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Vision and policy commitment
Our joint vision as fishers from various professional fishing sectors within Moreton Bay is to harvest seafood on behalf of the regional community, now and for future generations, in a manner that allows us to:
- maintain a healthy marine environment;
- have credibility, support, awareness and recognition from the community;
- have security in our investments; and
- work in an environment where government agencies take into account all factors (including social) that may influence the sustainability of fisheries.
We want to achieve this vision within the next 5-10 years through actions that are ongoing. In this way our plan for achieving this vision will continue to be responsive to change well beyond the stated timeframe in our Environmental Management System (EMS).
In order to achieve this vision we are committed to the following policy.
We will:
- develop and implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) to strategically guide our environmental achievements and to ensure that members use environmentally sustainable fishing practices;
- ensure that our own actions have minimal impact on water quality;
- strive to achieve world’s best practice in bycatch reduction;
- contribute to research in innovative gear technology design;
- contribute to stock monitoring and related research (e.g. provision of data through logbooks and water quality sampling);
- aim to address community concerns regarding the environmental impacts of our activities;
- strive to build positive relationships between our industry and other resource users so that we can work together in protecting our marine environment;
- work with Government agencies to ensure that the professional fisheries of Moreton Bay remain viable industries in the long term;
- champion the critical concept of factoring social issues into fisheries management (as we believe this may be the key to ensuring the future of our industry);
- proactively work to demystify our industry and promote the environmental achievements of Moreton Bay fishers; and
- work where appropriate with industry peak bodies.