Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01763:reg:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01763
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 2/8)
Character Range: 40148–48255

interaction numbers and locations (minimum number of observer visits per annum/fishery).                                                                                                 State and territory governments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      * Observer program data, logbook data and any other relevant information compiled and made available in a public database (connected to objective 9).                                                                                                                                           Commercial fishers                              A minimum of $30,000 for consultancy to assess monitoring and reporting requirements

1d  Promote cooperation and understanding between agencies and commercial operators to improve recovery efforts for sawfish and river shark species through, for example, strategic education processes and facilitating research.  2      * Educational materials provided to commercial fishers to improve understanding of sawfish and river shark recovery plan actions and objectives (related to objective 10).   Australian Government                        A minimum of $25,000 for development and dissemination of information
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           * Commercial fishers aware of and, where appropriate, involved in recovery plan actions (i.e. assisting scientific research projects).                                       State and territory governments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           * Information and training, where appropriate, provided to commercial fishers on the identification of threatened sawfish and river sharks.                                  Commercial fishing associations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Relevant nongovernment organisations (NGOs)

Objective 2: Reduce and, where possible, eliminate adverse impacts of recreational fishing on sawfish and river shark species

    Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                   Responsible agencies and potential partners   Indicative costing Only Priority 1 actions are costed
2a  Enhance the capabilities of enforcement and compliance agencies for sawfish and river shark species.                                                                                                                                                           1             * Compliance agencies aware of and using techniques (morphological and genetic) to identify sawfish and river shark species from part or whole specimens.                                          Australian Government                         A minimum of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * Enforcement and compliance agencies are aware of current measures to manage sawfish and river shark species in Australian waters.                                                                State and territory governments               $25 000 across 2a, 2b, and 2c
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Relevant non-government organisations (NGOs)
2b  Encourage and educate recreational fishers to identify sawfish and river shark species to species level and report any interactions, thus enabling an estimation of the level of interaction with, and mortality of, these species in recreational fisheries.  1             * Practical identification materials provided to recreational fishers in hard copy form and via the web.                                                                                           Australian Government                         A minimum of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * Information provided to recreational fishers on protected species reporting requirements.                                                                                                        State and territory governments               $25 000 across 2a, 2b, and 2c
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * Accidental recreational catch of sawfish and river shark species is monitored and reported annually.                                                                                             Recreational fishing groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Researchers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Relevant non-government organisations (NGOs)
2c  Promote cooperation and understanding between government agencies and recreational fishers to improve recovery efforts for sawfish and river sharks through, for example, strategic education processes and facilitation of collaborative research.            2             * Educational materials up to date and provided to recreational fishers to improve understanding of the sawfish and river sharks recovery plan actions and objectives (related to Objective 10).   Australian Government                         A minimum