Penaeid trawls are regarded as one of the world's least selective fishing methods, catching large quantities of non-targeted finfish and other organisms. This bycatch is considered wasteful and attracts significant attention and/or controversy from a host of stakeholders including interacting...

Over the decade there has been very strong growth of third party certification schemes to validate good management practices. In fisheries this is evident in the uptake of schemes such as the MSC certification. The MSC certification is a science based, independent third party verification and...