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| Project details: | |
| ID: | 51 |
| Model: | C |
| Name: | Moreton Bay to Spencers Gulf. Trawl fishers “at sea” mentoring experience. EMS in Action |
| Industry: | Seafood |
| Funder: | Funding application in progress at the Seafood Industry Development Fund |
| Provider: | Moreton Bay Seafood Industry Association, Qld Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Fishermen’s Association. SA; Trawl fishery representative bodies |
| Abstract: |
At the National Prawn industry conference in Cairns (Nov/Dec 2004) a paper was delivered by Greg Palmer from the Spencers Gulf Prawn Fishery. It gave an outline of the real time management that allows the fleet to work at very fine detail to tune harvest strategies on an hourly basis if required. The “committee-at-sea” concept of complete cooperation within the trawl sector was very impressive .
As both Moreton Bay and Spencers Gulf trawl fisheries are participating in the EMS case study project and Moreton Bay is now a closed fishery there appeared to be an opportunity for a technology transfer to happen by using the mentoring process, with the Spencers Gulf trawl fishers demonstrating in real fishing time to the Moreton Bay fishers how they had managed to achieve a high level of cooperation and economic efficiency. The objectives of the project were: 1. To allow Moreton Bay trawl fishers to experience at sea, real time management, as practiced by the Spencer gulf trawl fishers. 2. To demonstrate to Moreton Bay fishers what can be achieved by co-operation at a co-managed fisheries level. 3. To utilise the synergy between both groups of fishers doing EMS development, and to enhance the continuous improvement process for the Moreton Bay trawl fishers. Once the final report is published, the impacts of this project will be able to be further discussed. From anecdotal evidence the project was a success for the trawl fishers from Moreton Bay as well as the Spencers Gulf fishers. The resulting report will advise other fisheries on steps to take towards co-management and to promote the industry mentoring concept. The major output was allowing the Moreton Bay trawl fishers the opportunity to see how the Spencers Gulf trawl fishers have maximised their advantages both economic and environmental with the real time cooperative management regime. |
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