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Fisheries Council

Fisheries Council

The Fisheries Council of South Australia

The Fisheries Council of South Australia has been established with 9 expertise-based members appointed by the Governor, plus the Director of Fisheries as an ex-officio member. The Council has a broad advisory role and key responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of fishery management plans. These management plans will extend the period and tenure of commercial fishing licenses from the current one- year period to periods of up to 10 years, providing an improved investment climate for the commercial fishing industry.


Standard operating procedures for the Council can be downloaded as a pdf document (.pdf 309kb).  

The new Fisheries Management Act 2007 replaces the previous Fisheries Act 1982 on 1 December 2007. The new Act:

  • includes new offences and heavier penalties
  • gives Fisheries Officers powers to search a person suspected of hiding evidence of an offence in relation to priority species
  • establishes a new Fisheries Council of members from commercial, recreational and  indigenous fishing to advise the Minister on fisheries issues
  • provides for a more ecosystem-based approach to managing fisheries, with  conservation objectives, risk-based assessments of potential impacts on the ecosystem  and tools to protect fish habitats
  • provides for specific possession limits of fish species, above which a person will have  committed an offence (these will be the subject of specific regulations).

A co-management approach will continue under this Act with the establishment of the new Fisheries Council of South Australia to provide advice to the Minister on the management of fisheries, whether for commercial use, recreational use or for Aboriginal traditional fishing purposes.


Council Members

The Council members represent expertise in fisheries management and knowledge and experience of aboriginal traditional fishing.  The membership also has representative expertise in the following areas:

  • commercial fishing and the processing of aquatic resources
  • recreational fishing
  • research and development relevant to the use of aquatic resources
  • conservation of aquatic resources
  • socio economics
  • business
  • law.


Meetings

The Council will meet approximately six times per year. The following key meeting dates are provided for information.


Minutes of Council Meetings and Agreed Outcomes

The action summaries from Fisheries Council meetings  

The minutes of the Fisheries Council meetings


Fisheries Council of South Australia Annual Operational Plans


Annual Reports

Reports

The latest Management Plans for the following fisheries are provided for your information:


Contact Us

Contact the Fisheries Council by:

Mail: The Executive Officer, Fisheries Council of South Australia, GPO Box 1625, ADELAIDE SA 5001
Tel: (08)8226 0370
Fax: (08)8226 2337
Email: pirsa.fisheriescouncil@saugov.sa.gov.au