The 2023 National Centrostephanus Workshop was convened by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania. The workshop brought together 130 representatives from industry, government, research, Aboriginal communities, recreational fishing groups, and the community to:
• Identify...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
The objective of this project was to undertake opportunistic plankton sampling and collect
small non-commercial species of decapod crustaceans in northern Moreton Bay and near the
intakes of the three prawn farms which remained operating on the Logan River during April and May 2020,
at a time when...
This project focused on restoring tidal connectivity to a portion of the Clarence River estuary (Lake Wooloweyah) to enhance fisheries productivity. The work provides a case study for similar initiatives in other estuaries.
With little fanfare or attention, commercial fishing in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria ceased on 1 April 2020. The small-scale commercial fishery, which was crucial to the establishment of the town of Lakes Entrance roughly 150 years ago, was closed by the Victorian State...