Two commercial fisheries in Western Australia (WA) have developed environmental management systems (EMS) including the third party audited Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Western Rock Lobster Fishery in 2000 and the pearling industry through the National Seafood EMS Pilot...
ORGANISATION:
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Inc (WAFIC)
In Southern Australian waters fishers utilise trawl operations to capture scalefish and elasmobranchs in Commonwealth waters. Management of the fishing is divided into sectors, with operators fishing in Commonwealth waters adjacent to New South Wales (south of Barrenjoey Point), Victoria, Tasmania...
The WCPFA is a small oceanic fishery harvested by 3 vessels and is based exclusively on the Western king prawn (Melicertus latisulcatus). The impetus for the application is the economic hardship faced by industry due to a significant and on-going stock decline of the fishery believed to be...
ORGANISATION:
Spencer Gulf and West Coast Prawn Association (SGWCPA)
There continues to be a need in Western Australia and Australia for the ongoing development of quantitative skills as new techniques and technologies are applied in fisheries science, stock assessment and, more generally, in the natural resource management field.
Murdoch University, in the...
Preventing plastic from entering the marine food chain and maiming ocean wildlife is driving efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle
Story Catherine Norwood
Photos Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry
Plastics and rubbish collected during beach clean-ups by members of Southern Bluefin Tuna...