This report was commissioned by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. It presents options for people development of the Australian seafood industry, including research, management and commercial fishing. The study was conducted by Miriam O'Brien Consulting and based on interviews and...

A Roe’s Abalone (Haliotis roei) fishery in Western Australia (Area 8) suffered catastrophic mortality (99.9%) due to an anomalous environmental event in the summer of 2011. During this extreme marine heatwave there was a sustained period of elevated sea surface temperatures that...