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The Australian continent hosts the richest marine macroalgal flora in the world with some 3000 species documented. Some 1800 of these occur in southern Australia, with many (~70%) being endemic to the region (ie they occur nowhere else). It is also well known that South Australia has the...
Resource sharing is a sensitive subject for government and many other fishery stakeholders given it is seen as the primary means of distributing access to Australian fisheries which in turn links to the values of each fishing sector. For commercial fishers it is also related to the strength of...
An international investigation identifies the steps needed to realise the growth potential of Australia’s favourite white-fleshed fish
Dan Richards holds a juvenile Barramundi.
Photo: Humpty Doo Barramundi
By Rebecca Thyer
A 12-month international study tour has Dan Richards, from the...
In 1998 the PPA commissioned the report: "The environmental impact of pearling (Pinctada maxima) in Western Australia" (Wells 1998). That report described the general environment in which pearling occurs and the pearling activities that might potentially modify the environment and concluded that the...