The fishery for the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) is Western Australia’s most important single species fishery, and yields an average annual catch of 10,500 to 11,000 tonnes valued at between $200 and $300 million at the point of landing. With a high level of exploitation and a...

Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) are the highest valued freshwater crayfish farmed in Australia. This project addressed the need to increase the profitability of commercial marron farms by improving growth rates and pond management strategies. The project evaluated progeny produced from wild populations...

Until recently, exploitation of North West Shelf multi-species fish stocks was mainly by the Taiwanese pair-trawl fishery, though other foreign vessels had also fished there. Australian finfish fishing in the region was conducted by a small number of line-fishing boats, working close to the mainland...