The catch of albacore in the ETBF increased from ~500 tonnes per year in the late-1990s and early-2000s, to 2,591 tonnes in 2006 as a number of domestic longliners switched from targeting broadbill swordfish (shallow setting) to albacore tuna (deep setting). In 2007, this higher catch was maintained...

The sustainable management of an input controlled fishery, such as that for western rock lobster, which is controlled via a total allowable level of effort (TAE), relies heavily on accurate measurement of relative effort. The number of potlifts used by fishers, which is a direct measure of effort,...

The Australian sardine (Sardinops sagax) is distributed throughout southern Australia, between Shark Bay, WA and Hervey Bay, Qld. There are commercial fisheries in waters off WA, Vic, SA and NSW. Two fisheries for Australian sardine have grown rapidly over the last decade. The current Total...

Gulper sharks (Centrophorus) are species of deepwater dogfish that occupy the upper slope and some offshore seamounts around southern and eastern Australia. This group represents one of the most urgent environmental challenges to the SESS fishery, and may even threaten its "license to operate"....

This project has been developed as a direct result of approaches from industry about the need for a definitive answer to questions relating to one of the State's most controversial crab fishery management arrangements. An effective prohibition on harvesting female mud crabs in Queensland was...