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A South Australian gulfs and coastal ecosystem model to optimise multi-species fisheries management in a changing environment

Project number: 2018-011

Project Status:

Current

Budget expenditure: $218,932.00

Principal Investigator: Simon D. Goldsworthy

Organisation: University of Adelaide

Project start/end date: 3 Jun 2019 - 17 Dec 2020

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

The SA State Government has made a commitment to reform the Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) that aims to provide long-term sustainability of key stocks for both recreational and commercial fisheries, and unlock the industries economic potential. The key reforms include a voluntary buy-back scheme targeting the removal of at least 30% of commercial licences and the introduction of new zoning and quota management regulations. The timeframe for the reforms will be determined in consultation with the industry. Details on the implementation strategy have yet to be developed, but will need to be underpinned by extensive stakeholder consultation and backed by research that provides confidence that among the approaches considered, those chosen will best deliver the intent of the reforms.

This project aims to develop an SA Gulfs and Coastal ecosystem model to provide a Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) tool to assess and optimise a range of reform scenarios. The project will link in closely with FRDC 2017/014 (Informing structural reform in the MSF), utilising many of its key outputs, including time series of spatial distribution of catch and effort, social-economic performance, and reform implementation scenarios. This project also will extend the investigation by integrating environmental time-series data to evaluate changes in productivity over time, identified as a potential factor in declining fisheries catches in the GSV ecosystem (FRDC 2013/031). Identifying the causes of productivity loss and its impact on fish production are important to resolve, especially in the context of the MSF reforms. Ultimately, the project aims to provide decision support tools to assess and evaluate the performance of diverse fisheries management strategies, and how these may perform under varying production regimes. Such an approach will provide a platform to evaluate and optimise the effectiveness of management strategies, and help ensure the fishery reforms achieve their key objectives.

Objectives

1. Develop an SA Gulfs and Coastal Ecosystem model to provide a MSE tool to inform and optimise multi-regional management, quotas for multi-species fisheries and multi-sector harvest strategies

2. Use the model to run scenarios to assess, evaluate and optimise Marine Scalefish Fishery reform options

3. Assess potential production loss issues, and evaluate how different MSF reform options may perform under different future production scenarios

WAFIC, Recfishwest, DPIRD and SSPWA attendance at 'Engaging Leaders Innovating Across Sectors' (ELIAS)

Project number: 2017-250

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $18,000.00

Principal Investigator: Alex Ogg

Organisation: Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)

Project start/end date: 19 Jul 2018 - 27 Feb 2019

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

In November 2017 the WA RAC published the priority: Develop an efficient and equitable process for allocation and re-allocation of fisheries resources, across sectors, to align with legislative requirements of the Aquatic Resource Management Act 2016.

Another of the WARAC priorities recently has been to assist small fisheries improve viability and a strategic approach to fisheries development on the South Coast of WA.

Objectives

1. Develop capacity to work across commercial fishing, recreational fishing and government to solve complex problems using innovative methods

Wild catch Barramundi Workshop to explore future options to improve fisheries

Project number: 2017-247

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $10,000.00

Principal Investigator: Marshall Betzel

Organisation: Queensland Seafood Marketers Association Inc (QSMA)

Project start/end date: 2 Apr 2018 - 30 Sep 2018

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

SPECIES

Need

The Wild Caught Barramundi Fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Northern Territory are currently the victims of possible market failure.

History has shown that catches have not been sufficient to allow the product to maintain its place in the domestic market. This has allowed farmed and imported fish to make inroads into what has tragitionally been wild catch markets.
Catches have recently improved to a level close to sustainability but stakeholders have discovered that there traditional markets are no longer available. This has caused a build up of stock and therefore a reduction in revenue.
The current situation has created a reduction in quality of the product and a subsequent loss in demand.
The product needs to to recapture its identity as an iconic brand .

Objectives

. 1. Convene a Barramundi stakeholder workshop in Cains on June 29th

2. Identify and agree causes of market failure

3. Confirm participants who will be responsible for Actions agreed

Report

Author: Marshall Betzel

Report • 2020-06-01 • 146.38 MB

2017-247-DLD.pdf

Summary

1. Convene a Barramundi stakeholder workshop in Cains on June 29th
2. Identify and agree causes of market failure
3. Confirm participants who will be responsible for Actions agreed

WINSC 2018 Annual Conference Sponsorship

Project number: 2017-246

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $30,000.00

Principal Investigator: Leonie Noble

Organisation: Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA)

Project start/end date: 12 Jun 2018 - 30 Nov 2018

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

The need exists to bring together WINSC members from wide geographical and demographic spheres as well as from a diverse range of women involved in the Australasian Seafood Industry to hold an annual conference and AGM to build the capacity of its seafood women to contribute to their industry

Objectives

1. Organise and conduct a successful annual WINSC conference

2. Build capacity amongst women in the seafood community

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-241

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Understanding blood flukes infecting Southern Bluefin Tuna

Cardicola forsteri is the dominant blood fluke species detected in farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna in 2018. Our results have shown that traditional methods (heart flush and gill microscopy) were limited to detecting adults or eggs. Comparisons of currently used diagnostic methods showed that...

