1. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES
THE MSC JOURNEY
SINCE 2012

2. MSC Global MSC Assessment activity

3. Pre-assessment timeline
Gascoyne
pre-assessment completed
South and West pre-assessments completed
‘Statewide’ pre-assessment underway
2013
Sept2013
Feb 2014
Feb 2015
Aug 2015
Sept 2015
MSC sole ‘wild fishery’ TPC standard
North
pre-assessment completed
ASC sole aquaculture TPC standard

4. Full assessment timeline
Exmouth and Shark Bay prawn certified
Peel Harvey Commercial crab and sea mullet full assessment begins
West Coast deep sea crustacean full assessment begins
Sept2014
March 2015
March 2015
March 2015
August 2015
October 2015
Peel Harvey Recreational crab full assessment begins
Exmouth and
Shark Bay prawn full assessment begins
Pearl oyster Full assessment begins

5. Full assessment timeline
Kimberley trap fishery full assessment begins
Gascoyne Demersal full assessment begins
Apr 2016
June 2016
June 2016
June 2016
June 2016
Pilbara trap fishery full assessment begins
Abalone full assessment begins
Peel Harvey Crab Certified

6. Western Australia - Fisheries Bioregions
North
17 Fisheries
46 UoCs
1 426 PIs
Gascoyne
7 Fisheries
14 UoCs
PIs 434
West Coast
13 Fisheries
28 UoCs
868 PIs
South Coast
13Fisheries
28 UoCs
868 PIs

7. Fisheries in Full Assessment
Silver lipped pearl oyster
14 Licences
GVP $ 5,000,000
Pilbara trap
6 licences
GVP $2,732,500
Kimberley trap
11 licences
GVP $ 8,220,000
WA Deep sea
crustacean
7 licences
GVP $ 2,400,000
Peel Harvey Estuary
Blue swimmer Crab - Commercial
10 licences
GVP $ 575,000
Blue swimmer crab – Recreational
No. Fishers ?
Sea Mullet - Commercial
11 licences
GVP $ 145,000
Abalone
25,000 ITQ units
GVP $9,950,000

8. But we are not alone UK Inshore Ireland Inshore Danish
My First Template
But we are not alone
UK Inshore
Ireland Inshore
Danish
Pre- and Full assessments
Californian Inshore
Project Mediterranean
Japanese Inshore WA
Pre- and Full assessments
Assessments beginning or proposed (Pre-Assessments)
NZ Deepwater
Pre- and Full assessments
Pre-Assessments only – complete
Pre-Assessments complete, Full Assessments underway

9. Comparison of ‘statewide’ assessments – Full assessment goals
STATEWIDE PROGRAM
Western Australian
Danish MSC
NZ Deepwater
START
2013
2010
2001
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Objective: full assessment for all commercial species
Government funded
All fisheries pre-assessed
Voluntary full assessment
Full FM agency support
Mainly industry funded
Limited FM agency support
Objective: Certify tier one species
Largely Industry funded
Some FM agency support
UOCS
PRE-ASSESSED
>110 UoCs
(50 fisheries)
79 UoCs
(31 stocks)
34 UoCs (9 fisheries/ 26 stocks
FULL ASSESSMENT COMPLETED
3 fisheries ( 5 stocks)
11 fisheries (16 stocks)
2/3rds of Danish eating fish certified
4 fisheries (19 stocks)
IN FULL ASSESSMENT
7 fisheries
3 fisheries
4 fisheries

10. 2015 certification vs 2000 certification
Multiple fisheries - benefit of scale
2015
SUCCESS
FACTORS
Full Government commitment
Domestic market focus
2015
Federal recognition
Fishers/processors/ marketers commitment
2015
2015

11. Photograph Jorge Hauser
Thank You
Thank you
Photograph by Jorge Hauser