Cultivated oysters contribute yearly about 92 million Australian dollars (~ 14,000 t) to the Australian economy (details for 2008-2009; (Pham 2010)), with A$35 million coming from S. glomerata alone. Their health and survival is put under pressure by a variety of stressors, such as disease (e.g. QX,...

The eastern Great Australian Bight and southern Spencer Gulf (where the South Australian pilchard fishery is located), form part of the world’s only northern boundary current system – the Flinders Current (Middleton and Cirano 2002). Upwelling that occurs between Cape Otway (Victoria) and the Head...

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...

Traditionally, fisheries management plans and regulations have evolved over time and in response to ecological, economic, societal and industry imperatives. In many cases, the changes to the plans and regulations are introduced as a result of specific often urgent request and under intense political...

As populations grow, there will be increasing demand for food, broadening markets; economic opportunity will be sought. There is considerable impetus to northern development. The report, “Our North, our future: White paper on developing Northern Australia” (Commonwealth of Australia, 2015), is the...