Foreign investment in the rock lobster industry. A policy statement by Gordan Hill MLA Minister for Fisheries

Authors

Fisheries Dept. of Western Australia

Publication Date

9-1989

Series Number

No. 30

Publisher

Fisheries Department Perth Western Australia.

City

Perth

Abstract

Foreign investment in the rock lobster industry become an important issue during 1988 following the purchase of the rock lobster processing establishment INF Pty Ltd by the Japanese company Chungagon. On 24 June 1988 the then Minister for Fisheries, the Hon. Julian Grill, issued a press release setting out that foreign investment in the rock lobster industry would be put under scrutiny. The debate on rock lobster processing, involves not only questions of end-user ownership with the likely concentration on small-sized rock lobsters but also on the location of rock lobster processing establishments along the coast. In September 1988, with the encouragement and assistance from the Minister for Fisheries, the Rock Lobster and Prawning Association released a document, prepared by management consultants Peat Marwick Hungerfords entitled "A review of rock lobster processing management practices. That document included a proposal that a policy statement be released on the matter of the issue, transfer and re-location of processing licences and establishments.

Number of Pages

14

Keywords

Lobster fisheries, Fishery policy, Investments, Western Australia.

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Policy | Population Biology

Recommended Citation

Fisheries Dept. of Western Australia. (1989), Foreign investment in the rock lobster industry. A policy statement by Gordan Hill MLA Minister for Fisheries. Fisheries Department Perth Western Australia., Perth. Report No. 30.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fmp/32

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