Cox, Anthony (2000) Cost recovery in fisheries management: The Australian experience. UNSPECIFIED.
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Cost recovery has been a fundamental feature of the management of Australia's Commonwealth fisheries since the mid-1980s. The general philosophy of the current Commonwealth cost recovery model, introduced in 1994, is that the beneficiaries of government services should meet the costs of those services in accordance with the concept of user pays. As a result, the commercial industry pays for costs directly related to fishing activity while the government pays for activities that may benefit the broader community as well as the industry. The purpose in this paper is to review the Australian experience with cost recovery. The total cost of managing Australia's Commonwealth fisheries averaged 7.2 per cent of the gross value of production between 1992-93 and 1998-99. Total costs have increased in recent years due to increased Commonwealth government expenditure on surveillance of Australia's Fishing Zone and higher administration costs of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. The industry contribution to the costs of fisheries management averaged 34 per cent between 1992-93 and 1998-99. The degree of cost recovery varies significantly between individual fisheries as a result of differences in the attribution of the costs of management functions between industry and government.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 500.COS001 |
| Keywords: | Australia, Fisheries Management, Fishing Industry, Expenditure, Fisheries Economy |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2022 05:49 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2022 05:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9175 |
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