2014-10-20 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                    20 OCTOBER 2014


3                           SUBMISSION TO THE QUEENSLAND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT REVIEW 2014
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Author                                 Director Planning & Infrastructure, Martin Drydale
                                       Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                                  ECM/ Subject/ Waterway Management - Noosa River

Attachments                            1.    Noosa Council submission to the Queensland Fisheries
                                             Management Review


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Planning & Infrastructure to the General Committee
Meeting dated 20 October 2014 with regard to the Queensland Fisheries Management Review
and resolve to:
A.                          Make a submission to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in accordance
                            with Attachment 1 to the report; and
B.                          Request the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to close the Noosa North
                            Shore to commercial fisheries operations to allow the fishery resources to renew.



REPORT
The purpose of this report is to provide information about the Queensland Fisheries Management
Review and to seek approval to make a submission regarding commercial and recreational
fishery issues on the Noosa North Shore.

Earlier this year, the Queensland Government announced a review of fisheries management to
deliver a better system for the state’s commercial and recreational fishers.

The review aims to modernise and simplify fisheries management systems, cut red tape, and
maintain and improve environmental sustainability. The intention is to provide the flexibility for:

•                         the industry to prosper;
•                         to ensure recreational and traditional fishers have reasonable access to the resource; and
•                         to ensure our lifestyle is maintained.

The two (2) main objectives are:

1.                          To develop fisheries systems and processes that:
                            •   Provide for future management to achieve an appropriate balance between
                                environmental and economic use, while providing for broader social enjoyment by the
                                community;
                            •   Facilitate the settings to support economically viable commercial fishing businesses
                                that provide to the maximum extent possible for market forces to determine industry
                                outcomes within environment parameters;
                            •   Reduce complexity;

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