For many years, the fishing industry has stressed the importance of environmental conditions in determining catch rates and the composition of catches from all fisheries operating in south eastern Australia. Although this need has also been recognised by scientists, unfortunately there has been...

Knowledge of the stock structure of targeted marine fish species provides an essential framework for effective natural resource management. Of all the Australian mackerel species, this information is most urgently required for grey mackerel (Scomberomorus semifasciatus) in northern Australian...

The project proposed in this application is considered to be in support of FRDC Project 2002/48, Scallop Enhancement Program and also the Queensland Sea Scallop Ltd scallop sea ranching program. To determine method and optimal size of release (FRDC 2002/48), the first season of spat deployment saw...

Successful sustainable management of a common property resource requires a trio of crucial elements: a fixed set of resource harvesters with substantial long-term interests; an effective allocation and management regime; and sufficient biological knowledge of the resource dynamics (Grima & Berkes...

Background to the problem: The Tasmanian blacklip abalone fishery is the largest and most valuable fishery in Tasmania. Following collapse of major abalone fisheries elsewhere (South Africa, Japan, Mexico, California, British Columbia), Tasmania now supports the largest wild abalone fishery in the...