QSIA Podcasts

Panel Discussion with Commercial Fishers - Queensland Spanish Mackerel fishery

July 1, 2022

Welcome back to a follow-up podcast regarding the Spanish Mackerel fishery. A follow-up podcast will be recorded after the next Spanish Mackerel working group meeting.

I would like to thank Richard Gilmore and Peter Stevens for helping me produce the podcast.

Queensland Country Hour - 28 March 2022

PUBLIC BRIEFING—FISHERIES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT DECLARATION (NO. 2) 2021 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

Vessel Tracking: A conversation with Michelle Jensen, Mark Cook and Eric Perez

June 1, 2022

Thanks for joining us in the ongoing, industry conversation regarding vessel tracking and its implementation.

This podcast is a conversation amongst commercial fishing members of the vessel tracking working group - Michelle Jensen (commercial fisher), Mark Cook (commercial fisher and representative for the Fishermens Portal Inc) and myself (QSIA representative).

Background documents

1) Fisheries Queensland correspondence to vessel tracking working group members.

2) Response to requests - the following paragraph is sourced from page 3 of the Attachment 1 - Responses to requests (updated 17.5.2022):

Fisheries Queensland has not been able to significantly demonstrate that the Spot Trace and Rockfleet units are not fit for purpose, as indicated by some industry members. Whilst Fisheries Queensland acknowledged the unit reliability concerns raised by industry members in the working group, Fisheries Queensland has also heard positives about the units from other industry members.

Trawl Fishery - Kev Solway and Mark Smythe - Episode 2

May 26, 2022

Welcome to the second podcast discussing trawl fishery issues. I spoke with Kev Solway, President of the Tweed Heads Coolangatta Professional Fishermens Association and Vice President, Mark Smythe.

Trawl Fishery - Steve Taylor - Episode 1

May 24, 2022

This podcast is the first in an new series discussing the impacts of the Queensland fisheries reform process and our trawl fishery.

My guest today is Steve Taylor and he shares his perspectives on the trawl fishery reforms.

More podcasts on the way as we will cover a broad range of views.

Oceanwatch Master Fisherman program - Michael Wooden

May 23, 2022

East coast crab fishery responsible fisher training Oceanwatch Master Fisherman program

I spoke with Michael Wooden, Wild Catch Fisheries Program Manager with Oceanwatch Australia (OWA).

OWA is the seafood industry’s very own marine environmental organisation and works to help both the seafood industry and the marine environment. In coming weeks, an OceanWatch team will be conducting a series of workshops for crab fishers along the Queensland coast, in part helping professional fishers maintain strong public support.

You can contact Michael on:

M: 0422 618 248

E: michael@oceanwatch.org.au

Panel Discussion - Queensland Spanish Mackerel fishery

April 30, 2022

We have 6 days to provide your feedback on management options proposed by Fisheries Queensland for the Spanish Mackerel (SM) fishery. After reading responses from my members, speaking to other stakeholders and the views shared in today’s podcast please keep the following in mind:

* The science, the driver of our fisheries management is flawed. Please listen to the podcast and the rational provided for why the science is fundamentally flawed.

* The State Government will not go back to first principles and review the modelling - you have to ask why?

* The consultation is inconsistent with best practice: (1) Fisheries Queensland have held invitation only meetings, (2) for some reason there is no email address to submit views and (3) there seems to be no willingness to review the science.

So why listen to the podcast? My guests today are members of the SM working group and a charter fishery member who left the group.

I would like to thank Richard Gilmore, Peter Stevens, Rob Drane and Gary Powis for helping me produce the podcast.

Some key themes from the discussion: (1) the SM working group had no role in developing the stock assessment, (2) the SM working group members brings a massive knowledge base that has largely been ignored (despite calls from working group members to slow down and reconsider the management options proposed by Fisheries Queensland) and (3) there is agreement across the commercial, recreational and charter sectors that there is something very wrong with the science.

Again, the submission closing date is 5 pm, Thursday 5 May 2022.

Survey link: https://daf.engagementhub.com.au/spanish-mackerel-2022/userinfo/survey-on-east-coast-spanish-mackerel-fishery

Daniel McCarthy - Spanish Mackerel - Public Meeting to be held in Cairns

March 2, 2022

I had the opportunity to speak with Daniel McCarthy this afternoon regarding the debacle that is the management of the Spanish Mackerel fishery and the so-called science underpinning it.

FB link: https://www.facebook.com/QLDSeafood

Public Meeting Notice

Thursday 24 March 6-8pm at the Calvary Church Facility – the old Everest Cinemas in Grafton Street, 108 Grafton Street.

Thanks to Daniel McCarthy from Big Fish Down Under. Daniel is looking for some assistance with the costs of the meeting, if you can help please call 0413 054 031.

The meeting is open to commercial seafood industry and is supported by QSIA, the Fishermens Portal, GoCCFA and MBSIA.