The Western Rock Lobster Industry is facing cost and return challenges. Catch predictions are low for the next three years. With best estimate for the 2007/2008 season being only 9900 tonnes. Currency exchange rates are moving against exporters. Fuel prices have risen sharply and forward projections in the medium and longer term suggest continuing increases. Greenhouse gas abatement is becoming central to government planning and future policies and could impact severely on industries where fuel is a major part of their cost profile. Currently fuel represents approximately 20% of the opperating costs of the fishing business. Governments may mandate fuel emission limits, or require that they be offset through credit arrangements and they may mandate biofuel use levels in transport fuels.
Biofuels have the potential to play a part in relieving cost, emission and fuel source pressures in the future. The Western Rock Lobster Industry needs to understand the opportunities biofuels offer it. There is much general and often misleading information available on biofuels. There is a need to examine the potential for biofuels in a dispassionate and objective way, specifically in relation to the Western Rock Lobster Industry so that the industry can take informed decisions about the possible role biofuels might have in the future of the industry.
Fishermen, processing works and others need to be well informed about biofuel, especially biodiesel production technologies and use. Also they need to be in a position to approach government, financiers and others with a detailed business case when wishing to capitalise on biofuel opportunities.
Project number:
2007-241
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$70,000.00
Principal Investigator:
William Ryan
Organisation:
Kondinin Group
Project start/end date:
30 Oct 2007
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31 Jul 2008
Contact:
FRDC
SPECIES
1. Analysis of fuel use by the Western Rock Lobster Industry including distribution infrastructure and logistics .
2. Analysis of biofuel production possibilities for the Western Rock Lobster Industry including sources of raw materials, byproduct opportunities, and logistics of manufacture, storage and distribution.
3. Technical and economic advantages and disadvantages of biofuels for the industry including appropriate fuel standards and engine warranty issues .
4. Potential business cases, possible business structures and sources of capital for the development of a biofuel industry serving the Western Rock Lobster Industry
Author:
William Ryan
PROJECT NUMBER
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2022-060
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Understanding the Economics and Markets of the Western Rock Lobster industry
1. Enable the Global Trade Report the MEY Model and the Markets Dashboard to work together with the Harvest Strategy to underpin TACC setting and ensure the continued sustainability of the stock.
ORGANISATION:
Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)
PROJECT NUMBER
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2020-123
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Biology and Ecology Program: Strategically targeting research on Panulirus cygnus and its ecosystem to suit the needs of the WRL fishing industry and stakeholders
1. Collate all published research on Western Rock Lobster and develop this into a usable format
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys
PROJECT NUMBER
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2019-159
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT
Developing an independent shallow-water survey for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery: tracking pre-recruitment abundance and habitat change
1. Produce accurate measures of pre-recruit abundance throughout the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery. Compare with commercial monitoring undersize lobster abundance and puerulus settlement data.
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Hillarys