Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL) is the national industry research, development and extension (RD&E) body for the southern rocklobster fishing sector. In November 2010 SRL, Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), Department of Primary Industries Parks, Water and Environment Tasmania...
Within the framework of the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy, AFMA has adopted clear decision rules to set catch limits for commercially targeted species in Commonwealth fisheries. In several fisheries they have adopted a tiered harvest strategy framework that specifies both assessment methods...
Tested, refined, adopted – digital reporting in SA’s Rock Lobster fishery has the thumbs up
By Tom Bicknell
The Deckhand app will help South Australia’s rock lobster fishers to submit their data electronically through the 2016-17 season.
Photo: Tom Robinson
South Australia’s Southern...
The need to complete a multitude of catch data forms in the Coorong fishery has led Tom Robinson to initiate the new Deckhand app.
Photo: Brad Collis
By Ilaria Catizone
Every time Tom Robinson’s team of harvesters goes fishing, they have to fill out a number of different government forms...
Fuel is a vital, but costly, input to seafood production, accounting for up to 50% of the operating costs of a fishing vessel in Australia. An estimated 270 million litres of diesel fuel is currently consumed in Australian fisheries each year, as well as a substantial amount of petrol.
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NSW DPI (formerly NSW Fisheries) established a breeding program in 1990 in Port Stephens and the Georges River with the aim of selecting Sydney rock oysters (SRO) for faster growth. The program was later expanded to include selection for resistance to the two major diseases, winter mortality and QX....
A demand analysis has identified the influences of farmed and imported seafood on Australia’s wildcatch pricing and fishers’ harvest strategies
By Gio Braidotti
The fact that commercial fishers are not catching as many fish as regulated limits allow has perplexed...
History, culture and country come together in the Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation’s Aquaculture Knowledge Partnership Project
The CDU researchers worked with the Warruwi community to document traditional ecological knowledge about target aquaculture species – specifically sea cucumbers, oysters...