The ACPF Members and RD&E forums and 2018 AGM took place in Brisbane on 26th September with 15 members participating, either in person or by video link. Forum updates included a progress and investment report against the ACPF Strategic & RD & E plans, trace metals profiles, national SeSafe project, bycatch reduction/trawl efficiency project [...]
The ACPF provided a submission to the Australian Government (Department of the Environment and Energy) in response to the ProAqua P/L’s application to import specific pathogen free live Penaeus monodon broodstock from certified disease free hatcheries in Thailand or Hawaii into an Australian quarantine facility for breeding. ProAqua made the application as a means [...]
Ben Hale, Love Australian Prawn campaign manager presenting at QSMA Seafood Marketing Symposium A number of ACPF members participated in the Seafood Industry Australia (SIA)-led workshop on 27th September to develop a 'Pledge' to grow community acceptance of the Australian seafood industry. SIA will road test the Pledge across the industry in [...]
Congratulations to Scott Clarke, Cristina Maccagnola and Alfan Ansori (Shark Bay Prawn Trawler Operators’ Association) who will receive a total of $4500 for their group to attend the NPF’s Crew Member Observer Program (CMOP) training in July 2019. Scott, Cristina and Alfan are Shark Bay’s Crew Member Observers. By being part of NPF’s training, [...]
Adrianne Laird (with Bryan Van Wyk from Austral Fisheries) Adrianne Laird, with Plastic Free Fish team members in the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) 2018, and in partnership with OceanWatch Australia, is calling on the Australian Seafood Industry to take the pledge to help reduce plastic waste going to landfill and the aquatic environment. Every year [...]
Ashley Lukin, 3rd generation prawn fisherman from Spencer Gulf, has produced an insight into the day in the life of a prawn fisher with fellow team mates as part of the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) 2018. Both the ACPF and Spencer Gulf & West Coast Prawn Fisherman's Association have recognised Ashley [...]
The SeSAFE project commenced in March 2018. It is funded by the FRDC, AMSA, and the commercial fishing industry. This initiative aims to raise safety awareness and improve safety performance in the Australian fishing and aquaculture industry. It also aims to increase awareness of Workplace Health and Safety Law relevant to the industry and clarify [...]
The Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries (ACPF) provides up to $4000 to a fisher to investigate a problem (eg bycatch solutions, on-board processing, community acceptance/social license, etc) as part of ACPF’s People Development budget. ACPF is calling for fishers who have a prawn fishing problem to solve by Travelling to another prawn fishery, or another [...]
In June the Australian Government announced increased prawn importation requirements, clamping down on importer avoidance in the cooked and breaded, battered and crumbed (BBC) categories. Cooked prawns are to be subject to random seals intact inspections. The Government has proposed that BBC prawns are to be par-cooked from September. These tightening of prawn import loopholes [...]
Congratulations to NPFI Project Officer, Adrianne Laird and Spencer Gulf fisher, Ashley Lukin who were successful candidates for the 2018 National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP) and as recipients of ACPF’s People Development program $3,000 bursary. ACPF looks forward to Adrianne and Ashley’s leadership journey through NSILP 2018.
