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...

Sharing the Fish06 Conference was held from 26 February – 2 March 2006 and preceded by the FAO Pre Conference Workshop on 23 – 24 February 2006. Sharing the Fish06 Conference was an initiative of the Department of Fisheries Western Australia. The aim of the conference was to focus...