The National Aquatic Animal Technical Working Group identified the need for succession planning and training and this was strongly supported by stakeholder input into the AQUAPLAN 2005-2010 initiative.
The funding is seed money for the AQUAPLAN 2005-2010 strategy 4 vision of “Enhanced education...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TSIC has supported and funded governance courses delivered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors in the past. There are frequent requests for another course to be run. Leading into late 2018, the TRLFA and Oysters Tasmania will be appointing new Boards, while the TACL and other sector...
This project was developed by Agrifutures in collaboration with the joint RDCs to continue work to baseline and monitor the drivers of community trust and acceptance of agricultural sectors and as a whole. The first years of work demonstrated that there are shifts in community attitudes around the...
The Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee (RFAC) identified the national roll-out of the Angel Rings program as a key project as part of the Recereational Fishing Industry Development Strategy (RFIDS). There was unanimous agreement that the NSW project had a demonstrated track record in saving...
ORGANISATION:
Australian National Sportfishing Association Ltd (ANSA) NSW
Wild caught and farmed abalone industries are key fisheries in Western Australia (WA). Monitoring and surveillance of the health of these wild and farmed populations are critical for ensuring continued sustainability. The recent detection of the OIE listed parasite, Perkinsus olseni, in wild and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The Queensland east coast inshore fin fish fishery (ECIFFF) operates in tidal and near shore waters spanning from Cape York in the north to the New South Wales border in the south. The commercial sector of the ECIFFF is extremely diverse with fishing undertaken using mesh net, haul (seine) net,...
Sustainable quotas for the school shark fishery have been underpinned by a stock assessment model developed by members of SharkRAG. Targeted fishing of school shark has stopped, because the model showed that the stock was depleted to below 20% of pristine. This closure, together with alterations to...