Ling (Genypterus blacodes) catches are an increasing component of the South East
Fishery. There is increasing pressure to raise the trawl sector TAC for ling and there
has been a substantial increase in catch by the non-trawl sector, particularly line, which
is currently unregulated. Despite the...
Orange roughy is an important species in the South East Fishery (SEF). The main areas in the SEF where orange roughy fishing has occurred are a major spawning aggregation off the east coast of Tasmania (the Eastern Management Zone) during winter and on non-spawning summer aggregations of the...
There are increasing demands for Australian fisheries management agencies to demonstrate that fisheries under their jurisdiction are being managed in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). The decision-making processes of the ESD management framework...
As part of the projects, all available tag release-recapture data available from shark tag releases during 1947-56, 1973-76, and 1990-99 have been validated and consolidated in the Southern Shark Tag Database developed in Microsoft ACCESS. The database is routinely updated and has facility for...