Create a matrix of skills and capability building priorities across FRDC partners and advisory groups

Project number: 2016-411
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $38,000.00
Principal Investigator: Ross Ord
Organisation: Food and Agribusiness Solutions (FAS)
Project start/end date: 31 Jul 2016 - 17 Nov 2016
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The fisheries industry has advisories boards operating independently across regions (eight State based RACs) and industry specific (11 IPA’s). The fishing and aquaculture commodity groups and regions will benefit from a shared understanding of the skills capabilities and needs which may not be apparent to individual groups who do not have the across-industry view. A shared understanding will enable the industry to adopt an informed decision making process when deciding priorities and allocating resources for addressing whole of industry workforce development needs.

Objectives

1. A robust matrix informing the FRDC, RACs and IPAs of identified gaps and common capability and skills development needs across sectors and regions, including mapping existing skills and capability development programs and opportunities.

Final report

ISBN: 978-1-925983-37-1
Author: Ross Ord (Food and Agribusiness Solutions)
Final Report • 2016-11-01 • 3.84 MB
2016-411-DLD.pdf

Summary

The project is looking to identify each group’s priorities and where there are areas for potential coinvestment, confirm existing programs to address those people development priorities, and
identify gaps in services that need to be addressed. Fodd and Agribusiness Solutions appointed Ross Ord as the PI on the project. The project commenced early September 2016 with a final report due 28 October
2016.
The outcome is a matrix of skills and capability building priorities across FRDC partners and advisory groups.
The project included the following activities:
  • Desktop research: Examine the extension and adoption plans of the 11 industry partner bodies and the eight Research Advisory Committees. Review recent studies and reports. Document key capability building themes.
  • Data gathering: Develop, pilot and distribute (via FRDC) an on-line survey, with survey questions approved by FRDC. Undertake initial review of results to identify trends and issues. Use this to determine the focus of follow- up stakeholder engagement, including discussions with industry representatives by telephone interviews.
  • Industry forums: Attend the FRDC Stakeholder Annual Planning Workshop in Adelaide 26-27 October 2016. Present initial findings from the data gathering activities and seek feedback and comments from Workshop participants.
  • Analysis: Collate and analyse all qualitative and quantitative data. Identify key themes and areas of commonality.
  • Framework, mapping: Complete a desktop review of existing course offerings that relate to the priorities identified through the research. Examine any data available about course satisfaction. Design and populate the framework/matrix to ensure a consistent platform for reporting and examining input from groups. Map existing courses and programs to identified gaps and common elements.
  • Final Report: To include a key set of insights and recommendations for use by RACs and IPAs in guiding skills and training priorities.

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Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics 2018

Project number: 2019-093
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $88,000.00
Principal Investigator: Robert Curtotti
Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Project start/end date: 22 Aug 2019 - 29 Jun 2020
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Statistics on Australian fisheries production and trade seeks to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industry, fisheries managers, policymakers and researchers. It can assist in policy decisions, industry marketing strategies and the allocation of research funding or priorities. The gross value of production for specific fisheries are used for determining the research and development levies collected by government. The neutrality and integrity of GVP estimates is therefore important due to their forming the basis for research levies for each fishery. At the international level, the Department of Agriculture through the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) contributes to a number of international databases. These include databases managed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Information at the international level can assist in international negotiations on issues such as trans-boundary fisheries and analysis of trade opportunities.

Objectives

1. To maintain and improve the data base of production, gross value of production and trade statistics for the Australian fishing industry, including aquaculture.
2. To provide these data in an accessible form.

Final report

Author: R Curtotti
Final Report • 2020-08-01 • 878.07 KB
2019-093-DLD.pdf

Summary

Since 1991 ABARES has published detailed production and trade data annually in Australian fisheries statistics, now renamed Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics. The publication is designed to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industries, fisheries managers, policymakers and researchers. The research undertaken for this edition produced data on the volume and value of production from Commonwealth, state and NT fisheries, and the volume and value of Australian fisheries trade by destination, source and product from 1998–99 to 2017–18.

Project products

Publication • 2020-04-01 • 3.90 MB
2019-093-DLD-A1.pdf

Summary

Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2018