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Presentation at South Coast Regional Marine Planning Advisory Group meeting, 12 September 2007.
Recfishwest Presentation.
Kane Moyle, Policy Officer, Recfishwest, gave a presentation to the Augusta meeting of the South Coast Regional Marine Planning Advisory Group on 12 September on the role played by Recreational Fishing in Marine Planning.
The topics and the emphasis are well covered by the slides as copied below.
Please contact Recfishwest if there are any questions or comments about the presentation or recreational fishing issues in South Coast Regional Marine Planning.
More details of the South Coast Regional Marine Planning Advisory Group are included further down this page.
Please contact Recfishwest if there are any questions or comments about the presentation or recreational fishing issues in South Coast Regional Marine Planning.
The Regional Marine Planning (RMP) initiative was announced by the WA Government in September 2006. RMP is new to WA and only a handful of similar processes have been conducted around the world. The first RMP process in WA is being conducted for the South Coast.
The aim of RMP is to, through a partnership of Government, community and stakeholder groups, establish and promote a scientifically robust framework that:
• enhances cooperation and integration between sectors;
• recognises the importance of social, cultural and economic values that the marine environment can provide for current and future generations; and
• protects and maintains ecological integrity and biological diversity.
Stakeholder engagement is an important aspect of RMP and will involve a number of facets including a formal advisory group, calls for comment, a website (still in preparation Sept 2007) and public information exchange sessions in major towns.
A 15 member Planning Advisory Group has been appointed with members from across the South Coast and representative of the key marine interests.
Although not directly represented on the Planning Advisory Group, Recfishwest will be kept informed and will closely watch the progress of the South Coast Regional Marine Planning.
Members and their key interests are:
Roger Lewis, (Chairman) Maritime education; boating, Esperance.
Elaine Siemer, Natural Resource Management; Recherche Advisory Group member, Esperance.
Neville Mansted, Commercial fishing (shark; rock lobster; wetline), Esperance.
Alan Longbottom, Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee member; education; NRM, Grass Patch.
Merv Drew, Commercial fishing (purse seine; fish processing); coastal and marine safety, Bremer Bay.
Duncan Trueman, Maritime sector employee; marine recreation, Albany.
Garry Wellstead, Diving; charter operations, Albany.
Iva Woods, Indigenous interests; recreational fishing, Albany.
Susie Dunn, Charter operations; conservation interests, Albany.
George Ebbett, Local Government; commercial fishing (estuarine); Chair South Coast NRM Marine Working Group, Denmark.
Geoff Bunn, Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee member; education, Denmark.
Jeni Liell-Cock, Conservation interests; NRM; education, Denmark.
Bob Cassie, Petroleum industry; marine recreation, Perth/William Bay.
Warren Eaton, Recreational fishing; sea rescue, Manjimup/Windy Harbour.
Terry Adams, Commercial fishing (abalone); aquaculture, Augusta.
Prior to September 2007, the Planning Advisory Group met twice in Albany and once in Esperance. Meetings for 2007 will be held in Augusta (12-14 September) and Denmark (17-19 October). At its second meeting, the group workshopped the major issues to be addressed through RMP and identified three areas for more detailed consideration. These are:
• Fishing (commercial, recreational, indigenous and aquaculture);
• Marine conservation; and
• Coastal development.
This page last updated on 16 September 2007.
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