A G APPENDIX I ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY

APPENDIX I ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY


Access licence A licence issued under s. 38 of the Fisheries Act 1995. Permits the holder to undertake commercial fishing activities.

Angle Using a line, with or without a rod, for the purpose of taking fish.

Angler A person who angles. Aquatic Pertaining to water or living or growing in water. Includes

marine and fresh water. Biodiversity The natural diversity of all life, the sum of all our native

species of flora and fauna, the genetic variation within these, their habitats, and the ecosystems of which they are an integral part.

Catch (verb) Take possession of fish with the intention of either retaining these for personal or commercial benefit or releasing them unharmed.

Conservation The planned management and use of (natural) resources to provide present benefit without compromising future benefits.

DNRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD)

Development that improves the total quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends.

Ecosystem A community of organisms interacting with one another, plus the environment in which they live and with which they also interact.

ENRC Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the Parliament of Victoria.

Environment The combined biological conditions and physical surroundings and influences in which an organism lives. It is also often used as a synonym for natural ecosystems or landscapes.

FCC Fisheries Co-Management Council. Finfish Fish with fins, generally taken to be the bony fish (of the class

Osteichthyes) and cartilaginous fish (class Chondrichthyes), and excluding molluscs, crustaceans, etc.

‘Fish’ As defined in the Fisheries Act 1995, that is: a) all species of vertebrate aquatic fauna other than mammals,

reptiles, birds and amphibians (that is bony fish and cartilaginous fish);

b) sharks, rays, lampreys and other cartilaginous fish (which are, in fact, vertebrates);

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c) crustaceans (for example, crabs and barnacles); d) echinoderms (such as star fishes and sea urchins); and f) any other species of aquatic invertebrates declared to be fish (to date, marine polychaete worms and jellyfish).

Fisher A person who takes fish. Fly fishing Angling for fish using specially developed flies designed to

simulate live insects and other fauna. Habitat The environment in which a community or species of plants

or animals lives, grows and reproduces, including the physical and biological components of the location.

MAC Management Advisory Committee. A precursor of the fisheries committees established to address and advise on matters relating to particular fisheries.

MAFRI Marine and Freshwater Research Institute. Peak body In the context of the Fisheries Act 1995, a ‘recognised peak

body’. PFIGA Professional Fishing Instructors and Guides Association. QFMA Queensland Fisheries Management Authority. Release The release of fish back into the immediate area of water from

which they were caught. Recognised peak body

An organisation declared to be a recognised peak body under s. 95 of the Fisheries Act 1995.

Recreational Fishery Licence (RFL)

A licence issued under s. 45 of the Fisheries Act 1995. Permits the holder to undertake recreational fishing activities.

Salmonid A fish belonging to the family Salmonidae. Examples are rainbow and brown trout.

SIV Seafood Industry Victoria. Stakeholder A person or body with a direct interest in the issue at hand. Sustainability (ecological)

Concerned with the ongoing protection of biological diversity and maintenance of the ecological processes on which life depends.

TABV Tourism Accreditation Board of Victoria. TAC Total Allowable Catch. Take As defined in the Fisheries Act 1995, means gain possession or

control by any means. Victorian Coastal Council

A statutory body established under the Coastal Management Act 1995 to undertake State-wide strategic coastal planning.

Victorian waters Waters within the limits of the State of Victoria and the coastal water of Victoria to the 3 nautical mile limit.

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VFCA Victorian Fishing Charter Association. VNPA Victorian National Parks Association. VRFish Trading name of the Victorian recreational fishing peak body.VTOA Victorian Tourism Operators Association. Wild harvest The taking of plants and animals directly from the wild.


APPENDIX II LIST OF WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS

The list includes all written submissions received by the Committee, including those tabled at Public Hearings. A number of individuals and organisations provided addenda to their submissions; these are marked by asterisk. Copies of submissions, other than confidential submissions, are available, on request, from the Committee.

Three listings are provided – the first in numerical order, the second and third are in alphabetical order, respectively by name and organisation.

LIST A – NUMERICAL ORDER

Submission No.

Name Organisation

FCI/001 Geoff Lacey Angling Expeditions Victoria

FCI/002 Geoff Hall, David Pickering, Antony Boliancu

Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre

FCI/003 Gary Roberts Michael J IV Charters

FCI/004 Mark Weigall Millbrook Lakes Lodge & The Trout School

FCI/005 Bill & Linda Hadlow Hadlow Charters Pty Ltd

FCI/006 Robert Gage Bass Strait Fishing Charters

FCI/007 Rob Harrison Victorian Fishing Charter Association

FCI/008 Greg & Stephanie Mattner

Southern Right Charters & Diving Pty Ltd

FCI/009 Andrew Buckley Gippsland Coastal Board

FCI/010 Ian Whan Goulburn Valley Association of Angling Clubs, Inc

FCI/011 John Joubert Gone Fishing

FCI/012 David Wakefield Albatross Boat Charters

FCI/013 David Myers Reel ‘N’ Dive Fishing Charters

FCI/014 Rod Barford Professional Fishing Instructors & Guides Association

FCI/015 Dr John Sherwood Fisheries Co-Management Council

FCI/016 Ross Andrews St Kilda Fishing Charters

FCI/017 Curt Trewavis Ocean Reach Fishing Charters

FCI/018 Greg Duncan Calm Waters Cruises

FCI/019 Max & Helen Robbins & Family

Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours

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Submission No.

Name Organisation

FCI/020 Lois Appleby Tourism Victoria

FCI/021 Patrick Washington VRFish

FCI/022 Simon von Saldern Victorian Tourism Operators Association

FCI/023 Ross Winstanley Recreational Fishing Consultant

FCI/024 Ian Howley Goulburn Murray Water

FCI/025 Chloe Munro Department of Natural Resources & Environment

LIST B – ALPHABETICAL BY NAME

Name Submission No.

Andrews, Ross FCI/016

Appleby, Lois FCI/020

Barford, Rod FCI/014

Boliancu, Antony FCI/002

Buckley, Andrew FCI/009

Duncan, Greg FCI/018

Gage, Robert FCI/006

Hadlow, Bill & Linda FCI/005

Hall, Geoff FCI/002

Harrison, Rob FCI/007

Howley, Ian FCI/024

Joubert, John FCI/011

Lacey, Geoff FCI/001

Mattner, Greg & Stephanie FCI/008

Munro, Chloe FCI/025

Myers, David FCI/013

Pickering, David FCI/002

Robbins, Max & Helen & Family FCI/019

Roberts, Gary FCI/003

Sherwood, Dr John FCI/015

Trewavis, Curt FCI/017

von Saldern, Simon FCI/022

Wakefield, David FCI/012

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Name Submission No.

Washington, Patrick FCI/021

Weigall, Mark FCI/004

Whan, Ian FCI/010

Winstanley, Ross FCI/023 LIST C – ALPHABETICAL BY ORGANISATION

Organisation Submission No.

Albatross Boat Charters FCI/012

Angling Expeditions Victoria FCI/001

Apollo Bay Fishing & Adventure Tours FCI/019

Bass Strait Fishing Charters FCI/006

Calm Waters Cruises FCI/018

Department of Natural Resources & Environment FCI/025

Fisheries Co-Management Council FCI/015

Gippsland Coastal Board FCI/009

Gone Fishing FCI/011

Goulburn Murray Water FCI/024

Goulburn Valley Association of Angling Clubs, Inc. FCI/010

Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre FCI/002

Hadlow Charters Pty Ltd FCI/005

Michael J IV Charters FCI/003

Millbrook Lakes Lodge & The Trout School FCI/004

Ocean Reach Fishing Charters FCI/017

Professional Fishing Instructors & Guides Association FCI/014

Reel ‘N’ Dive Fishing Charters FCI/013

Ross Winstanley FCI/023

Southern Right Charters & Diving Pty Ltd FCI/008

St Kilda Fishing Charters FCI/016

Tourism Victoria FCI/020

Victorian Fishing Charter Association FCI/007

Victorian Tourism Operators Association FCI/022

VRFish FCI/021

APPENDIX III LIST OF INSPECTIONS AND INFORMAL BRIEFINGS

APPENDIX III LIST OF INSPECTIONS AND INFORMAL BRIEFINGS

No. Date Location Organisation/Issue Representative

ALEXANDRA 1 19/06/02 Lake Eildon Eildon Lake Charters Ivor Bumbers 2 19/07/02 Alexandra Goulburn Valley Fly

Fishing Centre Geoff Hall, David Pickering

3 20/06/02 Alexandra & Environs

Professional Fishing Instructors and Guides Association

Rod Barford

4 20/06/02 Alexandra Murrindindi Regional Tourism Association

Andrew Ricketson

WESTERN VICTORIA 5 26/06/02 Port Campbell Port Campbell Boat

Charters Phillip Rees, Marg. O'Toole

6 26/06/02 Port Campbell Port Campbell Professional Fishermen’s Association

Kevin Plozza

7 27/06/02 Warrnambool Southern Right Charters Pty Ltd

Greg Martina

GIPPSLAND 8 03/07/02 Hastings MV Sidewinder Robin Gray NEW SOUTH WALES 9 16/07/02 Sydney Fisheries NSW Steve Dunn, Wendy Stamp10 16/07/02 San Souci NSW Charter Boat

Association Russell Kennedy, Ann Garrard

11 17/07/02 Terrigal Central Coast Fishing Charters

Paul Minto, Scott Dorrington, Craig McGill

12 17/07/02 Ourimbah Conservation Council of NSW

Dr Maria Schreider, Ms Roberta Dixon

13 17/07/02 Cronulla Fishfinder Pty Ltd Tony Davis 14 18/07/02 Cronulla Australian Fishing Tackle

Association; Fresh and Saltwater Licence Expenditure Committee; Fisheries Resources Allocation Committee

Doug Joyner

15 18/07/02 Cronulla Charter Vessel Association

David Cribb, Peter Sayre

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No. Date Location Organisation/Issue Representative

16 18/07/02 Cronulla NSW Professional Fishing Instructors and Guides Association

Ted Taylor

17 18/07/02 Mascot Management Advisory Committee

Dr Michael Sargent

APPENDIX IV LIST OF WITNESSES


The list includes all witnesses who gave evidence at a Public Hearing.

Three listings are provided – the first in numerical order, the second and third are in alphabetical order, respectively by name and organisation.

LIST A – CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

No. Organisation Name Position

ALEXANDRA – 20 JUNE 2002

1 Professional Fishing Guides and Instructors Association

Rod Barford Secretary

2 Individual Geoff Lacey Operator 3 Eildon Lake Charters Ivor Bumbers Operator 4 Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing

Centre Geoff Hall, David Pickering

Operators

PORT FAIRY – 27 JUNE 2002

5 Port Campbell Boat Charters Phillip Rees Operator 6 Michael J Charters Gary Roberts Operator 7 South-West Fishing Charters Kevin Treloar Operator 8 Port Fairy Boat Charters Russell Willliams Operator 9 Apollo Bay Fishing and

Adventure Tours Max Robbins Operator

BAIRNSDALE – 3 JULY 2002

10 AJ & MC Bryant Pty Ltd Mark Bryant Operator 11 Individual William Knibbs Operator 12 Sharon E Charters Mark Radon Operator 13 Prom Adventure Charter Boat

Tours Geoff Boyd Operator

14 Mulloway Charters Anthony Heath Operator 15 Sea Pride Charters Neil Blunden Operator 16 Cosy-Nook Flats Don Cunningham Operator

HASTINGS – 4 JULY 2002

17 Mornington Fishing Charters Don Smart Operator 18 Profishing Charters Robert Harrison Operator 19 St Kilda Fishing Charters Ross Andrews Operator 20 Mornington Charter Services Peter Cincotta Operator 21 Calypso Fishing Charters Ian Campbell Operator 22 Albatross Boat Charters David Wakefield Operator

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No. Organisation Name Position

MELBOURNE – 5 AUGUST 2002

23 Reel ‘N’ Dive Charters David Myers Operator 24 Individual David Golightly Operator 25 Reelmen Fishing Charters Doug Phayer Operator 26 VRFish Patrick Washington Chair 27 Profishermen Holdings Pty Ltd David Donda Operator 28 Marine Safety Victoria Mark Hughes General Manager

Technical Services 29 Tourism Victoria Paul Albone Manager Industry

Development 30 Tourism Victoria Damien Ryan Manager

Infrastructure Projects

31 Victorian Tourism Operators Association

Simon von Saldern Chief Executive

32 Seafood Industry Victoria Ross McGowan Executive Director 33 Department of Natural

Resources & Environment Richard McLoughlin Executive Director

Fisheries Division 34 Victorian Fishing Charter

Association Robin Gray Committee Member

35 Victorian Fishing Charter Association

Robert Harrison Secretary

36 Victorian Fishing Charter Association

Greg Duncan Member

LIST B – ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY NAME

Name Affiliation No.

Albone, Paul Tourism Victoria 29

Andrews, Ross St Kilda Fishing Charters 19

Barford, Rod Professional Fishing Guides and Instructors Association

1

Blunden, Neil Sea Pride Charters 15

Boyd, Geoff Prom Adventure Charter Boat Tours 13

Bryant, Mark AJ & MC Bryant Pty Ltd 10

Bumbers, Ivor Eildon Lake Charters 3

Campbell, Ian Calypso Fishing Charters 21

Cincotta, Peter Mornington Charter Services 20

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Name Affiliation No.

Cunningham, Don Cosy-Nook Flats 16

Donda, David Profishermen Holdings Pty Ltd 27

Duncan, Greg Victorian Fishing Charter Association 36

Golightly, David Individual 24

Gray, Robin Victorian Fishing Charter Association 34

Hall, Geoff Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre 4 Harrison, Robert Profishing Charters 18

Harrison, Robert Victorian Fishing Charter Association 35

Heath, Anthony Mulloway Charters 14

Hughes, Mark Marine Safety Victoria 28

Knibbs, William Individual 11

Lacey, Geoff Individual 2

McGowan, Ross Seafood Industry Victoria 32

McLoughlin, Richard Department of Natural Resources & Environment

33

Myers, David Reel ‘N’ Dive Charters 23

Phayer, Doug Reelmen Fishing Charters 25

Pickering, David Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre 4

Radon, Mark Sharon E Charters 12

Rees, Phillip Port Campbell Boat Charters 5

Robbins, Max Apollo Bay Fishing and Adventure Tours 9

Roberts, Gary Michael J Charters 6

Ryan, Damien Tourism Victoria 30

Smart, Don Mornington Fishing Charters 17

Treloar, Kevin South-West Fishing Charters 7

von Saldern, Simon Victorian Tourism Operators Association 31

Wakefield, David Albatross Boat Charters 22

Washington, Patrick VRFish 26

Willliams, Russell Port Fairy Boat Charters 8

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LIST C – ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY ORGANISATION

Organisation Name No.

AJ & MC Bryant Pty Ltd Mark Bryant 10

Albatross Boat Charters David Wakefield 22

Apollo Bay Fishing and Adventure Tours

Max Robbins 9

Calypso Fishing Charters Ian Campbell 21

Cosy-Nook Flats Don Cunningham 16

Department of Natural Resources & Environment

Richard McLoughlin

33

Eildon Lake Charters Ivor Bumbers 3

Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre Geoff Hall, David Pickering

4

Individual Geoff Lacey 2

Individual William Knibbs 11

Individual David Golightly 24

Marine Safety Victoria Mark Hughes 28

Michael J Charters Gary Roberts 6

Mornington Charter Services Peter Cincotta 20

Mornington Fishing Charters Don Smart 17

Mulloway Charters Anthony Heath 14

Port Campbell Boat Charters Phillip Rees 5

Port Fairy Boat Charters Russell Willliams 8

Professional Fishing Guides and Instructors Association

Rod Barford 1

Profishermen Holdings Pty Ltd David Donda 27

Profishing Charters Robert Harrison 18

Prom Adventure Charter Boat Tours Geoff Boyd 13

Reel ‘N’ Dive Charters David Myers 23

Reelmen Fishing Charters Doug Phayer 25

Sea Pride Charters Neil Blunden 15

Seafood Industry Victoria Ross McGowan 32

Sharon E Charters Mark Radon 12

South-West Fishing Charters Kevin Treloar 7

St Kilda Fishing Charters Ross Andrews 19

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Organisation Name No.

Tourism Victoria Paul Albone 29

Tourism Victoria Damien Ryan 30

Victorian Fishing Charter Association Robin Gray 34

Victorian Fishing Charter Association Robert Harrison 35

Victorian Fishing Charter Association Greg Duncan 36

Victorian Tourism Operators Association

Simon von Saldern 31

VRFish Patrick Washington 26

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