Sustainable Fisheries Strategy
In 2017, the Queensland Government approved a new Sustainable Fisheries Strategy, which details the government’s reform agenda for the next 10 years. It sets out clear targets to achieve by the years 2020 and 2027 and a range of actions to deliver on these. There are 33 actions across 10 reform areas.
Key actions include:
- additional monitoring and research (including new technologies)
- setting clear sustainable limits for each of fish stocks
- working groups and a Sustainable Fisheries Expert Panel to engage stakeholders
- establishing harvest strategies for all fisheries to set clear targets for fishery performance
- triggers for action, and clear decision rules for the actions that will be taken
- piloting regionally based fisheries management
- satellite tracking on all commercial fishing vessels
- helping facilitate industry-led structural adjustment to reduce the number of fishing licences and improve sustainability and profitability.
More than one-third of the actions in the Sustainable Fisheries Strategy have already been delivered including investment in more compliance officers, improved monitoring and research, improved engagement with stakeholders and more responsive decision making.
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