Function Term:
Primary industries
Function Number:
Function Description:
Supports the development, management and sustainability of agricultural, food and and marine industries through research, testing, advice and marketing. Includes the management of quality assurance programs, regulation and licensing of products and producers and monitoring the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines. Also includes quarantine services. For the impact of the rural and marine industry on the environment see ENVIRONMENT. See also RESOURCES for government involvement in the mining and manufacturing industries.
Agencies Performing Function:
Salmon Commissioners (TA45) | 01 Jan 1861 | 31 Dec 1889 |
Royal Commission Into Distillation (TA705) | 01 Jan 1868 | 31 Dec 1969 |
Chief Inspector of Sheep (TA884) | 01 Jan 1870 | 31 Dec 1889 |
Hamilton Rabbit Trust (TA479) | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 Dec 1882 |
Royal Commission Into the Fisheries of the Colony (TA1617) | 30 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1882 |
Glamorgan Fruit Board (TA523) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Glenorchy Fruit Board (TA530) | 01 Jan 1888 |
North West Bay Fruit Board (TA598) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Port Cygnet Fruit Board (TA607) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Queenborough Fruit Board (TA613) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Tasman Peninsula Fruit Board (TA936) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1908 |
South Huon Fruit Board (TA1088) | 01 Nov 1888 |
Office of the Chief Inspector of Stock (TA476) | 01 Jan 1889 | 31 Dec 1898 |
Hamilton Rabbit Board (TA548) | 01 Jan 1889 |
Commissioners of Fisheries (TA44) | 28 Oct 1889 | 11 Dec 1925 |
Council of Agriculture (TA977) | 01 Jan 1891 | 31 Dec 1909 |
Sheffield Board of Agriculture (TA629) | 01 Jan 1892 |
Evandale Board of Agriculture (TA1637) | 08 Dec 1892 |
Oatlands Rabbit Board (TA599) | 01 Jan 1893 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Mersey Board of Agriculture. (TA1501) | 01 Jan 1893 |
Longley Fruit Board (TA582) | 01 Jan 1895 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Green Ponds Fruit Board (TA540) | 01 Jan 1896 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Department of Agriculture (1) (TA48) | 01 Jan 1898 | 31 Dec 1909 |
Office of the Minister for Agriculture (TA990) | 01 Jan 1899 |
Board of Enquiry Into Charges Against R.J. Terry (Government Poultry Expert) (TA300) | 01 Sep 1906 | 30 Nov 1906 |
Closer Settlement Board (TA372) | 30 Nov 1906 | 01 Mar 1932 |
Clarence Board of Agriculture (TA504) | 01 Jan 1907 |
Department of Agriculture (2) (TA370) | 01 Jan 1911 | 31 Dec 1989 |
State Fruit Advisory Board (TA169) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1934 |
Veterinary Board of Tasmania (TA1610) | 24 Dec 1918 | 23 Dec 1987 |
Forestry Department (TA900) | 01 Jan 1921 | 01 Jul 1994 |
State Meat Advisory Board (TA220) | 01 Jan 1924 | 31 Dec 1933 |
Office of the Minister for Forests (TA404) | 01 Jan 1925 |
Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Commission (TA46) | 11 Dec 1925 | 18 Dec 1959 |
Sea Fisheries Board (TA47) | 11 Dec 1925 | 31 Dec 1941 |
Potato Marketing Board of Tasmania (TA246) | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Royal Commission Into Fruit Export (TA710) | 01 Jan 1930 | 31 Dec 1931 |
State Fruit Board (TA170) | 01 Jan 1934 |
Stone and Berry Fruits Board (TA215) | 01 Jan 1934 |
Board of Inquiry Into Sea Fisheries (TA286) | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1940 |
Sea Fisheries Advisory Board (TA195) | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Board of Inquiry Into Milk Production and Distribution (TA277) | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 1943 |
Rural Industries Board (TA734) | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 1956 |
Oatlands District War Agricultural Committee (TA1744) | 01 Jun 1943 | 28 Feb 1946 |
Deloraine District War Agricultural Committee (TA1475) | 14 Oct 1943 | 31 Mar 1946 |
Royal Commission Into Forestry Administration (TA709) | 01 Jan 1945 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Stanley Cool Stores Board (TA871) | 01 Jan 1945 |
