Proposed voluntary fishery adjustment scheme. South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery.

On 29 May 1997 the Minister for Fisheries established a Committee of Management in respect of the South Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery under the Fisheries Adjustment Schemes Act 1987 (the Act). The initial function of the Committee of Management (the Committee) is to consider, in respect of the Fishery, the desirablity of the establishment of a Voluntary Fisheries Adjustment Scheme. This document constitutes the report of the desirability of a Scheme

A Plan for the Future of the Presumpscot River: Introduction and Overview

The Presumpscot River Management Plan Steering Committee is pleased to present this draft management plan for the Presumpscot River. It reflects three years of background research on major issues of concern, development and review of options for addressing these concerns, and lastly, after input from several public meetings and a written public comment period, development of the Final Plan recommendations

A Plan for the Future of the Presumpscot River: A Vision for the Future, Findings and Recommendations

The Presumpscot River, including its tributaries and shorelands, is managed to realize the greatest good for all its communities, both human and ecological, through a careful balancing of all potential uses. The river supports the production of renewable energy, and the full range of natural and economic benefits and uses that are dependent upon a restored and ecologically healthy river, including the benefits to resident and migratory fish and wildlife, and the use and enjoyment of the river for open space and recreation. In pursuing this vision, the participants in this planning effort recognize two important and inescapable conclusions: balancing and optimizing among potentially competing uses, values and interests is complex and requires considered judgments on how to integrate uses to achieve the greatest overall benefits; the optimum mix of uses and management of the river will change over time as our knowledge and society’s needs change. Thus, the planning effort should not be viewed as finished at any point in time. Rather, to be effective, it will require a periodic reexamination of the issues involved in management of the river. In fact, this shift in our understanding of appropriate management, and the changing needs of our society over the last two centuries is what has prompted renewed interest in the Presumpscot, and a reexamination of its management

Economic impacts of salinity on townsite infrastructure

The study looked at six case study towns: Katanning, Brookton, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Merriden and Morawa. Recommendations are mde for each town to manage salinity issues.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1217/thumbnail.jp