Services to aquaculture industry – cost recovery

PIRSA has responsibility for managing South Australia's fisheries and aquaculture resources in accordance with the Fisheries Management Act 2007 and the Aquaculture Act 2001.

Both these Acts were established to protect, manage and develop the aquatic resources of the state so it:

• is ecologically sustainable
• maximises returns to the South Australian community.

Cost recovery policy

The Government of South Australia introduced a cost recovery policy which PIRSA has been operating for approximately 20 years. It outlines how PIRSA manages the state's aquatic resources on behalf of the community.

We recover costs associated with these services from commercial aquaculture lease and licence holders. The services include, but are not limited to:

• aquaculture management
• environmental monitoring
• compliance
• leasing and licensing
• program management
• any biological research
• economic research.

Further information about the cost recovery process and management:

• Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines
• PIRSA Cost Recovery Policy ( DOCX 277.4 KB )
• Fisheries and Aquaculture Cost Recovery Framework ( PDF 225.6 KB )

Cost recovery implementation statements

Each commercial aquaculture sector provides annual cost recovery implementation statements, available below.

Cost recovery reviews

Under the policy a review is undertaken every 4 years to make sure best practice arrangements are maintained.

2023 review

We have undertaken an independent cost recovery review of the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors.