Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 18 September 2009, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Jonathan Nevill
PhD candidate
School of Government
University of Tasmania, Hobart

Living up to our reputation: implications of fishery management failures in the Australian context

Australia was one of the first nations to adopt bioregional ocean planning, and an Australian fishery was the first to achieve Marine Stewardship Council certification. In many ways Australian strategic marine planning appears impressive. However some of our most important policy initiatives are failing to live up to their promise at the level of implementation. This presentation examines (a) the integrity of the Australian government’s fisheries accreditation process, (b) the application of the precautionary approach within Australian fisheries, (c) Australia’s marine protected area programs, and (d) destructive fishing practices. Case studies discussed include the northern prawn trawl fishery, and the orange roughy fishery. I reach a conclusion that implementation failures largely rest on management cultures – a finding which reinforces recommendations made in recent years by several prominent scientists for fundamental and far-reaching changes to the administration of marine fisheries.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

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