FISHING TODAY TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 26 No 4 August/September 2013 The 4th Tasmanian SeafoodAwards Industry INSIDE: > New seal protection pens P 3 > 2013 Commercial Scallop Season P 9 > Hobart research hub P 26 Domain Slipway The Domain Slipway is Tasmania’s best located and The Domain Slipway oers: rst environmentally compliant slipway. The No. 1 • competitive rates Slipway supports large shing boats, mega (super) yachts and tug boats up to 2000 tonnes with multiple • equipment hire slipping potential. • water and grit equipment The No. 2 and 3 slips cater for a maximum of 180 tonne and 50 tonne vessels respectively. • highly experienced Marine Engineers For bookings and enquiries: The Domain Slipway also provides 24 hour, seven Phone 0428 903 149 days a week access to a marine fuelling facility. • assistance with vessel docking and labour sourcing Email [email protected] > AUSTRALIAN PUMP INDUSTRIES Safe under pressure Aussie Pumps, Australia’s leading times stronger than steel on a weight- Aussie Pumps’ Product Safety Manager, manufacturer of high pressure water for-weight basis. Martine Musumeci said: ‘Considering blasting equipment, has released a The range of Aussie “Safe Operator” that ninety per cent of all professional new range of high pressure protection clothing includes overalls, jackets, pressure cleaning is carried out in the clothing. Designed for use with pressure trousers and aprons, and the gear is range of under 500 bar (that’s 7300psi), cleaners up to 7300 psi (500 bar), much thinner and more flexible than operators using machines in the 2000 psi Aussie’s new “Safe Operator” range traditional materials. to 7300 psi range can now be protected could dramatically cut professional and safe.’ pressure cleaning injuries and reduce All clothing comes lined and offers waterproof zippers with overlapping flaps fatalities in the industry. The range also For more details, contact ties in with Aussie Pumps’ training and integrated underarm ventilation. program for operators. Detachable hoods are standard on Australian Pump Industries jackets and overalls and both products Moving away from using the traditional feature adjustable waterproof cuffs and on ph (02) 8865 3500 Aussie high pressure kevlar suits, pockets. Trousers offer an elasticised or visit their website at Pumps has used a revolutionary new waist and reinforced knee areas and all ® material called Dyneema . Claimed to the clothing can be machine washed at <www.aussiepumps.com.au>. be the world’s strongest fibre, it is fifteen up to 40°C. In this issue FISHING From the President 2 Huon Aquaculture invests in new seal protection system 3 Chief Executive’s report 4 TSIC News TODAY > What’s happening at TSIC? 5 > Event Calendar 5 TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY NEWS > The 4th Tasmanian Seafood Industry Awards 6 Volume 26 No 4 August/September2013 DPIPWE News > 2013 Tasmanian Commercial Scallop Season 9 > Convictions 10 Profile: Jock Muir 11 Industry Wide 13 TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY COUNCIL (TSIC) Tasmanian Seafood Industry Award Winners 16 ABN 61 009 555 604 More tall ships Hobart bound 18 PO Box 878, Sandy Bay 7006 Profile: Allan Yates 19 P 03 6224 2332 F 03 6224 2321 Focus on electrical safety 20 E [email protected] W www.tsic.org.au Sustainability reporting makes good business sense 21 TSIC DIRECTORS By Catch 22 Lindsay Newman – President P 0418 368 708 James Ashmore – Vice President P 0414 184 774 MAST News Phil Lamb – Treasurer P 0412 386 111 > National System for Domestic Commercial Vessels 24 Bryan Denny P 0417 502 195 Rodney Herweynen P 0418 130 193 Profile: Joel Fitzgibbon, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 25 Jon Poke P 0419 522 262 Science round-up 25 Paul Richardson P 0427 377 803 Peter Stegmann P 0427 278 863 IMAS News David Whyte P 0438 590 570 > Hobart now an ‘extraordinary’ research hub, says IMAS Director 26 DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PARKS, > Fisheries management—a carbon reduction tool? 27 WATER AND ENVIRONMENT (DPIPWE) > Winter tag lotto 28 GPO Box 44, Hobart, 7001 P 03 6233 