Jack mackerel (Trachurus declivis) is a pelagic species that is found in waters off southern Australia and New Zealand. It is the subject of a major fishery, predominantly off Tasmania, with annual landings in the range of 9,000 - 42,000 tonnes. The fishery commenced in the mid 1980s and uses purse...

Three acoustic surveys were carried out between 17 and 20 July 1996 on the orange roughy spawning ground off St. Helens, Tasmania. A combination of 22 demersal trawls and ensonification with three frequencies (12, 38 and 120 kHz) was used to assess the species composition around the spawning hill....

Spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) represent a valuable resource to southern Queensland and northern NSW. The fishery became established in the late 1970s, and as a result of an almost exponential increase in fishing effort between 1992 and 1995 an output-controlled limited entry management arrangement...

The southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) is found in Australia’s southern waters from south-west Western Australia to southern New South Wales, including the waters around Tasmania. In 1996/97, 4,835 tonnes of southern rock lobster were landed in Australia with the highest catch from...