Government of South Australia Document ID: MPI F2019/000125 Mr Eddie Hughes MP Member for Giles 15 Delprat Terrace WHYALLA SA 5600 Dear Mr Hughes Determination under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 I refer to your application made under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 received by the Office of the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, the Hon Tim Whetstone MP on 1 August 2019, seeking access to the following: "Any emails, letters or other correspondence between members of the commercial fishing sector and the Minister's office regarding commercial licence buy backs and quotas for fisheries in general and more specifically the snapper fishery. Also emails and / or correspondence between from recreational fishing association and/or rec fishers relating to new members of the minister's recreational fishing advisory council - in particular, if the new members had any previous violations of fishing regulations." Accordingly, the following determination has been finalised. I have located fourteen documents that are captured within the scope of your request. Determination 1 I have determined that access to the following document is granted in full: Doc No. Description of document No. of Pages Email from [email protected] to PIRSA:Minister Whetstone 1 dated 3 May 2019 RE: M189 Licence Buy Back Determination 2 I have determined that access to the following documents is granted in part: Doc No. Description of document No. of Pages 'Wage 1 Email from PIRSA:Minister Whetstone to [email protected] dated 6 May 2019 RE: SIMOUNDS, Tony — acknowledgement from the office of the Hon Tim Whetstone MP Email from [email protected] to PIRSA:Minister Whetstone 3 dated 15 May 2019 RE: SIMOUNDS, Tony — acknowledgement from the office of the Hon Tim Whetstone MP Email from [email protected] to Sara Bray dated 16 May 2019 RE: Harvest Tags Email from [email protected] to Sara Bray dated 25 June 2019 RE: MEDIA RELEASE — Hughes — Fishing Buyback Scrapped Email from [email protected] to Tim Whetstone, 2 PIRSA:Minister Whetstone, Sean Sloan (PIRSA) and Steven Marshall dated 25 June 2019 RE: Pulling the plug on buying out of 100 licence Email from [email protected] to Sara Bray dated 18 32 July2019 RE: Sharing the Fish Email from [email protected] to Sara Bray dated 24 June 2019 RE: MEDIA RELEASE — Hughes — Fishing buyback scrapped Email from [email protected] to Sean Sloan (PIRSA), PIRSA:Minister Whetstone and Nathan Bicknell dated 10 June 2019 RE: M189 buy back 12 Email from Chaffey EO to PIRSA:Minister Whetstone dated 10 May 2019 RE: Reform 13 Email from PIRSA:Minister Whetstone dated 15 May 2019 RE: 1 Acknowledgement from the office of the Hon Tim Whestone 14 Letter from Minister Whetstone dated 4 June 2019 RE: Individual 1 Transferable Quota management system The information removed from the above documents is pursuant to Clause 6(1) of Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act which states: "6 - Documents affecting personal affairs (1) A document is an exempt document if it contains matter the disclosure of which would involve the unreasonable disclosure of information concerning the personal affairs of any person (living or dead)." The information removed consists of the following: • Employee and personal details It is considered that disclosure of this information would be an unreasonable intrusion into the privacy rights of the individuals concerned. 2 1Page Determination 3 I have determined that access to the following documents is refused: Doc No. Description of document _No. of __ __ _ , Pages 10 Email to Sara Bray dated 2 April 2019 3 11 Email dated 29 April 2019 5 The information removed from the above documents is pursuant to Clause 7(1)(c) of Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act which states: "7- Documents affecting business affairs (1) A document is an exempt document — (c) if it contains matter — (i) considering of information (other than trade secrets or information referred to in paragraph (b) concerning the business, professional, commercial or financial affairs of any agency or any other person; and (ii) the disclosure of which — (A) Could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on those affairs or to prejudice the future supply of such information to the Government or to an agency; and (B) Would, on balance, be contrary to the public interest." In accordance with the requirements of Premier and Cabinet Circular PC045, details of your application, and the documents to which you are given access, will be published in Minister Whetstone's disclosure log. A copy of PC045 can be found at http://dpc.sa.gov.au/ dataassets/pdf file/0019/20818/PC045-Disclosure-Log- Policy.pdf If you disagree with publication, please