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FISHINGTASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRYTODAY NEWS Tassal’s South East Lease Optimisation Plans Tasmanian Commercial 2014 Scallop Fishery Update Tassie salmon grower Makes changes for the future Victoria Dock Volume 27 Volume No 1 April/May Bridge Remediation Tasmanian Agent and Stockists of: • Kaiwaka Clothing • Pot Skewers • Seals Clothing • I.R.B Rope • Stormline Clothing • Seals Footwear • Lynn River Gloves • Sloggers Footwear • Polyform Floats & Fenders • PWB Grade L Chain • Sierra Citrus 6000 Degreaser • Lankhorst Euronete Hardware • Sierra Acid Wash • Survey Equipment • Vega Marine Lights • Anodes • Loumet Tide Floats • Engine Controls & Cables We also import direct a large range of quality commercial rope including: • PPE 3-Strand • PE Mono Pot Rope • Polyethelene Snood • PP 8 and 12 Strand • PE 3-Strand Silver • Polyester Double Braid • Nylon 3-Strand • Polyester Cased Dyneema • Nylon 8-Strand • SK75 Dyneema • Polyester VB Cord • Shockcord • 3-Strand Lead Core All these quality products, plus many more, available now from TMDmarine to all registered commercial fishermen We will match any competitive price for comparable items - conditions apply TMDmarine 28 Merton Vale Circuit Kingston TAS 7050 Ph: 6229 6741 Fax: 62291002 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.tmdmarine.com.au Major credit cards accepted FISHINGTASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRYTODAY NEWS TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL (TSIC) ABN 61 009 555 604 IN THIS ISSUE PO Box 878, Sandy Bay 7006 From the President 2 P 03 6224 2332 F 03 6224 2321 E [email protected] W www.tsic.org.au Event Calendar 2 Tassal’s south east lease optimisation plans 3 TSIC DIRECTORS From the Archives 4 Lindsay Newman – President P 0418 368 708 James Ashmore – Vice President P 0414 184 774 Chief Executive’s report 5 Phil Lamb – Treasurer P 0412 386 111 Bryan Denny P 0417 502 195 TSIC News Rodney Herweynen P 0418 130 193 What’s happening at TSIC? 6 Jon Poke P 0419 522 262 Paul Richardson P 0427 377 803 Summer storm at Kettering 7 Peter Stegmann P 0427 278 863 David Whyte P 0438 590 570 DPIPWE News Tasmanian Commercial Scallop Fishery Update 8 DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PARKS, Convictions 9 WATER AND ENVIRONMENT (DPIPWE) A reminder of telephone reporting requirements GPO Box 44, Hobart, 7001 P 1300 368 550 for the unloading of rock lobster and giant crab 10 Kim Evans, Secretary P 03 6165 3056 Wes Ford, General Manager, Taste of the Huon 10 Water and Marine Resources Division P 03 6165 3219 Tassie salmon grower makes changes for the future 11 Robert Gott, Director, Industry wide 12 Marine Resources P 03 6165 3043 Seafood Directions Conference 2015 13 Grant Pullen, Manager, Profile: Ross Wisby 14 Wild Fisheries P 03 6165 3032 2014 South West marine debris clean-up 16 INSTITUTE FOR MARINE AND ANTARCTIC STUDIES (IMAS) Pirate Point Oyster Bar 17 Prof Chris Carter By Catch 18 Director Fisheries, Aquaculture and Coasts Centre Victoria Dock bridge remediation 20 Private Bag 49, Hobart 7001 Tasmanian Oyster Research Council (TORC) scholarship 21 TSIC STAFF Profile: The Wilson brothers of Cygnet 22 Neil Stump, Chief Executive [email protected] Corporate Traveller to offer services to TSIC members 24 P 0417 394 009 Tasmanian fisherman named on new agriculture board 25 Julian Harrington, Project Manager [email protected] P 0407 242 933 National Seafood Industry Leadership Program 26 Julie Martin, Office Manager [email protected] Science roundup 28 Mary Brewer, Administrative Officer [email protected] Seafood Training Tasmania 30 Filling the deep gap 31 Advertising deadline for the next issue: 16 May 2014 Guy Cotten latest products 31 For advertising in Fishing Today contact Mary Brewer Cold fronts: Bureau of Meteorology 32 at TSIC on 03 6224 2332 Directory IBC Photographic acknowledgments: Tourism Tasmania© All rights reserved. 