Commercial fishing in New South Wales

This inquiry was established on 17 November 2016, to inquire into and report on commercial fishing in New South Wales.

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This inquiry was self-referred on 17 November 2016.

Terms of Reference

Date	Milestone
17 Nov 2016	Referred
09 Dec 2016	Submissions closed
12 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
12 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
14 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
14 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
19 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
19 Dec 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
24 Feb 2017	Final Report
24 Mar 2017	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Mr Troy Jones
No. 2 Jeremy Hooper
No. 3 Mr Claudio Zarrella
No. 3a Mr Claudio Zarrella
No. 4 Mr Tom O'Grady
No. 5 Ms Maree O'Grady
No. 6 Name suppressed
No. 7 Name suppressed
No. 8 Mr David Malone
No. 9 Mr Joseph Pinzone
No. 10 It’s Wild Seafood
No. 11 Chris Wallis
No. 12 Name suppressed
No. 13 Name suppressed
No. 14 Dr Kate Barclay
No. 15 Mr Ian McRae
No. 16 Confidential
No. 17 Mr Paul Horan
No. 18 Mr Matthew Creek
No. 19 Mrs Kath and Mr Les Cheers
No. 20 Wanderer Marine Enterprises
No. 21 Macleay River District Fishermen's Co-operative Limited
No. 22 Mr George Ross Miller
No. 23 Name suppressed
No. 24 Confidential
No. 25 Auslink Marine Products
No. 27 Mrs Michaele Smith
No. 28 Mr Peter Christensen
No. 29 Name suppressed
No. 30 Mr Ed Lammerink
No. 30a Mr Ed Lammerink
No. 31 Name suppressed
No. 32 Wild Caught Fisheries Coalition Region 1
No. 33 Markwell Fisheries
No. 34 Mr Alan Ford
No. 35 Mr Kelvin Wynn
No. 35a Mr Kelvin Wynn
No. 36 Name suppressed
No. 38 Mrs Mylee Cheers
No. 40 Name suppressed
No. 41 Mrs Caroline Baker
No. 42 Confidential
No. 43 Mr Jarrod Wynn
No. 44 Mr Bob Kearney
No. 45 Mrs H Praja
No. 46 Clarence River Fishermen's Cooperative
No. 48 Mr Ross Sanders
No. 49 Name suppressed
No. 50 Mr Gordon Hareide
No. 51 Mr Grant Paul
No. 52 Ms Lesley Hale
No. 53 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 54 Mr Graeme Byrnes
No. 55 Mrs Simone Ragno
No. 56 Name suppressed
No. 57 Confidential
No. 58 Mr Paul Heron
No. 59 Mr L Keppie
No. 60 Mr Kevin Solway
No. 60a Mr Kevin Solway
No. 61 Name suppressed
No. 62 Confidential
No. 64 Commercial Fishermen's Co-operative
No. 65 Mr Nathan Smith
No. 66 Mr Michael Laverty
No. 67 Mr Allan Jeffrey Reed
No. 68 Mr Allan S. J. Reed
No. 70 Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
No. 71 Name suppressed
No. 72 Ms Laila Christensen
No. 73 Mr Donald Mowbray
No. 74 Mr Rodney Wright
No. 74a Mr Rodney Wright
No. 75 Mr EB & F Want
No. 77 Mr Allan Bodycote
No. 78 Mr Geoff Blackburn
No. 79 NSW Department of Primary Industries
No. 79a NSW Department of Primary Industries
No. 80 Mr David Smith
No. 81 Mr Benjamin Markwell
No. 82 Mr Christopher Derek Baggaley
No. 83 Mr Ian North
No. 84 Mr Warren McWilliam
No. 85 Professional Fishermen's Association
No. 86 Mr Gary Braithwaite
No. 87 Professor Alistair McIlgorm
No. 88 Mr Raymond Saunders
No. 89 Mr Grant Saunders
No. 90 The Hon David Mehan
No. 91 NSW Fishermens Cooperative Association
No. 92 Abalone Association NSW
No. 93 Hozack Clisdell Lawyers
No. 94 Ballina Fishermens Co-operative Ltd
No. 95 Wallis Lake Fishermen's Co-operative
No. 96 Hawkesbury River Seafood
No. 97 Name suppressed
No. 97a Name suppressed
No. 98 Wild Caught Fishers Coalition
No. 98a Wild Caught Fishers Coalition
No. 99 Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW
No. 100 Name suppressed
No. 101 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC)
No. 102 Mr Barry Aish
No. 103 Mr Dallas Johnson
No. 104 Mr James Elliott
No. 105 Mr Richard Howard
No. 106 Mr Anthony Ragno
No. 107 Mr Ryan Ragno
No. 108 Australian Fishing Trade Association
No. 109 Fresh Caught Pty Ltd
No. 111 Mr Andrew S Nye
No. 112 Mr Nathan Neilly
No. 113 Mr Mathew Hollis
No. 114 Mr Craig Nye
No. 115 Mr Paul Moody
No. 116 Name suppressed
No. 117 Ms Tisha Limon
No. 118 Mr Craig King
No. 119 Mr Sam Ragno
No. 120 Mr Allan Saunders
No. 121 Mr Chris Whatson
No. 122 Mr Daniel Smith
No. 123 Miss Jody Guttridge
No. 124 Mr Wayne Meyer
No. 125 Mr Christopher Collier
No. 126 Mrs Sylvia Jukopilla
No. 127 Mr Peter Robinson
No. 127a Mr Peter Robinson
No. 128 Mr Matthew Creek
No. 129 Ms Reala Brislane
No. 130 Ms Esmay Hropic
No. 131 Mr Robert Alwyn John Ray
No. 132 Mr Anthony Terare
No. 133 Mr Chris Brierley
No. 134 Mr Emil Hropic
No. 135 Mr J E Brierley
No. 136 Mr Jason Spackman
No. 138 Mr Peter Stanton
No. 139 Mr Allan Broadhurst
No. 140 Mr Mark Wanless
No. 141 Mrs Elvina Paulson-Oxley
No. 142 Mr Noel Bramble
No. 143 Name suppressed
No. 144 Mr John Edward Luke
No. 145 Mr Robert Elliott
No. 146 Mr Dean Elliott
No. 147 Confidential
No. 148 Name suppressed
No. 149 Confidential
No. 150 Confidential
No. 151 Mr Allan Blake
No. 152 Mr Kyall Chalker
No. 153 Mr Glen Nowlan
No. 154 Mr Peter Carlon
No. 155 Mr Kim Poole
No. 156 Mr Jason Hughes
No. 157 Mr Nathan Lenard
No. 158 Mr Allan Farrell
No. 159 Mr Scott Massey
No. 160 Wild Caught Fishers Coalition Inc. - Region 4 South
No. 161 Mr Peter Ragno
No. 162 Mr Craig Aish
No. 163 Mr Stephen Smith
No. 164 Mr David Blanch
No. 165 Mr Mario Puglisi
No. 166 Mr Phillip Goodwin
No. 167 Ms Kristy Ragno
No. 168 Mr Richard Brown
No. 170 Mr Denis Brown

