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Theme Objectives:

1. To gain an understanding of what are the issues surrounding climate change in the seafood industry.

2. To discuss what has occurred to date, what the implications will be and what options industry has.

Theme Objectives:

To develop a blueprint for co-management in Australian fisheries, by

1. Hearing of examples of co-management from around the world, any additional areas where co-management could be applied, and how these could be refined to suit Australian fisheries.

2. Gaining a Government perspective on devolving day-to-day responsibilities to stakeholders.

3. Hearing of methods used in other environments on how trust is developed between stakeholders and how these could be applied in fisheries.

4. Obtaining an understanding of research data to be collected and provided by the industry to enable co-managers to set the broad parameters for the fishery, within which the industry can operate.

Theme Objectives:

1. To hear end-user experiences with accreditation (including cost/benefit considerations), both within and outside the fisheries sector. This will assist industry to make informed decisions about future decisions on accreditation, within the context of EPBC, MSC, Clean Green, EMS and other initiatives.

2. To consider current and predict likely future drivers of accreditation and appropriate responses. These will include marketing advantages and addressing increasing public (government) scrutiny and security of access.

3. To clarify the relationships between EPBC and state-government driven accreditation requirements and other accreditation initiatives in order to reduce overlaps and understand synergies and conflicts/duplication.

Theme Objectives:

To answer and identify a series of issues related to today’s changing markets including;

1. Where are the new emerging markets?

2. Where is Australian seafood going?

3. What do our overseas consumers want?

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