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...

This project investigated the efficiency of using different pot designs to increase the profitability of the Western Rocklobster fishery. The motivation for this study was a more efficient pot would reduce the number of pot hauls, and that this in turn would increase profitability of the fishery by...

Perth, Western Australia was the Host State for the third Seafood Directions Conference. The conference is held bi annually and is the premier conference for members and associated parties of the seafood industry. The conference was previously held in Brisbane (2001) and Adelaide (1999), Sydney will...