SeaNet Queensland

Northern Queensland

SeaNet NQ, in conjunction with the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) and Hinchinbrook Seafood Industry Inc., have developed an Environmental Management System (EMS) that assesses the risks associated with fishing actions, and outlines solutions to minimise those risks.  One of the benefits of an EMS is that fishers can demonstrate to the broader community their custodianship of the environment, that they are proactive in mitigating the impacts of fishing, and that they are looking for long term sustainability in their business.

SeaNet has engaged local Hinchinbrook fishers, who after completing a Code of Conduct (CoC) have progressed down the path of an EMS.  This has resulted in the adoption of sustainable harvest strategies, and avoidance strategies for Threatened, Endangered and Protected (TEP) species. 

SeaNet Extension Officer for Northern Queensland, David Schubert, is presently generating and looking for new project ideas on issues such as:

• Bycatch reduction;
• Minimising the spread of introduced marine pests;
• Abating interactions with Threatened Endangered and Protected species (TEPs)
• Devising fishery specific Environmental Management Systems and Codes of Practice
• Promoting positive environmental actions taken by Queensland’s commercial fishers;
• Community engagement; and
• Building links with researchers.

For more information Dave can be contacted on 0409347495 or at dave@oceanwatch.org.au

South Queensland

section under construction.

Previous Projects:

• New extension technique for multiple BRD codends in the Qld east coast trawl fishery  
• Turtle deaths in crab pots – fishermen have the solution
• A workshop for fishers to investigate options to improve by-catch reduction in tropical prawn fisheries
• Preliminary results of at-sea testing of the ‘Popeye Fishbox’ bycatch reduction device Oct-Nov 2006
• Benefits of square mesh codends promoted in Queensland scallop and prawn trawl fisheries
• Reducing interactions with marine mammals in the Gulf of Carpentaria Gillnet Fishery using acoustic alarms and pingers
• Carpentaria Ghost Nets Programme
• Reducing the Accidental Capture of Dolphins in Fishing Nets with Alarms and Pingers

SeaNet Queensland is proudly hosted by Qld Seafood Industry Association (QSIA), regionally by Ecofish and supported by Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) .

Related Pages

• SeaNet