Date	Venue Details
12/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
12/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Transcript
14/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
14/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney		Transcript
19/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
19/12/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Transcript

Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
Government response - Report No 45 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Commercial fishing in New South Wales	24/03/2017
Report No 45 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Commercial fishing in New South Wales	24/02/2017	24/03/2017
Summary of recommendations	24/02/2017

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2017-02-24	24/02/2017	Media Release	Reforms for commercial fishing in New South Wales
2017-02-20	20/02/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Mr Graeme Byrnes
2017-02-20	20/02/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Mr Geoff Blackburn
2017-02-20	20/02/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Mr Ross Fidden
2017-02-03	03/02/2017	Correspondence	From Hon Niall Blair MLC dated 3 Feb 17
2017-01-13	13/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Nature Conservation Council NSW
2017-01-10	10/01/2017	Correspondence	From Dr Tanya King dated 10 January 2017
2017-01-10	10/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Department of Primary Industries - hearing 19 December 2016
2017-01-10	10/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Wild Caught Fishers Coalition Wild Caught Fishers Coalition
2017-01-10	10/01/2017	Correspondence	from Mr David Mehan MP, Member for the Entrance, 10 January 2017
2017-01-09	09/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ian Cartwright and Sevaly Sen - Structural Adjustment Review Committee
2017-01-09	09/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Professional Fishers Association
2017-01-09	09/01/2017	Correspondence	Ms P Beatty - PFA
2017-01-09	09/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	DPI - hearing 19 December 2016
2017-01-06	06/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Bob Kearney, University of Canberra
2017-01-04	04/01/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Raymond Saunders and Grant Saunders - Aboriginal fishers
2016-12-23	23/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answer to supplementary question - DPI - hearing 12 December 2016
2016-12-23	23/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	DPI - hearing 12 December 2016
2016-12-16	16/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Department of Primary Industries Answers to supplementary questions - Department of Primary Industries
2016-12-16	16/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Kate Barclay, University of Technology Sydney
2016-11-18	18/11/2016	Media Release	Commencement of inquiry into commercial fishing in NSW

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