❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the rationale behind issuing new commercial herring fishing licenses after previous buybacks, questioning sustainability studies and the end use of commercially caught herring.
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I refer to the issuing of commercial fishing licences. (1) Did the previous Government buy back three commercial fishing licences to trap herring on the south coast because they were in conflict with recreational fishing? (2) Has the executive director of the Department of Fisheries recently granted a new commercial fishing licence to use G-traps to catch herring in that same area? (3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(1) Did the previous Government buy back three commercial fishing licences to trap herring on the south coast because they were in conflict with recreational fishing? (2) Has the executive director of the Department of Fisheries recently granted a new commercial fishing licence to use G-traps to catch herring in that same area? (3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(2) Has the executive director of the Department of Fisheries recently granted a new commercial fishing licence to use G-traps to catch herring in that same area? (3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(1) Did the previous Government buy back three commercial fishing licences to trap herring on the south coast because they were in conflict with recreational fishing? (2) Has the executive director of the Department of Fisheries recently granted a new commercial fishing licence to use G-traps to catch herring in that same area? (3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(2) Has the executive director of the Department of Fisheries recently granted a new commercial fishing licence to use G-traps to catch herring in that same area? (3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(3) If yes to (2), why is the Department of Fisheries issuing new fishing licences, when it previously used taxpayers’ money to buy back the licences? (4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(4) Is the Department of Fisheries conducting any long-term sustainability studies to determine the impact of herring fishing on the south coast? (5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(5) If yes to (4), will the minister present the details of the study and when results will be made public? (6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(6) If no to (4), why not? (7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(7) What is the end use of herring caught commercially in the south coast fishery? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(1) Eleven authorities to use G-traps to take herring on particular beaches on the south coast were surrendered under a voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme. (2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(2) The executive director of the Department of Fisheries has recently approved the variation of a fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap at Doubtful Island beach. This beach was not one of the beaches for which an authority to use a herring trap was surrendered under the VFAS. (3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(3) Variation of the fishing boat licence to permit the use of a herring trap was approved after an initial proposed refusal. Following an objection by the applicant to the proposed refusal the executive director of the Department of Fisheries undertook a review of the circumstances under which herring trap provisions were endorsed on particular FBLs. The outcome of the review was that he agreed to approve the application if the objection was withdrawn. The objection was subsequently withdrawn and the application to vary the FBL was approved. That part of the answer obviously raises a number of other issues and I welcome further questions about how that situation arose, but it has taken some 12 months to resolve that process. (4) The Department of Fisheries has recently finalised a three-year, $1.36 million Fisheries Research and Development Corporation funded study on herring, in collaboration with South Australia. It also monitors the catch of the commercial fishery and reports annually to Parliament in the “State of the Fisheries Report”. It also undertakes periodic surveys of the recreational fishery. (5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(5) The report from the FRDC project, 96/005, is available in the library at the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. A number of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals have also been produced as an outcome of the study. Details on these publications are available from the research division of the Department of Fisheries. (6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(6) Not applicable. (7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
(7) Most herring caught commercially is used as bait in the west coast rock lobster fishery.
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