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Navigating New Waters: Supporting Fisheries and Aquaculture Businesses to Pursue Seafood Tourism as a Diversification Pathway

Project number: 2023-140
Project Status:
Current
Budget expenditure: $135,000.00
Principal Investigator: Robert A. Bell
Organisation: Blueshift Consulting
Project start/end date: 2 Nov 2024 - 29 May 2025
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Tourism
Human Dimensions Research

Need

This project is a strategic initiative to support seafood businesses in diversifying into new economic markets. Amidst evolving global challenges and the impact of Covid-19 on the seafood industry, the need for diversification is more pressing than ever. The proposed project addresses this need by providing seafood business with the necessary support and resources to diversify into a sector which boasts much potential: seafood tourism. Seafood tourism presents a practical and feasible approach to diversification, which leverages the intrigue of marine environments and the seafood production process. Whilst feasible, there are inherent challenges and risks involved in pursuing this diversification pathway. This project directly responds to the request of F&A for support in navigating the diversification process. Central to its approach, is the delivery of decision-support tools which can facilitate informed decision-making and mitigate potential risks involved in diversifying. These tools will be vital in ensuring F&A businesses make sound and strategic decisions regarding their suitability to different seafood tourism models.

Objectives

1. Identify the range of seafood tourism business models and determine success factors for different models.
2. Document and compare the operating environment and the regulations in each jurisdiction (across production, food safety, tourism) for establishing and maintaining seafood tourism enterprises.
3. Identify the business capacity and capability needed for successful seafood businesses, inclusive of skills, assets, and networks.
4. Develop decision support tools for seafood operators to undertake a first pass assessment of the potential suitability of different tourism models.
Environment
People
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-126
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A study of the demand and importance of seafood sourced in NSW and elsewhere to the catering and tourism industries in NSW

The NSW fishing and aquaculture industry recognises that there is an increasing demand for seafoods from a growing number of domestic and overseas buyers but it is facing restrictions on various activities because of the limited nature of the fisheries resources and waterfront aquaculture sites in...
ORGANISATION:
Ruello and Associates Pty Ltd
TAGS
Tourism
Survey
Supply Chain
Stakeholder
Market Opportunities
Industry
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-761
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: PhD 5.03 The role of inbound Chinese tourists in promoting Australian seafood products in China (student Jasha Bowe)

China is forecast to become Australia’s largest tourism source market by 2017. While China holds great potential for the export of Australian seafood products, it currently sits only sixth behind Japan, Hong Kong, Taipei, the United States and Singapore in export value. Country‑of‑origin...
ORGANISATION:
University of South Australia
TAGS
Tourism
Stock Assessment
Modelling
Market Opportunities
Economic
Adoption
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-741
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

SCRC: Tourist Visitation to the Sydney Fish Market: Understanding Opportunities and Leveraging Value

This is the final report for the Seafood CRC project (Tourist Visitation to the Sydney Fish Market: Understanding Opportunities and Leveraging Value) awarded to UniSA in November 2013. Originally, the project targeted to investigate the following objectives: To enable SFM to develop effective...
ORGANISATION:
University of South Australia
TAGS
Tourism
Survey
Marketing
Market Opportunities
Consumer
People

RFIDS: future leaders in recreational fishing

Project number: 2011-403
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $231,000.00
Principal Investigator: Andrew Rowland
Organisation: Recfishwest
Project start/end date: 28 Feb 2011 - 29 Jun 2012
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Tourism
Stakeholder
Remote Sensing
Recreational Fishing
Education

Need

The recreational fishing industry is facing a shortage of people willing and able to assume positions in advocacy and representation for the increasingly complex environment for which the industry impacts and is impacted upon. This shortage of people is hindering the advancement of the goals and needs of the recreational fishing community.

This program will assist in growing the capacity within the recreational fishing community for the future and to provide a preferred pathway for succession planning and capacity building for the recreational fishing sector.

Similar successful programs have been run by Recfishwest (2008), The Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW (2009) and Recfish Australia (2007). Participants from these initial courses are currently filling important roles in recreational fishing advocacy; including the National RFAC, Recfishing Research, Recfish Australia and state peak bodies.

The current situation relies upon a small group of people to do an ever expanding range of tasks, projects and strategic issues at the national state and local levels. The issues include Bioregional Marine Planning, Marine Protected Areas, Animal Welfare, Resource Allocation and Reallocation, Extension and Communication, Research and promotion of best practices, etc…

The project proposes to construct a consistent model for Future Leaders programs that can be implemented across the nation. Continuity in programs being delivered will be of great benefit to participants and the wider recreational fishing community. The Future Leaders program will be a stepping stone for further leadership development opportunites such as the National Seafood Leadership Program.

Objectives

1. Develop a national framework for future leadership development in recreational fishing at the regional level (Western, North East & South East).
2. Bring together the next generation of recreational fishing leaders in a series of regional forums where they will be educated and mentored by a group of experienced and recognised leaders in recreational fishing advocacy and management.
3. Develop a pathway for further leadership development in the recreational fishing industry, providing linkages into the National Seafood Leadership Program.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-646-92503-5
Final Report • 2015-01-07 • 1.07 MB
2011-403-DLD.pdf
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