Forestry Commission (TA66) | 01 Jan 1947 | 01 Jul 1994 |
Milk Board of Tasmania (TA222) | 01 Jan 1947 | 30 Sep 1977 |
Egg Marketing Board (TA350) | 01 Jan 1948 | 25 Jun 2003 |
King Island Abbatoirs Board (TA353) | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Vermin Destruction Appeal Board (TA683) | 01 Jan 1950 |
Tasmanian Grain Elevators Board (TA733) | 01 Jan 1950 |
Royal Commission Into Apple and Pear Marketing (TA703) | 01 Jan 1951 | 31 Dec 1951 |
Artificial Breeding Board (TA1030) | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Dairy Products Marketing Board (TA1694) | 01 Nov 1957 | 07 Sep 1977 |
Committee of Enquiry Into Brucellosis and Trichomoniasis of Cattle in Tasmania (TA265) | 01 Apr 1958 | 30 Sep 1958 |
Inland Fisheries Commission (TA43) | 21 Aug 1959 | 15 Dec 1999 |
Directorate of Industrial Development and Trade (TA50) | 01 Jan 1965 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Dairy Industry Board of Inquiry (TA267) | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1971 |
Soft Fruit Industry Board (TA238) | 01 Jan 1972 |
Poppy Advisory and Control Board. (TA1108) | 01 Jan 1972 |
Office of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (TA991) | 01 Jan 1975 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Board of Inquiry Into Private Forest Development (TA308) | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Office of the Minister for Primary Industry (TA417) | 01 Jan 1976 |
Tasmanian Apple and Pear Marketing Authority (TA237) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Potato Industry Authority of Tasmania (TA247) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority (TA688) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority (TA1096) | 01 Jan 1977 |
Tasmanian Herd Improvement Organisation (TA1691) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1988 |
Dairy Industry Advisory Board (TA1692) | 01 Feb 1978 | 31 Jan 1979 |
Office of the Minister for Economic Planning and Development (TA397) | 01 Jul 1978 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Office of the Minister for Sea Fisheries (TA421) | 01 Jan 1982 |
Fruit Crop Insurance Committee (TA1982) | 01 Jan 1982 |
Tasmanian Development Authority (TA291) | 01 Mar 1984 | 01 Jul 1995 |
Department of Sea Fisheries (TA689) | 01 Jan 1985 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Tasmanian Dairy Industry Authority Herd Improvement Division (TA1693) | 01 Mar 1989 | 30 Jun 2000 |
Department of Primary Industry (TA903) | 17 Jul 1989 | 18 Feb 1992 |
Office of the Minister for Inland Fisheries (TA1544) | 01 Jan 1992 |
Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Energy (TA986) | 18 Feb 1992 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (TA1986) | 01 Jan 1993 |
Animal Ethics Committee (TA1993) | 01 Jan 1993 |
Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries (TA1095) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Abalone Fishery Advisory Committee (TA1985) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Crustacean Fishery Advisory Committee (TA1989) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Recreational Fisheries Advisory Committee (TA1990) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Scalefish Fishery Advisory Committee (TA1991) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Scallop Fishery Advisory Committee (TA1992) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Board of Advice and Reference (TA1996) | 01 Jan 1995 |
Marine Farming Planning Review Panel (TA1975) | 15 Sep 1995 |
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TA1973) | 01 Jan 1996 |
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TA1542) | 18 Sep 1998 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Board of Management (Fruit and Nut Industry Research and Development Account) (TA1983) | 01 Jan 1999 |
Inland Fisheries Service (TA1740) | 01 Jan 2000 |
Department of Economic Development (TA1636) | 09 Aug 2002 | 11 Feb 2008 |
Department of Primary Industries & Water (TA1710) | 05 Apr 2006 | 30 Jun 2009 |
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TA1807) | 01 Jul 2009 |
Biosecurity Tasmania (TA2163) | 01 Jan 2014 |
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (TA2222) | 01 Dec 2021 |