A Unit Register for Commercial Fisheries - An issues paper Prepared by the Unit Register Working Group - Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, Fish for the Future

A Unit Register for Commercial Fisheries - An issues paper Prepared by the Unit Register Working Group

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Opportunity to Comment

This paper is designed to encourage stakeholder involvement in a review of the existing Department of Fisheries’ Register, and development of a concept for a new Unit1 Register, under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA). It is not a fisheries management proposal but a proposal dealing with the facilitation of the fishing licence business. Comments are sought from all stakeholders, including commercial fishers, recreational fishers, banks, accountants, lawyers, third party investors and brokers.

The comments gathered through the responses to this ‘issues paper’ will form the basis for the Unit Register Working Group to develop the concept of a unit register further. The proposals developed will then be incorporated into a ‘discussion paper’, which will again be distributed for stakeholder and public comment. The final proposal, incorporating feedback from the discussion paper, will be submitted to the Minister for Fisheries for final consideration.

The fishery proposed to be a pilot for the new unit register proposal is the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery, but the proposal is likely to extend over time to other unitised commercial fisheries. At this first stage of the consultation process we are seeking your thoughts on your particular needs for a commercial fishing unit register and the specific issues you or your group need to have addressed.

Some examples of unit register needs may include:

Level and priority of security interest to be identified;
Unique identification of units;
Details of unit holder or ‘owner’;
Current dealings/applications; and
Online access to the register from private personal computers.

Some examples of issues you may have with the creation and operation of a unit register may include:

Tax implications;
How ‘owners' may be ‘required' to register their details;
Cost versus the benefits of a unit register; and
The value of the privilege bestowed by such a register.

Please read the proposal then provide us with feedback on the attached form (see Section 6 of this document) or through a written submission. Remember we want to know what you need from a unit register, and what issues you believe will need to be addressed in this project.

Your feedback is important for the success of this project.

Please forward your completed feedback form or submission, by close of business on 29 April 2005, to:

Unit Register Working Group
C/- Department of Fisheries
Reply Paid 61461
Locked Bag 39
CLOISTERS SQUARE 6850

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