The NSW fishing and aquaculture industry recognises that there is an increasing demand for seafoods from a growing number of domestic and overseas buyers but it is facing restrictions on various activities because of the limited nature of the fisheries resources and waterfront aquaculture sites in...

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...

Shark 'drop-out' is a term used by fishermen to describe the phenomenon where sharks fall out of shark gillnets during hauling operations. The term is distinguished from shark 'escapement' which is the phenomenon where sharks _struggle to free themselves from gillnets with a high probability of...

By world standards Australia has not developed a significant marine finfish fanning industry. One of the principal constraints has been the absence of suitable technology for Australian species. This technology is currently being developed in a number of research facilities in temperate regions of...