Action Priority/timeframe Output Outcome Responsibility 1.05 Improve management High priority — review A review of Australia’s Improved management of Australian Government engagement on abandoned, lost of abandoned, lost and prepared within 2 years of abandoned, lost or Department of the or otherwise discarded fishing discarded fishing gear the TAP being in place otherwise discarded fishing Environment and Energy gear in the Asia Pacific region, gear Industry, CSIRO, Universities with a determination on the Australia plays a role in TAP team appropriateness of current actions building international solutions on abandoned, lost Considerations: or otherwise discarded fishing the cost effectiveness and gear environmental impacts of current and potential disposal techniques for discarded, lost and abandoned fishing gear (for example, burning in situ on beaches, transfer to land fill, recycling or potential energy treatment) assessment of the potential for cost- effective alternative materials for nets (ensuring that catches of target species are not reduced) an agreed management process for net incursions into the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone – for example, a permit process (at cost) for entry to retrieve damaged nets implementation of use of ghost net toolkits developed by the former GhostNets Australia to assess the relative contributions of international and Australian commercial and recreational fishery to the total amount of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear present in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with a view to implementing source reduction planning where possible
Action Priority/timeframe Output Outcome Responsibility 1.05 Improve management of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear High priority — review prepared within 2 years of the TAP being in place A review of Australia’s engagement on abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear in the Asia Pacific region, with a determination on the appropriateness of current actions Considerations: the cost effectiveness and environmental impacts of current and potential disposal techniques for discarded, lost and abandoned fishing gear (for example, burning in situ on beaches, transfer to land fill, recycling or potential energy treatment) assessment of the potential for cost- effective alternative materials for nets (ensuring that catches of target species are not reduced) an agreed management process for net incursions into the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone – for example, a permit process (at cost) for entry to retrieve damaged nets implementation of use of ghost net toolkits developed by the former GhostNets Australia to assess the relative contributions of international and Australian commercial and recreational fishery to the total amount of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear present in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with a view to implementing source reduction planning where possible Improved management of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear Australia plays a role in building international solutions on abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy Industry, CSIRO, Universities TAP team
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