ORGANISATION:

RMIT University Melbourne City Campus

TAGS

SPECIES

Southern Bluefin Tuna

Raise awareness of the guidelines developed by the AAWWG (Aquatic Animal Welfare Working Group) with industry and review their adoption, uptake rates and utility

Project number: 2017-221

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $34,771.45

Principal Investigator: Mark Boulter

Organisation: Safe Sustainable Seafood Pty Ltd

Project start/end date: 14 Jul 2018 - 29 Jun 2019

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

Following the work of the AAWWG the four aquatic sectors now have a range of findings that, when combined, produce a series of practical outcomes and materials for circulation and use within the various sectors.

The take-up of these guidance materials now lies with the aquatic sectors to which they apply; commercial capture fishing, aquaculture, recreational fishing, ornamental fish and restaurants holding live seafood.

There is a need to undertake a workshop (or a series of workshops) to determine how well these previously developed materials are being used by industry and identify the reasons why there is not adoption (if this is the case). The workshop(s) will then provide advice and guidance to FRDC as to whether there is a need for fund further work to ‘plug any gaps’ or modify any materials that have been found to be difficult to use/adopt, or whether there is a need to assess industry barriers to change.

Objectives

1. Through a series of workshops, to determine how well the implementation of the welfare guidelines developed in the earlier AAWS program (2005 - 2013) have been adopted, whether they are seen as fit for purpose / capable of being operationalised and identify any gaps that require future RD &/or E input.

2. For these gaps to seek funding opportunities to carry out this work.

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-6480476-0-5

Authors: M. Boulter M. Dodd and B. McCallum

Final Report • 2018-12-01 • 1.77 MB

2017-221-DLD.pdf

Summary

During the 2017 FRDC Lead, Collaborate, Partner Stakeholder Workshop delegates identified a need to assess the success of the work undertaken by the Aquatic Animal Welfare Working Group (AAWWG) from 2005 – 2013 and to determine what research, development and extension activities were needed to progress this work to achieve greater adoption by industry. The AAWWG constituted representatives from the commercial wild capture fishing, recreational fishing, aquaculture and ornamental/aquarium sectors, and from animal welfare non-government organisations (NGOs).
To progress priorities identified at the 2017 stakeholder workshop, the FRDC commissioned a workshop on Aquatic Animal Welfare, held in Adelaide in September 2018. The invited participants were the delegates of the various seafood industry bodies, other seafood industry representatives and members of the previous AAWWG. This report outlines the findings from that workshop.
During the workshop an update on current domestic and international aquatic animal welfare issues were outlined by independent experts who had also been members of the AAWWG. Delegates then undertook a threat assessment process to identify industry’s current key areas of concern.
As part of the workshop process, a brainstorming session was carried out with delegates split into working groups based on aquatic animal interaction points within industry sectors, as outlined below;
• Aquaculture and Aquarium sectors – whole of life welfare
• Catching sector – transported live including the post-harvest sector
• Catching and Recreational sectors – transported dead
In this session they identified the key priorities for their sub-group, what they perceive is currently working well and where there is still room for improvement.
Throughout the workshop the working groups consistently identified a need to:
i. Communicate the importance of addressing/maintaining animal welfare to industry;
ii. Undertake greater/more effective extension of the available literature to industry (e.g. AAWWG documents); and
iii. Communicate the positive efforts to address/maintain animal welfare that are currently being made by industry.
The workshop participants firmly held the view that effective communications be practically based and underpinned by credible, ‘peer reviewed’ information from industry and scientists. The workshop attendees suggested this would be best achieved by the establishment of a ‘process’ similar to the previous AAWWG, that could ensure momentum is maintained on this topic, the appropriate Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) is carried out in a structured way and industry assessments are undertaken, guidelines developed/revised as required and then appropriately extended to industry to achieve maximum industry adoption.
This process should ensure suitably credible Aquatic Animal Welfare information, including what already exists from the previous AAWWG process, can be delivered through an effective, well-funded process for appropriate circulation and dissemination of relevant information to the relevant target audience, whether that be internally within the industry sectors or externally to the community and animal welfare E-NGOs.

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-217

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

National Seafood Industry Leadership Program participant support for Morgan Hand

ORGANISATION:

Fiskehand Pty Ltd

TAGS

SPECIES

Development and ongoing Maintenance of an Australian Standard for aquatic plant names

Project number: 2017-212

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $67,976.00

Principal Investigator: Alan J. Snow

Organisation: Alan Snow Konsulting

Project start/end date: 9 Apr 2018 - 30 Jan 2021

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

This standard will define the standard names for aquatic plant names including algae, microalgae, samphire, etc to be used in Australia; and specify when standard names are to be used. Annex A of the standard will provide a list of agreed standard names for aquatic plants and will form part of the standard.

Plants from marine and freshwater environments are covered by this standard, irrespective of the country of origin.

The scope of the standard is intentionally broad, but the species to be considered initially for inclusion in the Australian Standard for aquatic plant names will be limited to edible marine algae, microalgae, and samphire from marine environments but species from freshwater environments can be included as necessary.

Other commercial species may be added at a later time as necessary.

Not developing a standard would result in marketplace confusion.

This project is to get the process rolling and develop an initial standard.

The project will also include the maintenance of the proposed standard for the first three years

Objectives

1. To assign standard names for current and potential edible aquatic plant names that are sold for human consumption – including commercially important algae and samphire species.

2. To achieve stakeholder support for the proposed names

3. To develop an appropriate Australian Standard for aquatic plant names incorporating the agreed list of edible marine algae.

4. To maintain the Australian Standard for Aquatic Plant Names for 3 years

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-6450899-0-5

Author: Alan J Snow

Final Report • 2021-01-25 • 1.11 MB

2017-212-DLD.pdf

Summary

This project has started as a concept and has culminated in the publishing of AS 5301- the Australian Standard for Aquatic Plant Names. This is recognised as being a “world’s first” and has resulted in an industry agreed list of names at the start of this highly important developing industry.

National fisheries and aquaculture industry social and economic contributions study: Phase 1

Project number: 2017-210

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $393,218.00

Principal Investigator: Emily Ogier

Organisation: University of Tasmania

Project start/end date: 30 Jun 2018 - 29 Sep 2019

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Social Science

Resource Access And Allocation

Human Dimensions Research

Fisheries Management

SPECIES

Blacklip Abalone

Need

Initial discussions between SIA and FRDC have established that the need that this project addresses is to gather the information required to support the Australian fisheries and aquaculture industry to "tell its story" of its contributions to the national, state and regional economies and communities. This story is part of the broader suite of initiates the FRDC is supporting to enable the commercial sector to demonstrate its contributions to the economic and social dimensions of sustainability. Furthermore, this information can be used by the Australian fisheries and aquaculture industry and government agencies for: improving current understanding of industry contributions and future analysis of impact; reporting and accountability of flow-on effects; engagement with surrounding regional communities; and advocacy activity.

In order to generate the information that sits behind this story, the immediate technical need is for:
- a review of existing studies and available data;
- development of a national framework for measuring and evaluating economic and social contributions; and
- estimates of economic contribution using the above framework (phase 1, and therefore undertaken as part of this project); and
- design of studies to measure a wider array of social and non-traditional economic contributions, to be undertaken on a case study basis (phase 2, and therefore planned for but not undertaken as part of this phase 1 project)

A future need to be addressed in Phase 2 (not in this project) is for a systematic approach to prioritising the measurement of contributions to fit within the available resources. Priorities include the need for a national story for fisheries and aquaculture industries as a whole, while at the same time, given the variation in fisheries and aquaculture industry activity across Australia, the need to highlight those significant contributions of various types to regional community well-being. A further priority includes the need to recognise the potential re-purposing of the data for a variety of purposes (including to support subsequent impact studies).

