It is now widely recognized that fisheries can have impacts on marine species, habitats and ecosystems beyond the direct impacts of fishing on target species. For example, hundreds of species are regularly caught and discarded in many trawl and longline fisheries and in particular, interactions with...

The Kingfish Stock Identification Project was instigated in 1985 to provide information on the stock structure of yellowtail kingfish relevant to management. At that time, the N.S.W. catch had more than doubled since 1982 to approximately 360 tonnes per annum and concern was expressed at the...