The importance of including social objectives in fisheries management is recognised in many policies and programs that are intended to guide sustainable fisheries management. This includes the principle of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) that underpins Australian fisheries management and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
At low-levels of exploitation, commercial harvesting of long-spined sea urchins was found to prevent increase in urchin density. Adjacent unfished locations experienced an increase in both urchin density and grazed area over the 2014 – 2016 study period. Research sampling of populations...
Squid are an increasing component in the reported byproduct of commercial prawn and finfish trawlers in northern Australian shelf waters and interest has been shown by Queensland and Northern Territory fishers in developing target fisheries for squid using jigs. In general, squid caught on jigs or...
South Australia (SA) has a large edible oyster industry primarily growing Pacific oysters
(Crassostrea gigas). The industry is regionally-based, an important employer and a substantial contributor
to regional economies. Pacific oyster mortality syndrome (POMS) is a serious infectious disease of
C....