Fisheries management principally aims to maximise the community’s use of fisheries resource, which relies upon effective management decisions to ensure sustainability. Co-management arrangements have been utilised in fisheries management for some time as a framework to enable input of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
With growing recognition of Traditional Owner groups across Victoria as native title claims are being resolved. There is a strong interest from within Victorian Traditional Owner community to actively participate in the management of Victoria’s fisheries. However, despite these strongly held...
This study investigated strategies to enhance compliant participation among recreational fishers, using the Peel-Harvey Blue Swimmer Crab fishery in Western Australia (WA) and the Blue Swimmer Crab fishery in South Australia (SA) as case studies.
Gemfish (Rexea solandri) is a benthopelagic snake mackerel of the Family Gempylidae. Gemfish is found on the continental shelf and slope in southern, southwestern and southeastern Australia and New Zealand. It is found at depths ranging from 100 to 800 metres, but commonly at 300 to 450 metres....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
This study was conducted to restore the Mud Cockle population in the Section Bank of Port River, South Australia, which had drastically decreased due to commercial fishing. Mud Cockles are important not only for commercial purposes but also for stabilizing sediment and reducing turbidity in the...
This report discusses a collaboration between the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and Rocky Point Agriculture Pty Ltd (RPA) to transition cobia aquaculture research, development and extension (RD&E) to commercial production. The report outlines the success of RPA in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct