Survival skills take diverse forms for Victorian fisher John Minehan, from joining research projects and creating new seafood industries to consolidating workplace safety
John Minehan at the start of another day working on the seabed.
Story and photo by Brad Collis
One of John...
This project proposal was developed as an outcome of a project commissioned by Developing East Arnhem Limited (DEAL) and undertaken by EconSearch. That project was titled "Fishing and Aquaculture - Market Assessment & Action Plan for East Arnhem Land" and produced a report "Fishing & Aquaculture...
In Australia, marine fish stocks are managed by Commonwealth and state/territory jurisdictions. Whilst some jurisdictions work together to produce joint assessments on various shared stocks, currently ‘Fishery Status Reports’ identifying the level of fishing pressure and/or biomass levels for key...
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Until the late 1990s, the Weipa and Karumba regions were the most important areas for banana prawn fishing in the Northern Prawn Fishery, both having a similar long-term average annual catches of about 800 tonnes, with a value of over $12 million. However, since 1998, in each of 4 consecutive...