This report was prepared to summarise the yearly activities of Australian participation in the tuna handline/pole fishery in the coral Sea adjacent to Cairns over the period 1981 to 1983.

This report was prepared to summarise the yearly activities of Australian participation in the tuna handline/pole fishery in the Coral Sea adjacent to Cairns over the period 1981 to 1983.

Since 1991 ABARES has annually published detailed production and trade data in Australian Fisheries Statistics (now Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics) to meet the needs of the fishing and aquaculture industries, fisheries managers, policy makers and researchers. The research undertaken...