This is a report on ‘stock synthesis’ software training by CSIRO. Noted are training outputs and learnings, together with an assessment of what role stock synthesis (SS) may play in Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) fish stock assessments. Findings suggest SS could...

The establishment in 1997of the Fishing Industry Development Council (FIDC), a peak fishing advisory body, set the scene for an examination of where Queensland’s fisheries and the fishing industry sectors were heading in the longer term. The FIDC is a high level consultative forum...

The Hooking into Asian Seafood Markets project was established to identify and facilitate the development of markets for Australian under- utilised seafood species, and to help industry operators to better understand the key opportunities and challenges that exporters need to consider in relation to...