ESD has become a major objective of the fisheries legislation of most jurisdictions. A key component is the need to measure and report performance against ESD objectives. Setting sustainable levels of fishing has, of course, been central to fisheries management and science for a long time. The...
The purpose of this report is to illustrate the value of EMS as a management tool for seafood businesses to achieve their environmental, economic and social goals and in achieving broader natural resources management goals associated with fishing and aquaculture as well as demonstrating to the...
A workshop was held in Darwin, the Northern Territory (NT) in May 1999, to develop a National Strategy for Research on Mud Crab ( Scylla sp.) in Australia. Fisheries managers and researchers from Western Australia, the NT and Queensland attended, along with Industry representatives from the NT.
The...
A significant achievement of this project has been the completion of mapping of coastal wetland habitats using remote sensing techniques, which provided a complete broad-scale coverage of mud crab habitats in the NT and Qld. A major outcome/output of this work has been the incorporation of the...
A 12-month creel survey of recreational boat-based fishing in Shark Bay, Western Australia was conducted between May 2001 and April 2002 to estimate the catch of pink snapper. During the survey 431 boat crews were interviewed at public boat ramps of which 414 had been fishing.
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ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The investment in this project has resulted in a substantially more extensive set of age composition data than would have otherwise been possible. This in turn has underpinned stock assessment modeling that has provided the basis for determining that the commercial fishery for snapper in Shark...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA