Assessing Environmental Regulatory Arrangements for Aquaculture
Commission Research Paper
Assessing Environmental Regulatory Arrangements for Aquaculture, was released on 10 February 2004. The paper reviews existing planning and environmental regulatory arrangements for aquaculture in Australia. It reveals significant differences in the way that aquaculture is regulated and administered across states. The regulations and their jurisdictional differences have implications for both the management of aquaculture and the efficiency of resource allocation. Also see:
CONTENTS
Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations and explanations, Glossary, Overview, Key Points
1 Aquaculture development in Australia
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose, scope and approach
1.3 The role of government in aquaculture production
1.4 The broad aquaculture regulatory framework
2 The aquaculture industry in Australia
2.1 Value of Australian aquaculture
2.2 Aquaculture sectors and production systems
2.3 Potential environmental impacts
2.4 Potential industry development constraints
2.5 Summary
3 Legislation and agencies
3.1 The legislative framework
3.2 Agencies involved in aquaculture regulation
3.3 Summary
4 Marine and land use planning and aquaculture production
4.1 Resource planning for marine and coastal areas
4.2 Aquaculture planning for marine and coastal waters
4.3 Land use planning and aquaculture production
4.4 Summary
5 Aquaculture leases and administration
5.1 Marine aquaculture lease categories and uses
5.2 Allocation of marine aquaculture leases
5.3 Term, nature, conditions and rentals for marine aquaculture leases
5.4 Status of marine aquaculture leases
5.5 Public land and aquaculture
5.6 Native title and aquaculture leases
5.7 Summary
6 Approval processes for aquaculture production
6.1 Purpose of approval systems
6.2 Licences, permits and development approvals
6.3 Assessing approval processes
6.4 Summary
7 Approval terms, conditions, monitoring and reporting
7.1 Approval terms
7.2 Conditions
7.3 Appeals
7.4 Monitoring, enforcement and reporting
7.5 Summary
8 Quarantine and translocation
8.1 Quarantine and translocation measures
8.2 Quarantine and translocation legislation
8.3 Assessment of quarantine/translocation framework
8.4 Summary
9 Innovative approaches
9.1 Innovative regulatory instruments
9.2 Market-based approaches
9.3 Voluntary approaches
9.4 Other approaches: education and information
9.5 Summary
10 Concluding comments
A Summary of aquaculture regulatory arrangements
B Mandatory and potential approvals
C Marine and coastal planning instruments
D State environment agencies and aquaculture
E Efficient and effective environmental regulatory arrangements for aquaculture
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