8011 Kim Evans, Secretary P 03 6233 3037 Seafood Training Tasmania 29 Wes Ford, General Manager, Seafood Industry Partnerships in Schools 30 Water and Marine Resources Division P 03 6233 5424 Safety Onboard 30 Robert Gott, Director, Ann-Marie Johnson’s newest Mako venture 31 Marine Resources P 03 6233 6632 Grant Pullen, Manager, Bureau of Meteorology 32 Wild Fisheries P 03 6233 3157 Directory IBC INSTITUTE FOR MARINE AND ANTARCTIC STUDIES Advertising Index (IMAS) Professor Colin Buxton Australian Pump Industries 28 RASS Marine Pty Ltd 10 Director Fisheries, Aquaculture and Coasts Centre Baily Marine 2 Sunderland Marine BC Private Bag 49, Hobart 7001 Classifieds 10,14 Tasports IFC Guy Cotten 24 TSIC STAFF Neil Stump, Chief Executive [email protected] P 0417 394 009 Julian Harrington, Project Manager [email protected] Advertising deadline for the next issue: 11 September 2013 P 0407 242 933 For advertising in Fishing Today contact Mary Brewer at TSIC on 03 6224 2332 Darci Wallis, EBFM Project Officer [email protected] P 0417 260 550 Julie Martin, Office Manager [email protected] Fishing Today is distributed free to the Tasmanian Seafood Industry. 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P: 03 6231 6122 E: [email protected] >> TSIC TSIC CHIEF PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE’S REPORT REPORT FromChief Executive’s the President report Another successful and well-attended Seafood Industry Awards Dinner was held on 29 June in Hobart. ur congratulations to all the finalists • Prof. Caleb Gardner—Nationally Oin each category for their excellent consistent governance, assessment and standard, and well done to those who were harvest strategies for fisheries final award winners. We sincerely thank • Dr Bridget Green—Putting fisheries in our many sponsors for their continued the food bowl support of these valuable awards, and I • Prof. Reg Watson—The political and make special mention of the efforts of environmental drivers of change in Julian Harrington, Julie Martin and Mary global fisheries Brewer for making these awards a truly The current political climate gives us cause • Dr Quinn Fitzgibbon—Environmental memorable occasion. The Awards night for concern and Tasmanians are fed up with physiology of rock lobster larvae; new once again highlighted the diversity of our it. We all need balanced and commonsense perspective for aquaculture and ecology seafood industry, and all Award recipients decisions where collaboration is key • Prof. Chris Carter—A sustainable future and finalists have demonstrated how their in the decision-making process. Our for aqua feeds and the replacement of involvement continues to drive one of priority should be responsible economic fish oil Tasmania’s good news stories. development, jobs for our people and • Dr Catriona MacLeod—Supporting proper protection for our environment. We The National Seafood Awards will be held sustainable aquaculture development can have all these things if we replace old in Port Lincoln at the Seafood Directions with targeted environmental research politics with new forward thinking. Conference in October this year, and • A/Prof. Stewart Frusher—Living in a we should be proud that our Tasmanian Lindsay Newman global marine climate change hotspot. seafood industry is well-represented. President Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council This year’s Ambassador Icon is well- known Allen Hansen, Managing Director of Tasmanian Seafoods, and those who attended the Awards night were entertained by the humorous acknowledgment speech made by this industry character. The winner of the ‘Small Business Award’ was Dave Allen and his team from Seafoods Tasmania. Since winning the Award, his business has achieved national recognition. They were among four Tasmanian winners at the ABC Delicious Produce Awards held in Sydney on 15 July 2013, including Seafoods Tasmania’s Bay of Fires Urchin Roe, AAA grade which was declared the country’s best new product. For photographs and a list of all Award recipients, see p 16 of this edition of Fishing Today or our website. 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