This project provides learnings of successes and failures/challenges of MSC certification in WA. At the time of this report’s publication, 12 WA fisheries representing 90 percent value and approximately 60 percent of the total commercial catch in the state have been awarded MSC certification....

There is increasing worldwide concern about the ecological impacts of trawling. Reports of high levels of bycatch of fish and other species, habitat degradation, bad practices, stock depletion and perceptions of wastage and negative ecological impacts continue to fuel these concerns. ...

The need to adapt stock assessment methods and harvest strategies to explicitly and justifiably account for shifts in productivity has been recognised by the AFMA Resource Assessment Group for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF), not least as a result of clearly evident...