The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) has taken a lead role in encouraging international scientific links in fisheries research and management in Australia. Through the generous support of FRDC and State and Territory fishery agencies, ASFB has hosted a national workshop series since early...

This project aims to develop social objectives for Australian fisheries, and associated indicators that can be used to assess performance against these objectives. This will be achieved through first identifying a set of social objectives that are applicable at a national level, followed by testing...

Public scrutiny of trawl impacts from fisheries on seafloor ecosystems is increasing (Amoroso et al. 2018). Demonstrating the environmental sustainability of trawling is a major challenge. Well-managed trawl fisheries aim to employ best practices, which are described as ‘management and technical...

Commercial eel trapping is regulated by the Estuary General Fishery controlled by the NSW Department of Primary Industries. A fisher must hold a minimum of 125 eel trapping shares in a particular region to be permitted to fish. Quota is allocated based on the number of quota shares held by a...

In Australia fish stocking activities have resulted in the creation of valuable new fisheries and enhanced existing fisheries (Cadwallader and Kerby, 1995). As a result, they have been of considerable economic benefit to industry and the community, particularly rural and regional communities. ...