Developing an Australian seafood strategy for export growth - stage 1

Project number: 2004-413

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $10,000.00

Principal Investigator: Ted Loveday

Organisation: Seafood Services Australia Ltd

Project start/end date: 29 Jun 2004 - 7 Apr 2006

Contact:

FRDC

Need

The Australian seafood industry is a significant contributor to the Australian economy, with exports in excess of $2 billion in 2001-02 and a multiplier effect estimated to be around $10 billion.

Seafood products from Australia are highly regarded on the international market, with many suppliers having a long history of consistent high quality supply, with some seafood varieties being unique to Australian waters. This presents many potential opportunities for export growth for the Australian seafood sector.

At this point there is no strategic process to enable opportunities to be identified and capitalised upon, thereby allowing Australia to realise the benefits of maximising the potential growth.

This project will establish a process that provides a sound basis for targeting investment and achieving sustainable export growth.

Objectives

1. To develop a national strategy to achieve significant export growth for Australian seafood by agreeing on national export growth targets, identifying priority opportunities to achieve these export growth targets, including feasibility assessments, identifying impediments to export growthand establishing on going processes to take advantage of opportunities for maximising export growth and to address identified impediments.