The initial certification process for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery (WRLF) to obtain accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in 2000 required an ecological risk assessment to be undertaken. Although that process, which was completed in 2001, rated the effects of lobster fishing on...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Inshore reef ecosystems support Tasmania’s most important fisheries, valued at approximately $150million in 2001 (ABARE 2002). Management of these fisheries has traditionally been species based, however, there is a growing demand for more integrated management with clear consideration of the...
Fine-scale population structure is common in many inshore marine species (Swearer et al. 2002; Orensanz et al. 2005), particularly sedentary invertebrates with limited larval dispersal whose populations (or stocks) tend to be characterised by a complex spatial structure evident at fine spatial...