The First Australasian Scallop Workshop was held in Taroona, Tasmania in July 1988 and was attended by 51 participants from Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
It proved to be a very valuable forum for exchange of ideas on scallop biology, management and culture. The organisers of that workshop, Mike...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
This workshop, entitled "Sustainable Fisheries through Sustaining Fish Habitat", continues the Australian Society for Fish Biology's workshop series and its established tradition of bringing together the country's leading experts to freely discuss specific fish and fishery themes of national...
There is worldwide concern over the potential effects of by-catch and discarding of fish in commercial fisheries, particularly trawling. Although mortalities of discards are highly variable, it is likely that a large proportion of fish discarded at sea by trawlers do not survive. Consequently,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development