Objectives

1. Estimate the contribution to the Australian (i.e. national) economy of total commercial fisheries and aquaculture activity using standard measures of economic contribution

2. Estimate the contribution to each State/Territory's economy of commercial fisheries and aquaculture activity using standard measures of economic contribution

3. Develop a robust and nationally-consistent framework to support data collection and estimation of contributions (and, potentially, impact) in the future

Report

ISBN: 978-1-925646-92-4

Author: BDO EconSearch

Report • 2019-09-30 • 1.50 MB

2017-210-DLD Report.pdf

Summary

This report presents estimates of the economic contribution of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industries to the Australian community for 2017/18. It forms part of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Contributions Study (FRDC project 2017-210) which was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) on behalf of the Australian Government to produce evidence of industry’s contributions. This study is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the Australian seafood industry to celebrate its economic and other contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Australians in general. The project was undertaken by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, with BDO EconSearch commissioned to provide the estimates presented in this report.

This is the first time the economic contribution of the Australian seafood industry has been reported. This report demonstrates a nationally consistent approach to estimating the industry’s economic contributions and supports the ability for individual industries and jurisdictions to monitor trends in the size of contributions over time.

The estimates reported include economic contributions of: commercial fishing activity; aquaculture activity; associated processing activity. These estimates are for economic contributions of these activities in the State or Territory in which they occur, as well as to the national economy. The contribution of Commonwealth fisheries to the State or Territory in which catch is landed are also included. Commercial activities by Indigenous fishing and aquaculture businesses are included in commercial fishing and aquaculture activity. Commercial charter fishing activity is excluded. Fishery and aquaculture sector management activity (other than where these costs are recovered through licence fees) is excluded. Seafood processing of locally produced seafood is included and is attributed to the state/territory economy in which they occur. Inter-state trade flows (e.g. contribution of South Australian-produced aquaculture to the Victorian economy) are captured and reported.

Limitations of the estimates are due to data gaps and issues with data quality for some sub-sectors and for seafood processing. These were identified in the process of building a national data framework which supports the estimation of contributions and which is intended to help guide future data collection. Addressing this by collecting data on these sectors presents an opportunity to produce more comprehensive estimates in future.

These estimates of contribution can be used to compare the level of contributions of the fisheries, aquaculture and processing industries in different states or territories. Comparisons of these estimates can also be made with other productive industries (for example, beef or sheep). These will be less reliable due to differences in the number of sectors included (this study included only the catch/production and processing sectors), data availability and quality, and modelling across various studies.

Use of these estimates to predict impact of changes in the level of activity of fisheries and aquaculture industries is not advised. While results can be used to highlight the possible size and nature of impacts, further analysis would be required to estimate the actual impact on the economic measures of such changes.

Comparisons of the economic contributions of commercial fisheries and recreational fisheries (made as fishing-related expenditures generate direct and indirect economic impacts) need to be made very cautiously. The two activities are fundamentally different and require different input-output modelling approaches, and comparison can only be made where estimates are comprehensive. For commercial fisheries this requires that estimates include backward and forward linked sectors (for example, boat building sectors, as well as seafood retail sectors). For recreational fisheries this requires that only expenditures that are directly attributable to fishing are included in the estimate.

Use of estimates of economic contributions to predict the impact on a state or territory economy of changes in resource allocation between commercial and recreational fisheries can complement economic benefit or efficiency analysis. However, it will require further knowledge to determine how inputs would be redeployed in the economy by other sectors were commercial fishing no longer occurring, and how recreational fishers would spend their discretionary income on substitutable activities were they not able to recreationally fish.

We would like to acknowledge the input of the project’s Technical Advisory Group whose members were as follows: Sean Pascoe (CSIRO); Robert Curtotti (ABARES); and Alistair McIlgorm (University of Wollongong).

Project products

Report • 2019-10-01 • 1.06 MB

2017-210-DLD Summary.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contribution of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industries to the Australian community. It also provides a snapshot of the unique contributions fisheries and aquaculture industries make to social and economic wellbeing of regional communities in different parts of Australia, based on previous regional studies.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the seafood industry to celebrate its economic and other contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Australians in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to Australia’s economic prosperity over time.

As part of this project, BDO EconSearch was commissioned to provide an estimate of the economic contribution of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture industries to the Australian community that is aimed at helping industry tell the story of its contribution.

This is the first time the national economic contribution of the Australian seafood industry has been reported. Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 1.60 MB

Economic Contributions_QLD Summary_NOV2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contribution of Queensland’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Queensland community.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the Queensland seafood industry to celebrate its economic contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Queenslanders in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to Queensland’s economic prosperity over time.

The FRDC on behalf of the Australian Government funded the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Contributions Study (FRDC project 2017-210) to produce evidence of industry’s contributions. The project was undertaken by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. As part of this project, BDO EconSearch was commissioned to provide an estimate of the economic contribution of Australia’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries in each state and territory to the Australian community, and to the relevant state or territory community, that is aimed at helping industry tell the story of its contribution.

