PFA Update 4 January 2019 The PFA represents its members’ interests. If you need our help on any issue, please do not hesitate in contacting the PFA head office (6652-7374) &/or the Chief Executive Officer (0429303371)

REMINDER: Supporting Future (SSF) grants program The Supporting Seafood Future (SSF) grants program is designed to build marketing and promotion capability within seafood businesses through small-scale (less than $10,000 including GST) and large-scale ($10,000 to $200,000 including GST) grants. The purpose of the campaign is to increase consumption of NSW seafood, drive the value of NSW seafood through increased awareness and consumption, and build industry capabilities and cohesiveness. Strategic objectives of the campaign are to: • Increase value, through consumption of farmed and wild caught NSW seafood • Increase shopper options across a broader variety of NSW seafood • Drive awareness and build social licence of the NSW seafood community

Contact the PFA if you have any ideas that you wish our support, partnership or would like us to help put together an application. Information regarding program guidelines are outlined in the Program Guidelines.

NATIONAL SEAFOOD INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (NSILP 2019) Applications are now open for the 2019 National Seafood Industry Leadership Program. Each year the Sydney Fish Market is proud to fund 2-3 staff/industry representatives to attend the program. If you would like to be put forward by SFM as one of their sponsored candidates, please contact SFM or the PFA for the nomination form. These forms must be returned to SFM by Friday Jan 11th.

The National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSLIP) is designed for people wishing to take up leadership roles throughout the industry.

COMMERCIAL SIZE LIMITS Just a timely reminder to remember your size limit restrictions! Don’t forget that some of fish are subject to some shrinkage when frozen etc – please allow for this!!! The following table is from the NSW Fisheries Regulations: Table 1 Prohibited size fish (minimum measurements) Part 1 Fish—Marine or estuarine Common name Species Minimum measurement in centimetres Rock Blackfish Girella elevata 30 Black Bream, Southern Bream Acanthopagrus butcheri 25 Yellowfin Bream Acanthopagrus australis 25 Dusky Flathead, Common Flathead Platycephalus fuscus 36 Bluespotted Flathead, Sand Flathead Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus 33 Tiger Flathead Platycephalus richardsoni 33 Flounder Bothidae spp. and Pleuronectidae spp. 25 Eastern Blue Groper, Blue Groper, Brown Groper, Achoerodus viridis 30 Red Groper Luderick, Blackfish Girella tricuspidata 27 Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus commerson 75 Spotted Mackerel Scomberomorus munroi 60 Mahi Mahi, Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus 60

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PFA Update 4 January 2019 The PFA represents its members’ interests. If you need our help on any issue, please do not hesitate in contacting the PFA head office (6652-7374) &/or the Chief Executive Officer (0429303371)

Jackass Morwong Nemadactylus macropterus 30 Red Morwong, Sea Carp Cheilodactylus fuscus 30 Grey Morwong, Rubberlip Morwong Nemadactylus douglasii 30 Sea Mullet, Bully Mullet Mugil cephalus 30 Mulloway, Jewfish Argyrosomus japonicus 45 Pearl Perch Glaucosoma scapulare 30 School Shark Galeorhinus galeus 91 Snapper Pagrus auratus 30 Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix 30 Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba 20 Teraglin Atractoscion aequidens 38 Silver Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex 30 Sand Whiting, Silver Whiting Sillago ciliata 27 Yellowtail Kingfish Seriola lalandi 65 Part 2 Invertebrates—Marine or estuarine Common name Species Minimum measurement in centimetres Blacklip Abalone, Abalone Haliotis rubra 11.7 Balmain Bug , ibacus chacei 10 Blue Swimmer , Sand Crab 6.5 in the case of a holder of an endorsement in a share management fishery or the southern fish trawl restricted fishery 6 in any other case Mud Crab, Black Crab, Mangrove Crab 8.5 Spanner Crab 9.3 Eastern Rocklobster Sagmariasus verreauxi 10.4 Southern Rocklobster (male) edwardsii 11 Southern Rocklobster (female) 10.5 Sydney Turban Snail Turbo torquatus 7.5 Military Turban Snail Turbo militaris 7.5

PFA OFFICE HOURS DURING CHRISTMAS The PFA Office is closed for the festive season from the afternoon of Thursday 20 December 2018, returning to work on Monday 7 January 2018. I will be checking emails and will respond if the matter is urgent, otherwise we will deal with the matter when the office reopens for 2018. Wishing you and your family a safe and merry festive season.

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