South-East Marine Parks
More marine park impacts will reduce fish supply and jobs in rural towns – they do not address the actual risks facing the marine environment Australia’s Department of the Environment has announced a review and potential expansion of fishing lock-outs in South-East Australia’s 17 year-old marine park network. The network covers more than 388,000km2 – an area almost six […]
Country of Origin Labelling
Victorian Liberal / Nationals Announce Cooked Seafood Country of Origin Labelling Laws The fishing industry welcomes the announcement a Victorian Liberal and Nationals Government will implement mandatory country of origin seafood labelling for cooked seafood sold in pubs, clubs, and cafes. The new rules are as simple as seafood being labelled as Australian or imported and already exist […]
Victorian Liberal / National Country of Origin Labelling press release
Victorian Liberal / National Country of Origin Labelling press release The fishing industry welcomes the announcement a Victorian Liberal and Nationals Government will implement mandatory country of origin seafood labelling (CoOL) for cooked seafood sold in pubs, clubs, and cafes. The new rules are as simple as seafood being labelled as Australian or imported and […]
CSIRO Nature Journal Junk Science
Junk Science on Protected Species By-catch Misleads Seafood Consumers The fishing industry has condemned a recent CSIRO article published in the renowned Nature Sustainability journal titled, “By-catch rates in fisheries largely driven by variation in individual vessel behaviour”. Authors Roberson and Wilcox introduced their work, “Fisheries by-catch continues to drive the decline of many threatened marine species such as […]
Project Python
Project Python Aims to Lock Seals Out The South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) represents fishers, quota owners and wholesalers who have an interest in the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS). The fishery is the main supplier of fresh local finfish in Australia with most sales through Melbourne and Sydney fish markets. Seals enter trawl […]
Trawl fishery structural adjustment
SOUTH EAST TRAWL INDUSTRY WELCOMES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT The South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) welcomes Assistant Minister Duniam’s announcement in last night’s Federal Budget of $24m to support the structural adjustment of the fishery. This package has been delivered in response to quotas set for the 2022/23 fishing year announced earlier this week by […]
Fake flake
More marine park impacts will reduce fish supply and jobs in rural towns – they do not address the actual risks facing the marine environment The Southern Shark Industry Alliance Inc. (SSIA) has issued a press release explaining that they have successfully applied to the Australian Fish Names Committee to have the fish name “Flake” recognised so it […]
French Seismic Survey Destroying Local Livelihoods
French Seismic Survey Destroying Local Livelihoods French seismic company CGG started the largest seismic survey ever undertaken in south-east Australia the morning after bushfires swept through communities just north of Lakes Entrance in January this year. Marine seismic surveys use blasts from a powerful air gun that is up to 16km wide to see kilometres […]
South-East Fishing Industry Grateful for Government Pandemic Support
South-East Fishing Industry Grateful for Government Pandemic Support Assistant Fisheries Minister Duniam today announced that $10m, or 2/3rds of all levies collected by the Australian Government for the management of Commonwealth fisheries, will be waived. The South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA), Small Pelagic Fishery Industry Association (SPFIA) and Southern Shark Industry Alliance (SSIA) thank […]
Trawl fishermen united in use of new technology to save seabirds
Fishermen call to mandate use of new technology to reduce effects on seabirds The South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) and the Great Australian Bight Fishing Industry Association (GABIA) are excited to announce that we have developed world leading technology that reduces interactions between trawlers and seabirds by up to 96%. Furthermore, plans are in […]