Ensuring DEDJTR will implement A recreational Equitable During the first DEDJTR DEDJTR/ access for a recreational abalone abalone season is access for year of the plan recreational recreational fishing season in established in central recreational fishing central Victorian waters Victorian waters fishers to the during which time abalone recreational fishing resource will be allowed on defined days. DEDJTR will, subject to Quantification of Recreational During the life DEDJTR VRFish DEDJTR/ available funding, recreational catch fishing catch of the plan recreational quantify recreational and effort and effort data abalone fishing to inform participation and management harvest. Enable Harvesting Through the Risk based, cost A more Within first two DEDJTR Recognised DEDJTR/industry improvements abalone at a harvest strategies, effective and productive and years of the plan industry zonal in economic finer spatial formalise the enforceable spatial economically entities productivity scale management of management viable abalone commercial abalone arrangements are fishery harvesting at a considered by spatial scale, DEDJTR and subject to developing industry. appropriate governance and funding arrangements consistent with the respective responsibilities of industry and DEDJTR.
Ensuring access for recreational fishing DEDJTR will implement a recreational abalone fishing season in central Victorian waters during which time recreational fishing will be allowed on defined days. A recreational abalone season is established in central Victorian waters Equitable access for recreational fishers to the abalone resource During the first year of the plan DEDJTR DEDJTR/ recreational DEDJTR will, subject to available funding, quantify recreational abalone fishing participation and harvest. Quantification of recreational catch and effort Recreational fishing catch and effort data to inform management During the life of the plan DEDJTR VRFish DEDJTR/ recreational Enable improvements in economic productivity Harvesting abalone at a finer spatial scale Through the harvest strategies, formalise the management of commercial abalone harvesting at a spatial scale, subject to developing appropriate governance and funding arrangements consistent with the respective responsibilities of industry and DEDJTR. Risk based, cost effective and enforceable spatial management arrangements are considered by DEDJTR and industry. A more productive and economically viable abalone fishery Within first two years of the plan DEDJTR Recognised industry zonal entities DEDJTR/industry
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