Holding a national conference was identified as a priority project by the Federal Minister's Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee (RFAC) and developed as part of "Recreational fishing in Australia - 2011 and beyond: a national industry development strategy". The conference was held on 17-19...

Throughout the world, the fishing industry has come under increased pressure to comply with environmental requirements. This pressure has been prompted by scientific evidence that most of the world's commercial fisheries stock have either been over-fished or are in danger of over­exploitation beyond...