This summary presents the results of this study for Queensland.

This is the ﬁrst time the economic contribution of the Queensland seafood industry has been reported at the state and national level. Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 759.16 KB

Economic Contributions_NT Summary_DEC2019Corrected.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contribution of the Northern Territory’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Northern Territory community.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the Northern Territory seafood industry to celebrate its economic contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to residents of the Northern Territory in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to the Northern Territory’s economic prosperity over time.

This summary presents the results of this study for the Northern Territory.

This is the ﬁrst time the economic contribution of the Northern Territory seafood industry has been reported at the state and national level. Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 944.96 KB

Economic Contributions_NSW Summary_DEC2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic con-tribution of New South Wales’ ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the New South Wales community.

This summary presents the results of this study for New South Wales.

Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 1.04 MB

Economic Contributions_TAS Summary_NOV2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contribution of Tasmania’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Tasmanian community.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the Tasmanian seafood industry to celebrate its economic contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Tasmanians in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to Tasmania’s economic prosperity over time.

This summary presents the results of this study for Tasmania.

This is the ﬁrst time the economic contribution of the Tasmanian seafood industry has been reported at the state and national level. Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 1.14 MB

Economic Contributions_SA Summary_DEC2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic con-tribution of South Australia’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the South Australian community.

This summary presents the results of this study for South Australia.

Report • 1.03 MB

Economic Contributions_WA Summary_NOV2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic con-tribution of Western Australia’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Western Australian community.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the Western Australian seafood industry to celebrate its economic contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Western Australians in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to Western Australia’s economic prosperity over time.

This summary presents the results of this study for Western Australia.

This is the ﬁrst time the economic contribution of the Western Australian seafood industry has been reported at the state and national level. Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 842.46 KB

Economic Contributions_VIC Summary_DEC2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contribution of Victoria’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Victorian community.

This summary presents the results of this study for Victoria.

Report • 1.66 MB

Economic Contributions_COMMONWEALTH FISHERIES Summary_DEC2019.pdf

Summary

This report presents a summary of the economic contributions of Australia’s Commonwealth-managed ﬁsheries to the Australian community.

This work is an exciting step forward that lays the groundwork for the seafood industry to celebrate its economic contributions and to showcase these to its communities and to Australians in general. It also provides the starting point for monitoring contributions to Australia’s economic prosperity over time.

The FRDC on behalf of the Australian Government funded the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Contributions Study (FRDC project 2017-210) to produce evidence of industry’s contributions. The project was undertaken by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. As part of this project, BDO EconSearch was commissioned to provide an estimate of the economic contribution of Australia’s ﬁsheries and aquaculture industries to the Australian community that is aimed at helping industry tell the story of its contribution.

This summary presents the results of this study for Commonwealth-managed ﬁsheries.

Estimates are based on the best available data and most appropriate methods given data availability. Full results, including the contributions of Commonwealth-managed ﬁsheries to each state and territory, are provided in the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimate Report and demonstrate the nationally consistent approach.

Report • 2020-02-06 • 635.16 KB

2017-210 Data Summary and Framework Report.pdf

Summary

This report summarises the requisite data available for economic contribution analyses of fisheries and aquaculture activity by jurisdiction for the 2017/18 financial year. It serves as a supplement to the Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry 2017/18: Economic Contributions Estimates Report (BDO Econsearch 2019).

Guide • 2020-10-02 • 1.25 MB

2017-210_Practitioner_Guidelines_2020.pdf

Summary

The purpose of these Practitioner Guidelines (hereafter referred to as guidelines) is to support managers, policymakers and industry in estimating the economic contributions of fisheries and aquaculture industries at various scales to national, state/territory and regional levels.

Final Report • 2020-12-24 • 2.09 MB

2017-210-DLD2.pdf

Summary

This project has found that the Australian fisheries and aquaculture industry makes a measurable economic contribution to the Australian as well as state and territorian economies. This evidence of economic contribution provides a baseline against which the level of future contributions can be measured. This is particularly relevant at times of economic shock, such as has been experienced as a result of the COVID19 pandemic and national health crisis.

In estimating economic contributions, the project has generated the technical means to support economic analysts in measurement of economic contributions in future. This suite of technical resources includes treatments for addressing gaps in data availability and quality. However, of equal importance has been the initiatives the project has identified that are required to address key data and capacity gaps to reduce uncertainty and increase the impact these types of economic analysis can have for Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors.