MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAKE EYRE BASIN FISHERIES Part 1 – Commercial and recreational fisheries Part 2 – Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka Aboriginal traditional fishery Approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries pursuant to section 44 of the Fisheries Management Act 2007. Hon Gail Gago MLC Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 1 March 2013 Page 1 of 118 PIRSA Fisheries & Aquaculture (A Division of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia) GPO Box 1625 ADELAIDE SA 5001 www.pir.sa.gov.au/fisheries Tel: (08) 8226 0900 Fax: (08) 8226 0434 © Primary Industries and Regions South Australia 2013 Disclaimer: This management plan has been prepared pursuant to the Fisheries Management Act 2007 (South Australia) for the purpose of the administration of that Act. 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The South Australian Fisheries Management Series Paper number 61: Management Plan for the South Australian Lake Eyre Basin Fisheries ISBN 978-0-9807387-4-2 ISSN 1322-8072 Page 2 of 118 CONTENTS 1 FISHERY TO WHICH THIS PLAN APPLIES ......................................................... 7 2 CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER MANAGEMENT PLANS ...................................... 7 3 TERM OF PLAN ..................................................................................................... 7 4 REGIONAL CONTEXT AND GOVERNANCE ........................................................ 8 4.1 The Lake Eyre Basin region ............................................................................ 8 4.2 Natural Resource Management Governance in the Lake Eyre Basin ............. 9 4.3 Fisheries and NRM policy frameworks .......................................................... 11 4.4 Fisheries management themes for the Lake Eyre Basin ............................... 14 4.5 Guiding principles for the management plan ................................................. 17 5 DESCRIPTION OF LAKE EYRE BASIN FISHERIES .......................................... 18 5.1 Commercial fishery ........................................................................................ 18 5.2 Recreational fishery ....................................................................................... 20 5.3 Aboriginal traditional fishery .......................................................................... 21 5.4 Biological and environmental characteristics ................................................ 22 5.5 Economic characteristics of Lake Eyre Basin fisheries ................................. 26 5.6 Social characteristics of Lake Eyre Basin fisheries ....................................... 27 6 ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS OF FISHING ................................................................. 27 7 GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES ....................................................... 34 7.1 Goals and Objectives .................................................................................... 34 7.2 Strategies ...................................................................................................... 34 8 CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................... 36 9 ALLOCATION OF ACCESS BETWEEN SECTORS ........................................... 36 9.1 Current allocated shares of the resource ...................................................... 36 9.2 Information used to allocate shares .............................................................. 39 9.3 Review of allocations ..................................................................................... 39 9.4 Method for adjusting allocations of access in future ...................................... 39 9.5 Review process ............................................................................................. 40 10 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ............................................................................ 41 10.1 Spatial scale of fishery management ............................................................ 41 10.2 Harvest strategy ............................................................................................ 42 10.3 Biological performance indicators ................................................................. 45 10.4 Management performance indicators and reference points .......................... 47 11 STOCK ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH .......................................................... 57 11.1 Fisheries related research, data collection, and analysis .............................. 57 11.2 Reporting ....................................................................................................... 57 11.3 Strategic research plan ................................................................................. 57 12 COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING ..................................................................... 60 12.1 Objectives ...................................................................................................... 60 12.2 Cost recovery ................................................................................................ 60 12.3 Planning ........................................................................................................ 60 12.4 Risk assessment ........................................................................................... 61 12.5 Responses and benchmarks ......................................................................... 61 12.6 Compliance plans .......................................................................................... 61 12.7 Compliance status report .............................................................................. 61 Page 3 of 118 13 REGULATORY ARRANGEMENTS ..................................................................... 62 13.1 Licensing ....................................................................................................... 62 13.2 Management arrangements .......................................................................... 62 13.3 Fish processing ............................................................................................. 62 14 REVIEW OF PLAN ............................................................................................... 63 14.1 49—Review of management plans ............................................................... 63 15 RESOURCES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN .................................... 64 15.1 Cost recovery - overview ............................................................................... 64 PART 2: YANDRUWANDHA YAWARRAWARRKA TRADITIONAL FISHING MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................. 65 1 GENERAL PURPOSE OF AN ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL FISHING MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................. 66 1.1 The Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) framework ............................. 66 1.2 The legislative framework for managing fisheries ......................................... 66 1.3 Definitions ...................................................................................................... 67 1.4 Aboriginal Traditional Fishing Management Plans under section 60 ............ 68 1.5 Relationship between ILUA and Aboriginal Traditional Fishing Management Plan 69 1.6 Ensuring ecological and cultural sustainability .............................................. 69 2 YANDRUWANDHA YAWARRAWARRKA ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL FISHING ....................................................................................................................... 70 2.1 Brief history of fishing by Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka People ................. 70 3 MANAGEMENT OF YANDRUWANDHA YAWARRAWARRKA ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL FISHING .............................................................................................. 71 3.1 Application of the Plan ................................................................................... 71 3.2 The area that the Management Plan applies to ............................................ 71 3.3 Objectives of this Plan ................................................................................... 72 3.4 Strategies and management tools for pursuing objectives of the plan .......... 72 3.5 Who can fish under the plan? ........................................................................ 73 3.6 What fishing activities does the plan provide