Table 2: The Marine Industry Defined
1. Marine System Design and Construction
・Ship design
・Construction and repair
・High speed light weight construction
・Steel construction
・Ship repair
・Recreational and light commercial boat building
・Off shore
・Coastal engineering
2. Marine Based Industries
・Recovery of marine resources and related downstream processing
・Off shore oil and gas
・Fisheries
・Marine based pharmaceutical's
・Aquaculture
・Seabed mining
3. Marine-Related Equipment and Service Industries
・Manufacturing
・Marine engineering and consulting
・Electronics and instrumentation
・Machinery
・Telecommunications
・Navigation systems
・Special-purpose software and decision support tools
・Oceanographic, meteorological and environmental
・Training and education
4. Marine Operations and Shipping
・Marine transportation systems
・Installation of floating and fixed marine structures
・Diving operations
・Dredging
Waste disposal
Western Australian marine industry is represented in each of the categories in Table 2.
There is the potential to develop Western Australian activity in a variety of specialist marine industries including coastal and ocean engineering and underwater technology.
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Within industry itself there is considerable merit in greater cohesion between different marine-based industries, particularly when presenting a united input to government. However, the diversity of industries and some level of competition between them will have to be addressed to achieve greater cooperation.
The Australian Shipbuilding Association (ASA) is the industry body representing most major shipbuilders in the marine industry. In 1994 the Association set its face firmly to the future with the production of its Strategic Plan 1995 - 2001. The plan aims to see the Australian Shipbuilding industry exporting $1 billion worth of products by the year 2001.
