The Western Australian rock lobster industry is the most valuable single species fishing industry in Australia and earns $400 million annually. “Crayfish poisoning” is the common name for a painful wound infection affecting lobster fishermen and other industry workers in Western...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
Given the tragic history of the results of cyclones off the WA coast with specific regard to the commercial fishing industry, there is now as part of the Master Class 5 syllabus, a tropical cyclone short course for Uniform Shipping Laws Certificates of Competency and a stand alone optional...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
In the drafting of the new national safety standards, ASIC considered it an imperative that the industry's interests should be acknowledged and not dominated by other and perhaps more vocal sectors of the broader maritime industry. ASIC sought therefore to instigate a process that would result in a...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
All states have an OHS Code, which contains three parts. Part 1 addresses the legal requirements of workplace and marine safety legislation. Part 2 addresses generic OHS requirements across all fisheries. Part 3 outlines the basis for a vessel safety management plan. Workshops outlining the OHS Code...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)