This project assessed the social and ecological issues associated with fishing (commercial and recreational) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Port Phillip Bay (including Corio Bay) is a large (1,950 km2), semi-enclosed, tidal marine embayment with a narrow entrance (Anon, 1973). Much of the...
Many strategies have evolved among fishes to maximise spawning success. One of the most striking of these is aggregation spawning, in which individuals group together, often at predictable times and locations in order to reproduce (cf. a school, which refers to a group of non-spawning fish)....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Within the framework of the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has adopted clear decision rules to set catch limits for commercially targeted species in Commonwealth fisheries. In several fisheries, AFMA has adopted a tiered harvest strategy...
Over the next century, the marine ecosystems of south-eastern Australia are expected to exhibit
some of the largest climate-driven changes in the Southern Hemisphere. The effects of these
changes on communities and businesses will depend, in part, on how well fishing industries
and resource managers...
Each year 4-5,000 tonnes of western rock lobster are cooked and exported to countries such as Japan and Taiwan. When existing cooking methods are used a proportion of cooked western rock lobster go black, this results in a product that is unacceptable to the customer
The blackening of the flesh is...
Context
Fresh premium seafood has long been the best pathway to a viable consumer. That remains true for premium SA wildcatch species (e.g., rock lobster, prawn, abalone) that are, and will continue to be, prosperous. But processing and value adding have never been more critical to attract retail...