Many bivalve stocks around the world have collapsed as a consequence of a combination of commercial fishing effort, recreational and commercial watercraft activities, recruitment failure, mass mortality, and habitat degradation (Arnold, 2001). These impacts not only affect potential fishery yields,...

Summary: This project focuses on the exploitation of demersal finfish spawning aggregations within the West Coast Bio-region. In particular, it is focused on key species such as dhufish and snapper, and the growing catch and release fishery that targets large, deep-water spawning aggregations of...

Aquaculture nutrition research is a fundamental component in the establishment of new aquaculture industries and in the further development of existing aquaculture industries for the following reasons: 1. Feed costs represent a significant proportion (30-50%) of the production costs in most...

The Australian Government has committed is to conduct national recreational fishing surveys every five years. To meet this objective, a survey methodology was designed in 2015 for a national telephone-diary survey of recreational fishing to measure participation, catch, effort, economic and social...