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SUMMARy OF THE yEAR � FROM THE CHIEF ExECUTIvE OFFICER site following a global search for the ideal location to commercialise its technology, which uses marine algae to convert waste carbon dioxide from industrial processes into three products: biofuel for use in the mining sector; protein-rich biomass for use in manufactured animal feeds; and omega-3 oils for human nutrition. The company is planning for significant increases in scale and production capability in the future. In the Mid-West Region, Cognis Australia is developing the commercial production of artemia (commonly known as brine shrimp) at Hutt Lagoon, Port Gregory. Research staff from the Department of Fisheries helped develop and build sophisticated filtration, aeration and harvesting systems to suit the high volume of water passing through the facility, which is a world-first in the commercial tank production of artemia. The project won the ‘Developing the Economy’ category of the 2010 Premier’s Awards. Apart from managing the State’s fisheries and aquaculture, the Department is also the lead agency for the management of the State’s marine environment. During the year the Department received additional funding of $9.4 million over two years (2011/12 and 2012/13) that will enable it to better protect the State’s marine environment from the threat of invasive marine species that can enter WA in the ballast water or on the hulls of the 6,800 ships entering WA ports annually. The funding will enable the Department to raise awareness of In 2010/11 it was announced the Department of Fisheries would receive $9.4 million to better protect WA from invasive marine species, which can enter WA on ship hulls or in ballast water. marine biosecurity issues, carry out research to identify better methods of in-water inspection and hull cleaning, and increase the number of vessel and port inspections carried out. Significant resources of the Department have been applied to the marine reserves planning process being undertaken by government at both the State and Commonwealth level, with the aim of achieving balanced environmental, social and economic outcomes for the Department’s stakeholders. An estimated 80 per cent of Western Australian state waters would now meet 5
SUMMARy OF THE yEAR � FROM THE CHIEF ExECUTIvE OFFICER International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria for classification as marine protected areas under the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 and the Fish Resources Management Act 1994. In State waters additional marine reserves are being planned for the Kimberley and in the South West ‘Capes’ area. At the same time the Commonwealth is in the process of implementing a system of marine reserves beyond the State three-nautical-mile-limit in waters stretching from the Northern Territory to the South Australian border. A very strong Leeuwin Current and unusually high water temperatures – in some places the highest-ever recorded – contributed to a number of marine ‘fish kills’ over the 2010/11 summer, with abalone deaths reported near the Greenough River mouth and in the waters north of Kalbarri. Fish kills were also recorded in Jurien Bay and Leeman and coral bleaching was observed at the Abrolhos Islands. The strength of the Leeuwin Current also saw many tropical species extend their range as far south as Albany over the summer months. To help us better understand the likely causes and significance of this unusual event the Department convened a workshop of more than 80 marine scientists and managers from organisations including the Department of Environment and Conservation, the CSIRO, the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Department of Fisheries. In addition, a joint Department of Fisheries/CSIRO project to closely examine climate change effects on Western Australia’s marine environment was commenced. Implementation of a new fee-setting model applying a royalty-like access fee of 5.75 per cent of the gross value of production (GVP) for each commercial fishery commenced on 1 July 2010. This new approach removes the inequity evident under the old model where some licence fees were as high as 20 per cent of the GVP of the fishery, while others were as low as one per cent. Importantly, the new model moves away from cost recovery, where the bulk of the Department’s revenue was tied to the level of service provision in the State’s major fisheries – West Coast Rock Lobster, Shark Bay Scallop, Shark Bay Prawn, Exmouth Gulf Prawn, pearling and, to a lesser extent, abalone – with limited funding available to address sustainability issues of other fisheries. In future, all revenue raised through commercial access fees will be able to be directed to commercial fisheries research, management and compliance projects of the greatest need, with the exception of funds allocated to the Commonwealth’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (0.25 per cent of GVP) for fisheries research and to the WA Fishing Industry Council (0.5 per cent of GVP). In 2010/11 the commercial fishing industry contributed $19.8 million in access fees. 6
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