia’s need to change its communication techniques so that growers are aware of its aims and achievements.
Seafood CRC: A community intervention approach to increasing seafood consumption.
Project number:
2008-720
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$246,154.00
Principal Investigator:
Alexandra McManus
Organisation:
Curtin University
Project start/end date:
30 Jun 2008
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2 Dec 2011
Contact:
FRDC
Value for money: There is a need to overcome the barriers to seafood consumption, particularly those cited in the general seafood consumption (Ruello, 2000) and the peri-natal seafood consumption studies conducted in Perth (McManus et al, BMC Public Health 2007). Establishing regular seafood consumption as a healthy, cost effective dietary option has the potential to impact upon short and long-term health, both in the general population and in those with specific health conditions. This study aims to develop strategies to increase seafood consumption by targeting specific sectors of the population (e.g. children, consumers) and groups with specific health conditions (e.g. pregnancy, diabetes, heart disease, obesity). The project should result in increased seafood consumption with concomitant increases in value for the seafood industry.
Level of Impact: The condition/sector educational resources will be developed in user-friendly formats/programs to meet the needs of each of the specific target groups and to ensure maximum uptake. For example, condition specific resources will be in formats that facilitate discussion between general practitioners and clients to promote seafood as part of a healthy diet. They will also be extended through relevant representative bodies (e.g. WAGP Network, Diabetes Council, Heart Foundation). Resources for schools will be developed in line with existing curriculum frameworks across a range of disciplines and piloted through existing and relevant educational programs. Resources will be initially developed at a state level with the potential to be extended nationally through existing links.
1. To conduct a systematic review and gap analysis to: a) inform the development of industry guidelines around health messages and seafood and b) identify research gaps and priorities in seafood health benefits research.
2. To develop, implement and evaluate a series of targeted seafood health benefits communication resources for educational institutions, medical professions and their clients, seafood consumers and members of the seafood industry.
3. To develop and evaluate a seafood health benefits skills set for incorporation into relevant vocational training packages administered through the Tertiary and Further Education institutions (TAFE).
4. To trial and evaluate the seafood health benefits communication resources developed (see Obj2) in a single community to determine whether seafood consumption in that community is significantly altered through access to the developed resources.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9872086-0-6
Author:
Professor Alexandra McManus
Final Report
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2011-11-01
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24.78 MB
2008-720-DLD.pdf
The Community Intervention to Increase Seafood Consumption (CIISC) Project aimed to translate the most up-to-date evidence around the health benefits of regular seafood consumption into a suite of resources and educational programs specific to the needs of various sectors within the community. The resources were then trialled and evaluated in a single community to determine whether seafood consumption in that community is significantly altered through access to the developed resources.
The project followed a participatory action research model with each stage of the research informing the subsequent stages, thus ensuring the outcomes were relevant to the end users.
PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-079
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Knowledge for Productivity: Phase I - Lake Wooloweyah
This project focused on restoring tidal connectivity to a portion of the Clarence River estuary (Lake Wooloweyah) to enhance fisheries productivity. The work provides a case study for similar initiatives in other estuaries.
ORGANISATION:
University of Newcastle
SPECIES
SCRC: Market Intelligence study tour to Shanghai China - Industry Bursary James Calvert (combination research travel grant and industry bursary)
Project number:
2010-713.30
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Principal Investigator:
Joanne Freeman
Organisation:
Tas Prime Oysters Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
14 Mar 2010
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29 Jun 2010
Contact:
FRDC
China is a significant market for end user participants within the Seafood CRC and one where significant investment is already directed (ACA China project). China is a rapidly growing and rapidly changing market providing many challenges to Australian's wishing to develop a sustainable business relationship. The traditional supply routes to China are changing as are the consumer desires and buying patterns.
There is a need to develop both a research capacity and an industry skill base to enable the rapidly emerging opportunities for Australian seafood exports to China to be realised. This project proposes a China field trip involing high calibre final year international business students and CRC industry members who are or have the capacity to export ot China. The field trip will be complemented by a formal education framework to enable both a commercial and academic perspective to be taken. The team as a whole (industry participants and students research team) should gain a greater awareness of the role and significance of the Chinese Seafood industry specific to the Australian seafood industry. The market field research will provide industry participants and students with the ability to compare and contrast markets (Australia and China) and to prepare actionable interpretive reports based on research findings. Furthermore, industry and students will attain an appreciation of a foreign culture as well as an awareness of cross cultural influence on business relevant to the seafood industry.
The academic research team has already gained insight from the South Korean pilot field trip and are now in a more informed position to map and plan the strategy for this proposed field trip that will better assist Seafood CRC members and provide students with a more holistic workplace integrated learning experience. .
People development program: 2012 FRDC emerging leader governance scholarship - James Calvert
Project number:
2008-322.12
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$6,000.00
Principal Investigator:
James Calvert
Organisation:
Tas Prime Oysters Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
30 Jun 2012
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29 Jun 2013
Contact:
FRDC
Industry organisations need to build their capacity to meet future challenges and opportunities. Building the skills and confidence for industry to influence is one aspect of capacity that the people development program aims to address through this project, providing opportunity to influence is another.
There is a need for coordinated delivery of opportunities to develop governance capability in the fishing
industry and and to promote opportunitites to foster diversity through succession planning within industry committees and boards. There is also a need to provide additional opportunities for those people who participate in the AICD program to observe effective boards in action.
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