Australian fisheries economic indicators report 2017: Financial and economic performance of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery

The Australian fisheries economic indicators report expands on and takes the place of the long running ABARES Australian fisheries surveys report. The report presents results from ABARES' fishery surveys on financial returns to fishers and net economic returns from fisheries to the Australian community. The report includes a range of other economic indicators, including productivity analysis. \r\n\r\n This report covers the Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS), and the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector (GHTS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF), with new survey results for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years and non-survey based estimates of net economic return for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years. \r\n\r\n Key issues \r\n\r\n• Profit at full equity was positive and increased for the average boat in the CTS from 2013-14 to 2014-15 but was lower than the peak in 2008-09. In the GHTS, profit at full equity improved from negative to positive between 2013-14 and 2014-15, but the result in 2015-16 was lower than its 2008-09 level. \r\n• Net economic return (NER) in the CTS increased in 2014-15 following three years of decline. Preliminary non-survey based estimates indicate that NER further increased in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years. \r\n• NER in the GHTS is estimated to have been negative in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years. However, preliminary non-survey based estimates indicate that NER was positive in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years with 2015-16 being the first positive NER in the fishery since 2008-09.

《澳大利亚渔业经济指标报告》在原有内容基础上进行了拓展，并取代了长期沿用的澳大利亚农业与资源经济科学局（ABARES）澳大利亚渔业调查报告。本报告呈现了ABARES开展的渔业调查结果，涵盖渔民的财务收益以及澳大利亚渔业为澳大利亚社会带来的净经济收益。报告还涵盖了一系列其他经济指标，其中包含生产率分析。

本报告涵盖了英联邦拖网作业区（CTS）以及南部和东部有鳞鱼类及鲨鱼渔业（SESSF）下属的刺网、钩钓与陷阱作业区（GHTS），包含2013-14及2014-15财年的最新调查结果，以及2015-16和2016-17财年基于非调查数据的净经济收益估算值。

核心议题

• 英联邦拖网作业区（CTS）的平均作业船只的全额股本收益为正值，且在2013-14至2014-15财年有所增长，但仍低于2008-09财年的峰值水平。在刺网、钩钓与陷阱作业区（GHTS），全额股本收益在2013-14至2014-15财年间由负值转为正值，但2015-16财年的收益水平仍低于2008-09财年的峰值。
• 英联邦拖网作业区（CTS）的净经济收益（NER）在经历连续三年下滑后，于2014-15财年实现增长。基于非调查数据的初步估算结果显示，2015-16及2016-17财年的净经济收益进一步提升。
• 刺网、钩钓与陷阱作业区（GHTS）的净经济收益（NER）在2013-14及2014-15财年估计为负值。不过基于非调查数据的初步估算结果显示，2015-16及2016-17财年的净经济收益转为正值，其中2015-16财年是该渔业自2008-09财年以来首次实现正的净经济收益。