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Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Australian Marine Conservation Society - 3:45 pm, 4 November 2026)

4 November 2026

Contents updated on 5 Nov 2026

The Chair completes procedural formalities and AMCS presents its introductory statement, outlining the social context of the demersal rules, defending the robustness of fisheries science, and stressing that two decades of stock assessments have warned of high depletion risk and the need for a long-term, precautionary management framework in WA.

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Opening, witness oath and inquiry mandate

00:01

Opening of hearing and procedural directions

00:01

Opening statement — social impacts and role of science

01:56

Stock assessments over 20 years and misinformation claims

05:13

Term of reference 1 — need for long‑term fisheries plan

10:00

WA fisheries management frameworks, performance and systemic gaps

13:09

Examples of effective fisheries management in Western Australia

13:09

Western rock lobster reform and quota-based management

15:48

State policy framework, data sources and WA’s unique context

17:12

Comparative approaches, harvest triggers and oversight of ministers

21:52

Scientific review of stock assessments and socio-economic impacts

27:33

Systemic management failures and need for foundational reform

29:36

Role of marine parks in fisheries resilience and certification

31:20

Recreational sector controls, BOFFs and demersal recovery zones

36:24

Constraints of current recreational controls and importance of BOFFs

36:24

Demersal recovery zones and technological fishing pressures

40:25

Design and trade-offs of demersal recovery zones

43:07

Reopening in 2027 and need for recreational catch reporting

44:57

Technological fishing gear, drones and stock risks

47:17

Reconstructing refuge via demersal recovery zones to protect BOFFs

49:38

Recreational access, catch reductions and partial reopening

52:09

Commercial demersal closure, social reallocation and data needs

54:12

Cessation of commercial fishing and long-term outlook (partial)

54:12

Commercial demersal ban — social reallocation and future options

55:09

Data loss from ban and proposal for offshore commercial fishery

59:43

Marine park planning role, illegal fishing and shark depredation

01:04:40

AMCS role in marine park planning with DBCA

01:04:40

Illegal fishing and overfishing of demersal scalefish

01:05:49

Shark depredation — amenity impacts versus stock collapse

01:07:26

Managing shark depredation — behavioural change not shark culls

01:12:26

Shark population data and recovery status

01:14:52

Offshore energy, seismic impacts and DPIRD resourcing

01:17:18

Offshore renewables, seismic blasting and demersal stocks

01:17:18

DPIRD funding adequacy for fish stock sustainability

01:20:41

Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs (Australian Marine Conservation Society - 3:45 pm, 4 November 2026)

4 November 2026

Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs Wed, 4 Nov 2026 Parliament of Western Australia

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00:01 - 00:15

Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia

Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia

Sandra Carr

The committee acknowledges and honours the traditional owners for the ancestral lands upon which we meet today, the Whadjuk Noongar people, and pays its respects to both elders past and present. Before we begin, can you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear today?

00:15 - 00:24

Adrian Meder

Sustainable Seafood Program Manager at the Australian Marine Conservation Society

My name is Mr Adrian Meder, and I am sustainable seafood program manager at the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

00:24 - 00:32

Member of the Legislative Council (WA) | Western Australia

Member | Legislative Council of Western Australia

Sandra Carr

Thank you. Can you now please take the oath or affirmation? It's on the table with you.

00:32 - 00:41

Speaker 3

I sincerely declare and affirm that the evidence I will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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