advise the undersigned in writing within fourteen calendar days from the date of this determination. If you are dissatisfied with this determination, you are entitled to exercise your right of review and appeal as outlined in the attached documentation, by completing the "Application for Review of Determination" and returning the completed form to: Freedom of Information Principal Officer Office of the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development GPO Box 1671 ADELAIDE SA 5001 3 IPage Should you require further information or clarification with respect to this matter, please contact Mr Simon Price, Chief of Staff on 8226 2931 or email: [email protected] Yours sincerely Fiona Bond Accredited Freedom of Information Officer OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT rS /12_12019 4 'Page Watkins, Amy (PIRSA) From: PIRSA:Minister Whetstone Sent: Monday, 6 May 2019 1:57 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: eA187039 - SIMOUNDS, Tony - acknowledgement from the office of the Hon Tim Whetstone MP eA187039 Mr Tony Simounds Broughton Fisheries Pty Ltd Email: [email protected] 'Thar Mr Simounds Thank you for your email of 3 May 2019 to the Hon Tim Whetstone MP, Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development regarding fishing licence M189. The Minister has asked Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) to contact you directly regarding your email. Mr Jon Presser, Manager Fisheries Reform, Fisheries and Aquaculture from PIRSA will contact you in due course. Thank you for taking the time to write to the Minister on this matter. Yours sincerely Fiona Bond Office Manager to the MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Mr Jon Presser, Manager Fisheries Reform, Fisheries and Aquaculture, PIRSA Office of the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Level 10, 1 King William Street Adelaide SA 5000 1 GPO Box 1671 Adelaide SA 5001 DX 667 Tel 08 8226 29311 Fax 08 8226 0844 1 [email protected] 411 The information contained within this email is confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. This email is intended solely for the addressee, and if you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy, use or distribute this email or any of its attachments. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender immediately via reply email, delete the message and any attachments from your system, and destroy any copies made. PIRSA makes no representation that this email or any attached files are free from viruses or other defects. It is the recipient's responsibility to check the email and any attached files for viruses or other defects. 1 Bray, Sara (PIRSA) From: brofish2 <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 3 May 2019 12:22 PM To: PIRSA:Minister Whetstone; Tim Whetstone MP Cc: [email protected] Subject: M189 licence buy back Hi Tim Due to our circumstance that there will be no licence buy back in July 2019 and the fact that we are in the process of trying to purchase a Spencer Gulf prawn licence & finance we are going to be forced to stop fishing our licence M189. For us to purchase a prawn licence I have to teach my two sons Jake and Bradley to run our crab boat Pot Luck K03. This is so when I am needed to do other jobs for prawn fishing like selling prawns the boys can run Pot _ck with out me on board. The purpose of this email is, if we stop fishing M189 to wait for buy back and keep paying our licence fees will it affect us when it comes the time for gov licence buy back. This is all we are waiting for is to leave the MSF industry for a far sum and reinvest into another fishery. The time that we will stop fishing will be around 15th May or 1st July. If you could help us with a reply to assure us that we will not be penalized for doing so. Are family has been in the marine scale fishery since the mid to late1960s as my father Peter Simounds who started us off as fisherman, but sadly he is now deceased & I took over the family fishing business. Thank you and I await your reply Kind Regards Tony Simounds Broughton Fisheries Pty Ltd KO3 & M189 20 Evenitt Ave Fulham Gardens South Australia 5024 Ph Tony 0428836749 Sent from my Samsung Mobile on the Telstra Mobile Network 1 Bond, Fiona (PIRSA) From: brofish2 <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 15 May 2019 4:04 PM To: PIRSA:Minister Whetstone Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: eA187039 - SIMOUNDS, Tony - acknowledgement from the office of the Hon Tim Whetstone MP Attachments: A4027268 Letter to Tony Simounds re M189.pdf Hi Fiona A lot of good that done, I have been a liberal voter all my life and no reassurance that if we invest into another fishery that are licence will not devalue in any way.