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AgENCy PERFORMANCE � SERvICE 1 – <strong>FISHERIES</strong> MANAgEMENT Service 1 – Fisheries Management the Department’s Aquatic Management Division, in conjunction with the Licensing and Registry Services Branch, has overall responsibility for fisheries management service. Through collaboration with the Research and Regional Services divisions, the Aquatic Management Division develops, implements and reviews management strategies for fisheries resources of importance to Western Australia’s commercial, recreational and indigenous fishing sectors. It is also responsible for the management of the pearling industry, land and marine-based aquaculture and the protection of the marine and aquatic environments. In addition, the Aquatic Management Division also maintains an expert capability in legislative drafting, legal services and overarching governance, including risk management, audit and annual reporting. As a regulator, the Department of Fisheries has introduced an integrated fisheries management and operational approach that aims to take into account the needs of all major fishing groups in the community and the effect of other human activities on the State’s ecosystems. The basis of this approach lies in the division of our State into four marine biogeographical regions – the North Coast, the Gascoyne Coast, the West Coast and the South Coast. These regions haven’t randomly been chosen – they reflect the variation of temperatures in our coastal waters, caused by the influence of the Leeuwin Current (see the map on page 68). This warm, tropical current flows south from Indonesia and down WA’s coast past Cape Leeuwin and then eastwards along the south coast into the Great Australian Bight and is strongest during the winter months. Each region comes with its own environment, fish species and set of rules. 67
AgENCy PERFORMANCE � SERvICE 1 – <strong>FISHERIES</strong> MANAgEMENT Gascoyne Coast North Coast (Pilbara/Kimberley) Southern Freshwater Northern Freshwater Sea surface temperature image of Western Australia (courtesy, Landgate) superimposed with fisheries bioregions. The Department provides its fisheries management service through the allocation of resources across the following branches. Aquatic management Branch 68 The Aquatic Management Branch undertakes the key wild-stock fishery management functions of the Department of Fisheries. These functions are delivered through two bioregional management groups – the Northern Bioregions group and the South-West Bioregions group – and the West Coast Rock Lobster group. The two bioregional groups are responsible for the integrated management of all ‘extractive’ (recreational, commercial and customary indigenous) fishing activities within their bioregions. This branch is supported by the Strategic Fisheries Policy Group, which is responsible for broader issues of policy development and implementation for wild-stock fisheries, as well as administrative matters relating to ‘whole-of-state’ fishery issues. The activities of the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC), which is responsible for providing advice to the Minister for Fisheries on fish resource allocations between commercial, recreational and customary users, are also supported through the Strategic Fisheries Policy Group.
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