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EVENT From the Calendar PRESIDENT NAC Board Meeting 8 Apr 2014 TSIC The State election has delivered a majority government and the NSIA Board Meeting seafood industry looks forward to the 10-11 April Sydney opportunities that this will deliver into the future. TSIC Board Meeting 10 Jun 2014 Several indicators give us confidence that this TSIC will generate employment opportunities and a stronger Tasmanian economy. Strong growth World Aquaculture Conference and investment in our aquaculture industry, http://www.aquaculture.org.au encouraging dialogue on better market access 7-11 Jun 2014 and Trade Agreements for our wild fisheries are Adelaide encouraging. NAC Board Meeting At our TSIC Board Meeting in February, Stuart 22 Jul 2014 Richey updated us on his appointment to the TSIC Agriculture Industry Advisory Council (AIAC). South Australian Oyster Growers Stuart explained that the AIAC had been Lindsay Newman Shellfish Futures established following an election promise to 7-8 August 2014 farmers (fishers) by the Minister for Agriculture, Streaky Bay, SA Hon. Barnaby Joyce. The terms of reference for the White Paper currently being prepared by the Federal Department of Agriculture (formerly DAFF) and the Minister has advised all TSIC Board Meeting members of the Council that “everything is on the table”. 11 Aug 2014 TSIC “...we see this as a cornerstone of our operations and TSIC Board Meeting 13 Oct 2014 are pursuing this issue to ensure that we as fishers TSIC (farmers) are included in this initiative” NAC Board Meeting & AGM 28 Oct 2014 The expectation from Minister Joyce’s appointees is robust advice on how best the Government TBC can assist in providing agricultural export and improving infrastructure needs. NAC Board Meeting Neil Stump has already met with representatives of the Agriculture Competitiveness Task force 9 Dec 2014 in Hobart. TSIC While fisheries have not been directly mentioned in this brief, we see this as a cornerstone of our operations and are pursuing this issue to ensure that we as fishers (farmers) are included in this initiative. Note all dates are subject to confirmation. You will have received a mailout with regards to the 28th Annual General Meeting of the If you have any meetings or functions Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council. This will be held at 3 pm on Monday 7 April 2014 at the you would like included, please contact TSIC offices in Sandy Bay. Your attendance would be appreciated. TSIC. TSIC is your peak body and as always, your input both sectorial and individually is paramount to the sustainability and profitability of our Tasmanian seafood industry. Lindsay Newman TSIC President 2 FISHING TODAY APRIL/MAY 2014 Tassal’s south east lease Optimisation Plans Tassal is undertaking a South East 20. It is also proposed to shift the lease Reason for amendments: Optimisation project to better approximately 150 metres further from the • to create more efficient and sustainable shore to allow for better water movement use and manage current leases, farming, meet market demands and within the lease area. An expansion of the create economic growth improve fish health and welfare, zone is also proposed allowing adequate • to allow better practice fallowing, optimise fish growth and better scope to house the mooring system required stocking rotations and separate year for the lease. manage the marine environments class stocking to support environmental within which we operate. The Lippies and Browns proposal: certifications and biosecurity project will cover some of Tassal’s • to provide space for mooring Tassal currently holds two marine farming infrastructure suited to the more marine farms within the south- leases “Lippies” and “Browns”, which are exposed farming locations. eastern Tasmania waterways not utilised as their size is not commercially Lippies and Browns will form a new Tassal and will involve amendments to viable and the current zone sizes do not farming region and will be used for both allow for the required scope that is needed existing marine leases. annual smolt inputs and grow-out purposes. to effectively anchor these leases in the Key points: prevailing weather conditions. Tassal • It is also expected that the oceanic is intending to lodge an application with conditions at these sites will help to • Tassal is focussing on consulting with DPIPWE proposing to increase each lease optimise fish health and growth stakeholders regarding proposed by approximately 24.5 ha and both zones by amendments to “Butlers Point” and • The new region will employ 26 full-time approximately 218 ha.