❓ Hon Bruce Donaldson asks how the $6.893 million budget allocation will increase farmed seafood output. Hon Jon Ford outlines key initiatives focusing on policy, research, compliance, and development to foster a secure and mature aquaculture industry.
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AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY - DEVELOPMENT
I refer to the ever increasing demand for high quality seafood and the wild capture fisheries in Western Australia and worldwide, which are generally considered to be at the maximum sustainability levels. The 2006-07 budget shows an allocation of $6.893 million for the development and promotion of the state’s aquaculture industry. How will this expenditure be used to achieve a greater output of farmed seafood that is available to consumers? Hon JON FORD
I refer to the ever increasing demand for high quality seafood and the wild capture fisheries in Western Australia and worldwide, which are generally considered to be at the maximum sustainability levels. The 2006-07 budget shows an allocation of $6.893 million for the development and promotion of the state’s aquaculture industry. How will this expenditure be used to achieve a greater output of farmed seafood that is available to consumers? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Bruce Donaldson for some notice of the question. The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Bruce Donaldson for some notice of the question. The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
I thank Hon Bruce Donaldson for some notice of the question. The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Bruce Donaldson for some notice of the question. The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
I thank Hon Bruce Donaldson for some notice of the question. The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
The budget covers four key areas of the pearling and aquaculture industry: policy development and regulation of the pearling and aquaculture industry; pearling aquaculture research; pearling aquaculture compliance; and, aquaculture development and extension. For 2006-07, the key initiatives for farmed seafood aquaculture are: the implementation of aquaculture lease arrangements in Western Australia; the implementation of ecological sustainable development reporting for key aquaculture sectors; the review of ministerial policy guideline No 8 “Assessment of Applications for Authorisations for Aquaculture and Pearling in Coastal Waters of Western Australia” - a review of licence conditions and review of current licensing regulations for the marron and yabby industries; the development of new policies for the aquaculture of coral, the allocation of western rock lobster puerulus for aquaculture purposes and a performance management policy for the use of non-freehold areas for aquaculture production; the establishment of solid economic information about the commercial viability of abalone aquaculture off the south coast of Western Australia, including an assessment of the requirements needed to underpin the growth of this industry sector and attract the requisite level of investment; the identification and reservation of pre-eminent sites in WA that can support the establishment of key major aquaculture enterprises; the identification of opportunities to capitalise on private and public sector investment in aquaculture; and the establishment of projects likely to lead to large-scale marine-based aquaculture industry development in collaboration with local and international partners. It is expected that these activities will provide the basis for a more secure and mature aquaculture industry that will allow its increased development production. As I have said before, we are also looking at ways to encourage the private sector to get beyond aquaculture and to inform us of the impediments to investing in the industry. There are whole-of-government issues as well, such as the impediment of the way in which headworks construction can hold back the development of aquaculture.
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