This application was developed in direct response to a priority area nominated by the Northern Territory Fisheries Research Advisory Board as part of the 2015 FRDC call for expressions of interest, and addresses FRDC Strategic Program 2: Industry; and aspects of Themes 5: Governance and Regulatory...

Like many shared inshore fisheries the Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) has sustained extensive management change over time. This has influenced its demographics, resulted in changes in the spread of fishing concentration and created stakeholder shifts in geographical location. Members within the MSF...

FRDC supported an Inshore Fisheries Forum in March 2008 and subsequently funded a project to develop “A strategic plan for Australia’s Inshore Fisheries” (2010). Since that time there have been significant changes both in fisheries management and in the nature of the processes that affect the...

In South Australia (SA), Pacific oyster (Crassotrea gigas) farming is the largest aquaculture industry based on the number of people directly employed (>600) and second largest based on farm gate value (~$40 million per annum). This industry is also the largest Pacific oyster aquaculture industry in...