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NSW Commercial Fisheries Reform First meeting of the Ocean Trawl Fishery Share Linkage Working Group NSW Commercial Fishing Industry Reform Program Darren Hale Fisheries NSW June 2013 Fishery information shares & endorsements

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NSW Commercial Fisheries Reform

First meeting of the Ocean Trawl Fishery Share Linkage Working Group

NSW Commercial Fishing Industry Reform Program – Darren Hale Fisheries NSW – June 2013

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Fishery information – shares & endorsements

Total number

f shares

Number of shareholders Number of endorsements Inshore prawn 11,035 194 161 Offshore prawn 9,798 176 147 Deepwater prawn 656 41 16 Northern fish 2,169 45 38

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Fishery information – share distribution

Inshore Prawn Trawl Shareholdings

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Shareholders # of shares Number of shares

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Offshore Prawn Trawl Shareholdings

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Shareholders # of shares Number of shares

Fishery information – share distribution

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Fishery information – share distribution

Deepwater Prawn Trawl Shareholdings

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Shareholders # of shares Number of shares

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Fishery information – share distribution

Northern Fish Trawl Shareholdings

20 40 60 80 100 120 Shareholders # of shares Number of shares

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Fishery information – effort

Ocean Fish Trawl - Numbers of FBs reporting catch and total numbers of days fished each fiscal year

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 # FBs reporting catch 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 Days fished # FBs reporting catch Total number of days fished

NOTE: Some days boats worked both north & south of BJ

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Fishery information – effort

n = 148 FBs 80% effort by 69 FBs 90% effort by 91 FBs

Number of days fished by each fishing businesses in the Northern Fish Trawl Fishery in 2008/9

50 100 150 200 250 Fishing businesses Days fished Days fished

NOTE: Some days boats worked both north & south of BJ n = 25 FBs 12 FBs = 80% effort 16 FBs = 90% effort

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Fishery information – effort

Ocean Prawn Trawl - Numbers of FBs reporting catch and total numbers of days fished each fiscal year

50 100 150 200 250 300

1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 # FBs reporting catch 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Days fished # FBs reporting catch Total number of days fished

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Fishery information – effort

Number of days fished by each fishing businesses in the Ocean Prawn Trawl Fishery in 2008/09

50 100 150 200 250 300

Fishing businesses

Days fished

n = 149 FBs 70 FBs = 80% effort 91 FBs = 90% effort

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Shareholder ideas

4 submissions in total
Fish Trawl:

– 1 days regime – 1 minimum shareholdings

Prawn Trawl:

– 2 days regime – 2 minimum shareholdings

Restrictions to review

– Rationalise prawn trawl net length (two 6 fathom nets inside 3nm and three 7 fathom nets outside 3nm) – Introduce a maximum shareholding

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Were did the OTMAC get up to…?

Two ‘trains of thought’… 1. Minimum shareholdings to remove latent businesses before moving to a days regime (separate programs for prawn & fish). 2. Minimum shareholdings to reduce numbers of businesses to a viable level and if major issues arise implement species specific controls (TAC/quota):

Sustainability issues (e.g. gemfish, trevally)
Resource sharing issues (e.g. school whiting)

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Rationalising input controls etc

Prawn trawl

– Rationalise net length restrictions (33m, NU, 60m) – Rationalise boat capacity restrictions (engine, HU, length) – Increase size of king prawn harvested to “medium” (modify gear) – Allow two lobsters for personal consumption – Address dumping of flathead south of Smoky Cape – Review Forster & Port Stephens JKP closures – Resolve square- diamond-mesh codend requirements

Fish trawl

– Alternate arrangements for silver trevally to reduce dumping (growth overfished) – Alternate arrangements for gemfish to reduce dumping (overfished) – Review / rationalise trip limits to reduce dumping – Increase size of ‘rollers’ to compliment C/W arrangements – Legislate agreed changes to fish trawl nets (whiting and standard) - Sydney meeting

Prawn trawl and fish trawl

– Review need for boat licences (including OG1s)

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Short list of linkage options

For next meeting DPI can:

– Design one or more schemes – Identify issues requiring further WG discussion – Provide information on relative costs etc

Need ‘short list’ from the Working Group…

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Issues and linkage options – prawn trawl

Issue Catch quota Effort quota Number of endorsements Competition with other sectors (school prawn, school whiting etc) Resource sharing Competition between OPT fishers Resource sharing No Difficulty replacing boats (satisfying restrictions) Sustainability / resource sharing Restrictions may be relaxed or removed Relax or incorporate into property right Unenforceable engine power restrictions Sustainability / resource sharing Restrictions may be removed Restrictions may be removed Restrictions may be removed Harvesting sub-optimal size prawns Resource sharing / economics No Discarding flathead south of Smoky Cape Sustainability / resource sharing No No

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Issues and linkage options – fish trawl

Issue Catch quota Effort quota Number of endorsements Competition with other sectors (school whiting, flathead etc) Resource sharing Competition between NFT fishers Resource sharing No Difficulty replacing boats (satisfying restrictions) Sustainability / resource sharing Restrictions may be relaxed or removed Relax or incorporate into property right Size limit on trevally (and dumping) Sustainability / resource sharing Restrictions may be removed No No Trip limits (and dumping) Sustainability / resource sharing No No