The more that is understood about the factors controlling the abundance of an exploited fish stock, the more optimally it can be harvested for sustainable yield and profit. It has been known for some time that catches of western rock lobster are closely related to the number of larvae surviving...

This program has collected data on the development and performance of the fishery, as well as biological data relevant to assessment of the impact of fishing on the exploited population. The development and operation of the fishing and processing sectors of the fishery are described as are the...

To effectively manage most fisheries, including penaeid prawn fisheries in northern and eastern Australia, it is important to know the relationship between the size of the spawning population and the number of young adults that recruit to a fishery in the next generation. In the tiger prawn fishery...

The West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF) is one of the most valuable and sustainable single-species fisheries in Australia. WCRLMF is managed, in part, using larval (puerulus) settlement indices obtained from artificial seagrass stations that are continuously monitored at eight locations...