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Sustainable Australian Fisheries and Ecosystems
Future Directions - Science
Tony Smith
Geelong Revisited
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The recent past
• Achievements of the ESD sub-program
• Progress towards EBFM– Bycatch, protected species, habitats,
ecosystems– Integration – whole of fishery performance– Economic and social dimensions
• Australia’s global position in EBFM R&D– ESD framework, ERA, Atlantis etc
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A systems view
Fishing Catch
Monitoring
Assessment
Decision support
Management decisions
Implementation
Resources and ecosystems
Environmental driversMarkets
Costs
Performance evaluation
Standards
Policy
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Science input
Fishing Catch
Monitoring
Assessment
Decision support
Management decisions
Implementation
Resources and ecosystems
Environmental driversMarkets
Costs
Performance evaluation
Standards
Policy
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Monitoring
• Increasing industry involvement• Focus on cost-effective strategies addressing all needs• Potential from new technologies
– VMS– Electronic logbooks– Remote sensing– Smart tags– Habitat mapping– Underwater video
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Spatial analysis
Southern bluefin tuna management
Managementdecision
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Habitat preferences
3D ocean info
Habitat prediction
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Assessment - ERA
• ScopingScoping
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
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Comprehensive
Focused
Time & $$
Time & $$
Uncertain
More certain
Qualitative
Quantitative
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Decision support -MSE & Atlantis
Atlantis
* Representation of run-off, pollutants and habitat degradation also possible
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MSE output – decision table
Economic objective
Ecological objective
Social objective
Strategy 1
Strategy 2
Strategy 3
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Where to with science
• The “two cultures” problem
• More focus on the human dimension– Incentives versus regulation– More effective systems of governance– Future scenarios for our fishing industry
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Key science challenges
Measuring sustainability – Climate change and shifting baselines– Scientific basis for determining acceptable
impacts– Properly integrating the social and economic
with the ecological
Cost-effective observation and monitoring systems
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Questions