QSIA receives a 4 year funding commitment.
QSIA has welcomed a 4 year funding commitment announced today by the Crisafulli LNP Government. This demonstrates that the Crisafulli LNP State Government genuinely supports primary industries, including the fishing industry, and wants to work with us to see our industry prosper. David Bobbermen, QSIA Executive Officer, personally thanked Tony Perrett MP for his support […]
QSIA’s Country of Origin Labeling Submission
QSIA asks for further definition of Fished verses Farmed Seafood https://qsia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/QSIA-CooL-Submission.pdf
N15 Allocation Policy
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Queensland Seafood this Christmas
Look at the labeling in supermarkets – check that it is WILD CAUGHT Queensland seafood. AS your fish monger where did my seafood come from?
Open Letter from the Queensland commercial fishing industry
Dear Queensland Seafood Lovers Who would have thought that food rationing would ever be in our future or that supermarkets would ever be devoid of staples that have always been a given for generations? We all eagerly look forward to the community returning to “normal” with shelves stocked and business prospering. However, the current shortages […]
Gaslighting Commercial Otter Trawl Fishers
Queensland Country Hour: Monday 19 July – time stamp: the interview begins at 18:42 and ends 24:28. The Association’s Treasurer, Kevin Reibel, recorded an interview with the Queensland Country Hour’s Megan Hughes regarding the Scallop fishery. How can a commercial otter trawl fisher make vital business decisions if they have no clue regarding the duration […]
Investment Warnings
In our fishing industry what does “investment warning” actually mean? We all have a vague idea but a search on Google doesn’t actually define the meaning. Fisheries Queensland have had “investment warnings” on most of our fisheries for a very long time (some being in place for decades). I wonder about the “mandatory investment” into […]
Peer Review: The case of the Queensland Spanish Mackerel Fishery
Let’s start this post with defining a key term, peer review. According to Kelly et al. (2019, p. 227) peer review is defined as, ‘a process of subjecting an author’s scholarly work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. It functions to encourage authors to meet the […]
Issues with quota management
Today’s podcast is the second part of a discussion with Greg Radley, a Gulf of Carpentaria and east coast commercial fisher shares his views on the Queensland Spanish Mackerel fishery. There is no security or stability in quota management, as Greg noted, ‘quota has become a financial burden to fishermen’. The Association has written extensively […]
Issues with the Queensland Spanish Mackerel Fishery
Today’s podcast features a discussion with Greg Radley, a Gulf of Carpentaria and east coast commercial fisher shares his views on the Queensland Spanish Mackerel fishery. The East Coast Spanish Mackerel Working Group Communique provides details regarding the Spanish Mackerel fishery and the 2021 stock assessment stating the fishery has an estimated unfished biomass at […]