Longline fishing is one of the world's major methods of catching fish (Lokkeborg 1999). Some seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels have learnt to take bait from longlines while the lines are being set and when doing so put themselves at risk. If they either swallow the hook or become...
Are Australian fisheries and aquaculture achieving best performance and use? What is the trend in performance overall, and by sector across wild catch commercial, recreational, Indigenous customary and aquaculture? In 2014 this FRDC project completed its second evaluation of fisheries...
Fish stocking is a valuable and widely used fisheries management tool. If managed well, a fish stocking program can improve the status of declining or threatened fish stocks, restore species diversity to a degraded waterway, and even create a fishery where there was none before. The positive image...
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct