In 1992 output control management, in the form of individual transferable quotas (ITQs), was introduced into the South East Fishery (formerly the South East Trawl Fishery). Sixteen species of fish were initially subject to quota management.
A critical factor in the success of quota management...
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
The Australian and New Zealand Southern Trawl Fisheries Conference was held at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne from the 6th to the 9th of May, 1990. The conference was organised by the Bureau of Rural Resources and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Initial planning...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Individual transferable catch quotas (ITQs) were allocated to fishermen in the Australian southern bluefin tuna fishery in 1984. The profitability of the industry increased substantially as a result. This is despite the total Australian catch being halved between 1984 and 1987 due to a decline in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
The northern prawn fishery has been subject to management since the early 1970s in an attempt to control the expansion of effort and prevent the overexploitation of the resource. Many of the management policies developed over this period have proved to be ineffective in controlling effort. Moreover,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
The East Coast Prawn Fishery extends along the east coast of Australia from Torres Straight in the north to Barrenjoey Point in New South Wales. A limited entry policy was recently introduced to the fishery and a task force comprising industry and government representatives is currently deliberating...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES