SHARKS — HAZARD
MITIGATION — DRUM LINE TRIAL
118. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister
for Fisheries:
(1) What are the names of the two volunteer observers
appointed to the Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real-Time drum line trial?
(2) Which organisations or interest
groups do the volunteer observers named in (1) represent?
(3) How were the two volunteer
observers selected for this role?
(4) Were any
other individuals, organisations or interest groups contacted and offered this
role or asked for an expression of interest in this role?
(5) Was the
initiative to have volunteer observers suggested by any interest group,
organisation, the minister or his office or the Department of Primary
Industries and Regional Development; and, if yes, by whom?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The Minister for Fisheries has provided the following information.
(1) No volunteer observers have been
appointed.
(2)–(3) Not applicable.
(4) Any
organisation represented on the SMART drum line trial ministerial reference
group can nominate an observer.
(5) The SMART
drum line trial ministerial reference group was informed that the minister's
intention was for the SMART drum line trial to be as open and transparent as
possible. The SMART drum line trial ministerial reference group discussed and
agreed that there should be independent observers of the trial.