Five-Year Research and Development Strategy
South Australia is fortunate to have a number of key stakeholder groups committed to effectively manage fisheries and aquaculture, including commercial, recreational, conservation and other groups. Many of these sectors have produced their own R&D Strategies, including a longer-term vision for development within a framework of sustainability.
SAFRAB, in collaboration with all stakeholders in the States Fisheries and Aquaculture resources, published a Fisheries and Aquaculture Research and Development Strategy (2002-2007). The Strategy has since been updated for 2007-2012 is now available. (The R&D Strategy in also in pdf. for your convenience).
Overall, the vision for South Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture encompasses the ideals of:
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improved fisheries and aquaculture utilisation and management in South Australia;
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perpetuation and enhancement of the resources; and,
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increased profitability and equitable distribution underpinning rational access security arrangements.
All who share the benefits of proper use of our natural resources recognise that the most effective use and management of fisheries and aquaculture, both in the short and long term, requires:
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informed advice based on sound scientific studies;
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a sensitivity to current and evolving social, economic and environmental conditions; and,
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a balance between first, the duties of environmental stewardship to future generations, second, the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industry, and third, responsibilities to the community at large.
The purpose of the State’s Fisheries & Aquaculture R&D Plan is, therefore, to promote a strategy that:
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outlines and prioritises the major research and development issues;
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explains the process and annual timetable for making R&D funding applications; and
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develops mechanisms that extend the results of R&D and provide a foundation to improve the benefits returned to all South Australians through effective management arising from more focused investment in R&D.
