Commercial Fishing Sector

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:13): Supplementary: can the minister please outline what technological support will be provided to the commercial fishing industry in regard to the eCDR?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:14): Certainly. As I mentioned in my response, there will be a number of education sessions that will be held at numerous ports. What we are very keen to do is make sure that the transition is as easy as possible. Many people are very familiar, of course, with using electronic data, but others are not, so we want to make sure that this is a period of education and transition, and then we will allow the hopefully smooth transition to the new system.