Australian fisheries are managed by governments to ensure that commercial fishing is undertaken in a sustainable and economically efficient manner. Fisheries management decisions influence the level of catch from a fishery, either directly through setting the total allowable catches that the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
Rock lobsters can be exposed to poor water quality during all stages of handling and holding prior to going to market. Poor water quality reduces the time a lobster can be held alive and how many animals can be held in a system and thus may reduce profit. The quality of water can be assessed using...
Catch statistics for 13 species from commercial and research trawls conducted between 1979 and 1984 in the southern areas of the South-East Trawl fishery are examined. Catch and catch per swept area from demersal trawls were stratified by position, depth and month and shots were subsequently...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
In 1994 CSIRO and FRDC started a 5-year ecosystem study of the southeastern Australian continental shelf. Fisheries management in this area is currently based on individual species. Our goal was to identify ecosystem features that could extend the data available to manage the fisheries in this...
Following approval for Project No. 1985-042 arrangements were made for FTV Bluefin to conduct filming trials in conjunction with personnel from the N.S.W. Division of Fisheries and S.A. State Fisheries, in Jervis Bay N.S.W. In addition to the work specified in Project No. 1985-042 the diving teams...
The first stage of this project covered the offshore estuarine stocks of Barramundi and King Salmon. The second stage covers the fish in Commonwealth waters. The main area fished was from Karumba to Weipa and 30mls out to sea.
This project has proved a commercial success.