In the past 20 years, many fisheries and aquaculture industries around the world have suffered major production losses through the impact of disease epidemics. To date, Australia has avoided many of these epidemics and retains a favourable disease status, which facilitates international trade and...
There is increasing worldwide concern about the ecological impacts of trawling. Reports of high levels of bycatch of fish and other species, habitat degradation, bad practices, stock depletion and perceptions of wastage and negative ecological impacts continue to fuel these concerns. ...
Ling (Genypterus blacodes) catches are an increasing component of the South East
Fishery. There is increasing pressure to raise the trawl sector TAC for ling and there
has been a substantial increase in catch by the non-trawl sector, particularly line, which
is currently unregulated. Despite the...