Currently, the most significant gap in our knowledge in assessing the status of community-shared fisheries is determining the relative contribution by the recreational sector. In Australia, this sector’s total harvest has been evaluated through traditional methods that include phone-diary and...

This project has been developed in response to a clear priority from Tasmania’s peak advisory committee (TasRAC) for a better understanding of the “risk from DSTs for the Tasmanian Shellfish Industry” (FRDC EOI 2018). Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins (DSTs) are produced by certain microalgae...

Contribution studies evaluate the extent to which the activities of a given industry or sector improve some desired outcome. For example, traditional economic studies measure, among other things, the extent to which the expenditure incurred in producing a good or service contribute to value-added in...

The proposed workshops will bring together those with both the science knowledge and the operational knowledge of 8-10 Australian IM case studies, to evaluate and compare experience towards identifying key elements of success and failure of Marine Integrated Management. Fisheries management is...

All jurisdictions have a legislative requirement to undertake jurisdictional reporting on the status of their fisheries. In 2012 the jurisdictions committed to a national framework for stock status reporting (i.e. the Status of Australian Fish Stocks reports). With each iteration of the reports FRDC...