This research was undertaken on the Queensland saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) fishery in southeast Queensland, which is an important component of the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery (QECOTF). The research was undertaken by a collaborative team from the Queensland Department...

Assessing the population biology of Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) in Queensland

In 2018, the state’s recreational and commercial fishers (represented by the peak bodies Recfishwest and WAFIC) commissioned a program of research as part of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation project aimed at documenting the social and economic values and benefits that stakeholders...

This report explores results from the 2020 stakeholder survey conducted by Intuitive Solutions. This survey focussed on the following stakeholder groups: Stakeholders directly involved with fishing and aquaculture sectors (described as being active seafood businesses); Stakeholders who...

This study examined the issues around non-market values requirements and identified potential sources of robust and defensible estimates of key values, including those generally viewed as difficult to measure. The project identified thirteen types of non-market values that fisheries and...