A pioneering national study of Australian public perceptions, knowledge and attitudes towards the fishing industry, has been completed. It covers the commercial, recreational and traditional fishing sectors, and also examines seafood consumption and factors likely to affect future consumption....
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Introducing a Code of Fishing Practice aimed at avoiding seals appeared to halve the incidence of seal bycatch in this fishery. In SED trials, the problems of fish-loss via the SED escape hatch and net blockage via the SED grid were solved by changes in SED design. Although the effectiveness of most...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Bycatch, the catch of non-target species, is a significant issue in many of the world's fisheries. Sea turtles are of particular concern given their endangered status and the considerable numbers caught, and occasionally killed, worldwide in commercial fishery operations. Trawl fisheries, in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
To meet the needs of the fishing industry and fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers, ABARE has been publishing on an annual basis, detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics since 1991. The research undertaken in this project (98/166) produced data on the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Australian fisheries are managed by governments to ensure that commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable and economically efficient manner. Fisheries management decisions influence the level of catch from a fishery, either directly through setting the total allowable catches that the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
This project was undertaken to maintain and develop the collection of industry production, value of production and trade data. These are the only collated, published source of information on commercial industry catches and are used for a wide range of purposes , including determination of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES