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OVERVIEW  

The Northern Territory Seafood Council is the peak representative body of the seafood industry in the Northern Territory, representing some 222 businesses. The direct investment alone in the wild catch and aquaculture sectors is approximately $1.4 billion.

There are 11 Licensee Committees / Associations of licence holders that are members of the Seafood Council and the Chair of each of these is a member of the Council's Board. Licensees are also individual members of the Council.

The Council provides secretariat services for all its member Licensee Committees / Associations and those members not represented by Associations, as well as advice on a wide range of issues that impact on the seafood industry.

The Council represents industry's interests in a diverse range of forums at the Northern Territory level. These include a number of regional Aboriginal fishery consultative committees, fishery management advisory committees, conferences and workshops on specific issues such as the environment and native title, formal parliamentary committees, individual government and non government bodies and the media.

In recent years a significant amount of time has also been devoted to representing the industry in land claims under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act and in native title proceedings in the Federal Court. Security of access to resources is a fundamental issue in the industry's wild catch sector.

The Seafood Council is a long term member of the Northern Territory Business Council, a forum which brings together 19 major industries in the Northern Territory.

At the national level the Northern Territory Seafood Council is involved in a wide range of issues, from maritime and industry training to such issues as biodiversity, marine protected areas, foreign incursions into fishing grounds and resource sharing.

CURRENT BOARD

CONTACT DETAILS

Northern Territory Seafood Council

GPO Box 618 

Darwin NT 0801

Telephone : 61 8 8981 5194

Facsimile : 61 8 8981 5063

Email : ntsc@ntsc.com.au

PUBLICATIONS

The Seafood Council has a number of publications including regular newsletter and brochures on seafood. Below are some other publications which the Seafood Council has recently released:

• Moving Forward Together for the NT Fishing and Seafood Industry, an executive summary of a recent Northern Territory multi-sector fishing and seafood industry fact finding mission to New Zealand.

• Directions for Seafood Leadership Development, a summary brochure of a recent review of the seafood industry's leadership development.

POLICIES

The Northern Territory Seafood Council Board has developed the following policies papers:

• PAPER No. 1: Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD)

• PAPER No. 2: Rights Based Management

• PAPER No. 3: Commercial Access Allocations

• PAPER No. 4: Preferred Management Arrangements