❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses fishing license fees for retirees, information dissemination following the cessation of 'Western Fisheries' publication, and the increase in south coast estuarine fees. The Minister provides explanations regarding seniors' discounts, alternative information channels, and the rationale behind the fee increase based on a review of commercial fisheries access fees.
AnsweredQoN 4797Legislative Assembly
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(1) Could the Minister advise why self-funded retirees at 70 years of age have to pay the full fee for a fishing license?
(2) Could the Minister please advise, with the ceasing of the publication of Western Fisheries, how will people who do not have internet facilities and are unable to contact the Minister’s website be able to still get the information provided by the magazine?
(3) Could the Minister advise why the south coast estuarine fee has so dramatically increased in the last 12 months?
(2) Could the Minister please advise, with the ceasing of the publication of Western Fisheries, how will people who do not have internet facilities and are unable to contact the Minister’s website be able to still get the information provided by the magazine?
(3) Could the Minister advise why the south coast estuarine fee has so dramatically increased in the last 12 months?
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Answered
22 March 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Fisheries
Response time
7 days
(1) Anyone with a senior's card is eligible for a 50% discount on all recreational fishing licences.
(2) Printed information will continue to be produced by the Department for a range of needs and either posted to recipients (eg, fishing licence holders) and/or made available at our offices and distribution outlets including a network of tackle stores.
Industry meetings and other forums will also continue to be an important mechanism for providing information on research findings and management arrangements for both recreational and commercial fishers.
(3)
A review of fee setting arrangements for all commercial fisheries was undertaken to ensure the community was receiving an appropriate return for allowing commercial access to its fish resources; and to address limitations of the previous fee setting arrangement, including considerable inequity with some fishers paying less than 1% of gross value of production (GVP) for access and others more than 10%.
As a result of the review, each managed commercial fishery now pays an access fee based on 5.75% of GVP.
The South Coast Estuarine Managed Fishery was one of the fisheries that was paying significantly lower fees under the previous funding model.
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(2) Printed information will continue to be produced by the Department for a range of needs and either posted to recipients (eg, fishing licence holders) and/or made available at our offices and distribution outlets including a network of tackle stores.
Industry meetings and other forums will also continue to be an important mechanism for providing information on research findings and management arrangements for both recreational and commercial fishers.
(3)
A review of fee setting arrangements for all commercial fisheries was undertaken to ensure the community was receiving an appropriate return for allowing commercial access to its fish resources; and to address limitations of the previous fee setting arrangement, including considerable inequity with some fishers paying less than 1% of gross value of production (GVP) for access and others more than 10%.
As a result of the review, each managed commercial fishery now pays an access fee based on 5.75% of GVP.
The South Coast Estuarine Managed Fishery was one of the fisheries that was paying significantly lower fees under the previous funding model.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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