Economic Outcomes From the SA Marine Scalefish Fishery Reforms: What We Know So Far

Date

Time

5:00pm - 6:30pm ACDT

Venue

BDO Centre, Level 7/420 King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000

Speakers

Jon Presser has over 40 years involvement in the sustainable management and use of natural resources, having worked in agriculture, fisheries and forestry management in South Australia and Victoria.
After graduating with a master’s degree in economics at the University of New England, Jon commenced work with the South Australian Department of Agriculture as the regional economist with the Eyre Region and South East region for 10 years before taking on the role of Fisheries Manager under PIRSA.  Jon has been instrumental in the design and implementation of substantial reform in the management of a number of commercial fisheries, in particular the River Fishery and Marine Scalefish Fishery in South Australia, and the Bays and Inlet Fisheries in Victoria. 
Jon has overseen the implementation of a number of initiatives in the Marine Scalefish Fishery, such as the licence amalgamation scheme, net fishing closures, licence buybacks and more recently a package of reforms that culminated in the introduction of catch quotas in the fishery in 2021. These reforms have seen the number of licences reduced from over 700 in the early 1990s to less than 200 today. It has brought about significant changes in the business operations of licence holders, and the financial and economic status of the fishery over the last 30 years.

Sevaly Sen is an applied economist with qualifications in economics and law and over thirty years’ experience in fisheries in Australia, Oceania, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Based out of the UK, she spent the first 15 years of her career working in EU, African and Asian small scale and industrial fisheries, then three years working for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in southern Africa and a subsequent two years for the Institute of Fisheries Management in Denmark. Since moving to Australia in 1999, Sevaly has focused predominantly on Australian fisheries, running a small consultancy business.
She has been the independent economist for a number of fisheries reform initiatives in Australia, including the NSW Structural Adjustment Review Committee, the SA Marine Scalefish Fishery, Torres Strait and Commonwealth Independent Allocation Advisory Panels and the Marine Scalefish Fishery Reform. Current roles include Commissioner of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, the NSW Marine Estate Expert Knowledge Panel, the South Australian Allocation Review Committee and the Torres Strait Rock Lobster Working Group. Sevaly is also advisor to Sydney Fish Market on sustainability issues and is economic lead on the FRDC Human Dimensions Research sub-program.

Lisa Carlin joined EconSearch in 2007 after completing her degrees in economics and finance at the University of Adelaide. Since then, she has been involved in constructing and applying input-output models, as well as preparing and communicating the results of economic impact analyses. Lisa has conducted numerous economic evaluations using cost-benefit analysis for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors. Her project contributions include conducting surveys, collating data and results, performing economic analyses, and preparing written economic reports, feasibility studies, and business cases.
Currently, Lisa is a Director in the BDO Economics team. With over 15 years of experience as an economist, she has worked extensively on fisheries and aquaculture industry projects. For 10 years now, she has managed the SA fisheries and aquaculture economic and social indicators monitoring project, which covers the period of the most recent Marine Scalefish Fishery voluntary licence surrender program (VLSP). This experience has given her a deep understanding of the current economic conditions of the fishery and the changes resulting from the VLSP.

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Economic Outcomes From the SA Marine Scalefish Fishery Reforms: What We Know So Far

The South Australian AARES branch invites AARES members and non-members to the event Economic outcomes from the SA Marine Scalefish Fishery reforms: what we know so far.

The SA Marine Scalefish Fishery was recently reformed, with a voluntary buyback of around one-third of the licences in the fishery and introduction of individual transferrable quota for key species, among other changes. Economic indicators have been reported for the fishery for over two decades, including for two years since the reform. This provides a rich source of information to tell the economic story of the fishery over time and to reveal some preliminary stories about the economic outcomes so far. We will hear from Sevaly Sen and Jon Presser who were key to the reform design, and Lisa Carlin who has been reporting the economic indicators.

The event is kindly sponsored by BDO Australia

This is a FREE Event; members and non-members are welcome to attend.

RSVP by Tuesday 12 November, 2024

For any queries, please contact Bethany Cooper.

The event will begin at 5:00pm for networking drinks, with presentations starting at 5:30pm. The event will be followed with networking and light refreshments.