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Snapshot of Australia’s commercial fisheries and aquaculture

​Authors: David Mobsby, Robert Curtotti Map 1 Catch in the Australian Fishing Zone, 2017 Note: Map includes fishing on the high-seas (external to EEZ), but does not include aquaculture production or catch in state jurisdictional waters and excludes Herd Island and McDonald Island Fishery,…
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Carbon Farming Outreach Program training package

The Carbon Farming Outreach Program training package provides information to help farmers and land managers make decisions about reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and storing carbon.The training package comprises 5 topics:Topic 1: Introducing carbon farmingTopic 2: What carbon farming means…
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Locust control agents - livestock and crop residues

​​​When undertaking control of locusts bands and swarms, the APLC applies very low doses of insecticide that degrade rapidly in the environment. To safeguard against the risk of excessive insecticide residues in grain or stock in areas where locust control agents have been applied, strict…
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Allocating fish stocks between commercial and recreational fishers: examples from Australia and overseas

Authors: Kasia Mazur, Andrea Bath, Jacob Savage and Robert Curtotti Summary The Commonwealth Fisheries Resource Sharing Framework is currently being developed by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. This framework plans to ensure that each sector, commercial, recreational…
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Executive Summary

​​This report presents results of a case study in which recommended indicators for monitoring the social and economic impacts of forestry were tested in the ‘Green Triangle’ region of south-east South…
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2020-12 - Horticulture Exports Program – Accreditation applications for farms, packhouses and treatment facilities to export kiwifruit to Thailand in 2020

16 March 2020PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the kiwifruit industry that applications for exports of kiwifruit to Thailand are now open.Summary of changes and key pointsFarms located in Victoria and Queensland are eligible to apply under the protocol agreement.Farm and…
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2020-59 - Compliance policy – Nationally harmonised framework for managing biosecurity treatments – survey has been extended to 18 September 2020

15 September 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that the due date for the survey about a nationally harmonised framework for managing biosecurity treatments has been extended to 18 September 2020. Key points A National Biosecurity Committee treatments…
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minister burke's response to professor shergold third report

​​Professor Peter Shergold AC Chief Executive The Centre for Social Impact Australian School of Business University of New South Wales SYDNEY NSW 2033 Dear Professor Shergold Thank you for your letter…
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Biosecurity Advice 2013-10 - Final review of policy: Importation of grapevine (Vitis species) propagative material into Australia

​29 April 2013 This Biosecurity Advice (BA) notifies stakeholders of the release of the ‘Final review of policy: importation of grapevine (Vitis species) propagative material into Australia’ on…
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Current standards and guidelines projects

 Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing EstablishmentsThe AWTG is developing new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Establishments (the processing standards). The processing standards will replace the 2002 Model Code of…
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