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South-west Marine Region Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network: social and economic assessment of the impacts on commercial and charter fishing Report on the draft marine reserves network, with a supplementary report for the final proposed marine reserves network Research by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences June 2012 © Commonwealth of Australia 2012 Ownership of intellectual property rights Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and any other intellectual property rights, if any) in this publication is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia (referred to as the Commonwealth). Creative Commons licence All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, save for content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth coat of arms. 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Notwithstanding, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, ABARES, its employees and advisers disclaim all liability, including liability for negligence, for any loss, damage, injury, expense or cost incurred by any person as a result of accessing, using or relying upon any of the information or data in this publication to the maximum extent permitted by law. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA), South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Western Australian Department of Fisheries (WA DoF) for their assistance in providing data and reviewing this report. The authors also wish to acknowledge the contributions of commercial fishers and industry group representatives in the assessment process, including those from the Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA), Wildcatch Fisheries South Australia and the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC). ABARES contributors (alphabetical): Gavin Begg, Peter Berry, Katherine Cheshire, Robert Curtotti, Alix Duncan, Saan Ecker, Marco Hatt, Edwina Heyhoe, Patty Hobsbawn, Robert Kancans, James Larcombe, Nic Marton, Rob New, Rocio Noriega, Patty Please, Nyree Stenekes, Rupert Summerson, Charlene Trestrail and Alasebu Yainshet. Contents Executive summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Main findings for the draft network (released May 2011) .................................................. 2 Main findings for the final proposed network (14 June 2012) .......................................... 9 Draft South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network proposal ................................. 13 1 Background and introduction ...................................................................................................... 14 The South-west Marine Region .................................................................................................... 14 Fisheries in the South-west Marine Region ............................................................................ 15 Demographics of the South-west Marine Region ................................................................. 21 Scope of work ..................................................................................................................................... 22 The social and economic assessment ........................................................................................ 23 2 Potential displacement of fishing ................................................................................................ 25 Area closures and entitlement values ....................................................................................... 28 Commercial fishing potential displacement ........................................................................... 28 Charter fishing displacement across the South-west Marine Region ........................... 32 Commercial displacement in the South Australian subregion ........................................ 33 Commercial displacement in the Esperance–Albany subregion .................................... 35 Commercial displacement in the South-west Corner subregion .................................... 37 Commercial displacement in the Fremantle–Geraldton subregion ............................... 39 Prospective fishing ........................................................................................................................... 40 Fisheries management .................................................................................................................... 42 3 Flow of potential impacts to ports and supply chains ........................................................ 43 Flow of gross value of production to ports ............................................................................. 44 Inputs to fishing businesses (upstream impacts) ................................................................. 45 Output from fishing businesses (downstream impacts).................................................... 47 Town and local area summary ..................................................................................................... 49 Potential impacts on the economy ............................................................................................. 54 Potential impacts on employment .............................................................................................. 56 Summary of flow of impacts ......................................................................................................... 57 4 Impacts on fishing businesses ...................................................................................................... 59 Survey data caveats and notes ..................................................................................................... 59 Commercial fishery qualitative value mapping ..................................................................... 60 Direct displacement impacts on fishing businesses ............................................................ 62 Fishing business impacts ............................................................................................................... 63 ii Fishing business plans and future investments .................................................................... 70 Other issues and cumulative factors impacting fishing businesses .............................. 71 Ability to adapt—fishing business .............................................................................................. 72 Fishing business impacts summary ........................................................................................... 74 5 Personal and community impacts .............................................................................................. 75 Personal impacts ............................................................................................................................... 75 Ability to adapt—personal ............................................................................................................ 78 Community impacts ......................................................................................................................... 80 Community and personal impacts summary ......................................................................... 81 6 Case studies ......................................................................................................................................... 82 Telling the fisher’s story: a narrative approach .................................................................... 82 Macroeconomic context .................................................................................................................. 82 Case study: Port