2019-07-18 OM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Fishing Futures

Economic Objectives
    Maintain viable commercial, charter and recreational fishing businesses and associated businesses
      that rely on these activities
    Optimise the value of the recreational fishing experience

Social Objectives
    Reduce conflict (both inter- and intra-sectoral, as well as with community)
    Promote a shared responsibility to sustainably manage fisheries resources
    Improve stewardship and compliance
    Improve community understandings of allowable practices
    Enhance the recreational fishing experience

Cultural Objectives
     Improve stakeholder and community understanding of Traditional Owner connection to country and
        Native Title rights
     Improve the role of Traditional Owners in planning and management of fisheries in Traditional Owner
        waters
     Minimise impacts on cultural sites of high significance by high impact fishing activities

Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to resource management the Queensland Government and Noosa
Shire Council could partner to establish a Noosa Stakeholder Working Group for a regional management trial
in Noosa. The Working Group would consider localised or regional fisheries issues within the broader scope of
the Queensland Government’s Sustainable Fisheries Strategy 2017-27.

The working group would ideally include representatives from the ocean beach net fishery, the rivers and lakes
net fisheries, the T5 Beam Trawl Fishery, recreational and charter fisheries, seafood retail including bait
sectors, indigenous group, conservation and land care sector reps, tourism and business sectors and
government representatives. The purpose of the regional management trial would be to consider how local
fisheries management issues can be introduced via the required changes to the general fisheries rules that will
better suit the Noosa coastal regions and communities. This approach recognises that local people have a
greater interest in protecting and fairly-allocating resources in their region.

To-date, there has not been a successful regional management framework introduced into fisheries
management arrangements in Queensland so it is difficult to undertake a cost benefit analysis until such a trial
is completed. For example, the regional management framework in Moreton Bay is significantly more complex
than it would be for Noosa and hence costs incurred may vary greatly.

Previously, the State Government commenced a regional co-management trial in the Burdekin in 2010/11. The
proposed reforms enjoyed wide spread local support however the trial was ultimately not successful in part
due to influences outside of the region. The proposed changes were designed to achieve the following
objectives;

       Recreational fishers will enjoy net free fishing in a popular recreational fishing area;
       Commercial fishers will be able to supply a range of fish species to local markets and avoid conflict with
        recreational fishers; and,
       Dugong will have greater levels of protection

The objectives described could be applied to any region across Queensland.




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