This study examined two aspects of the chemical composition of snapper otoliths from Shark Bay Western Australia as an aid to determining the spatial relationship among juveniles and to better understand the spatial relationships between juveniles and adults. Otoliths were collected from...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Australian Seafood by Season is a user-friendly guide to Australian seafood seasonality. Its publication has been funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, the Department of Primary Industries, Queensland and the Queensland Commercial Fishermen's Organisation.
This calendar has...
Four species of dories (Family: Zeidae) and five species of oreos (Family: Oreosomatidae) are caught in the South East Fishery (SEF). John dory and mirror dory are included in the SEF quota sytem with Total Allowable Catches (TACs), in 1993, of 240 t and 800 t, respectively. Oreos, originally a...
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing agrifood areas globally and is key to ensure food security for a growing world population. Australia’s aquaculture industry has a critical role to play in realising this ambition, having surpassed wild catch levels and expected to reached A$2.29B GVP...
First introduced in 2004, the Southern Rocklobster Limited Clean Green Program was developed as an integrated pot-to-plate Product Standard with independent third-party auditing of practices. During the period 2013 to 2015 the Clean Green Program was considerably updated for the first time to...
Catching unwanted fish species is an unavoidable consequence of commercial fishing. Some of this fish is bought from fishers at very low prices and used for low value products but the bulk of it is discarded at sea.
Many improvements have been made to fishing gear to reduce fishing bycatch, however...
The Economic Framework developed during the project is included in this report. This framework provides a structured approach for economic analysis within the fishery, designed to enhance profitability insights.