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...

Stock assessments perform best when they can include a valid index of relative abundance through time; these are used to place the stock dynamics on a real scale of abundance through time. In this way, the current state of depletion relative to unfished levels, and many other statistics of...

This application has been developed to address the ongoing need for a transparent and inclusive process for the identification of national Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) priorities for the recreational fishing sector, and the delivery of projects and extension activities to address them....