The rapid and enforced change from an input-controlled management regime to an output-controlled regime in the Western Rock Lobster fishery brought about significant challenges for the industry. While the quota management regime has now been largely embraced by fishermen, who have benefited from...

The Queensland east coast inshore fin fish fishery (ECIFFF) operates in tidal and near shore waters spanning from Cape York in the north to the New South Wales border in the south. The commercial sector of the ECIFFF is extremely diverse with fishing undertaken using mesh net, haul (seine) net,...