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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-053
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

An assessment of the impact of offshore recreational fishing in NSW waters on the management of commercial fisheries

Conflict between the recreational and commercial sectors has long been a fisheries management problem. This conflict has been escalating in recent years as both sectors attempt to maximise catches. Consequently, there is increasing pressure being applied to fisheries managers to make appropriate...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

NSW inland commercial fisheries analysis

The inland commercial fishery in New South Wales had a _mean annual catch of 344t over the past three decades, and is currently worth $1. 7 million per annum (1995/96 value). The commercial fishery commenced in the late 19th Century, and although production figures are available from 1883 onwards,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-021
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Integrating recreational fishing information into harvest strategies for multi-sector fisheries

This interim report provides an update on workshops with recreational fishers, scientists and managers to investigate recreational fishing objectives for three stocks of recreational importance in NSW – Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, and Snapper. The study forms part of a broader research...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2007-038
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Study of ghost fishing in the NSW rock lobster fishery

This project concerns an assessment of the significance ghost fishing in the NSW Rock Lobster Fishery and potential modifications to fishing gears and practices that could minimise trap loss and consequent ghost fishing of the target species, Eastern Rock Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi. The...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-079
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Effects of Trawling Subprogram: the interaction between fish trawling and other commercial and recreational fisheries

There is worldwide concern over the potential effects of by-catch and discarding of fish in commercial fisheries, particularly trawling. Although mortalities of discards are highly variable, it is likely that a large proportion of fish discarded at sea by trawlers do not survive. Consequently,...
ORGANISATION:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
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