The use of transferable fishing rights has increased
internationally over recent decades with most industrialised countries now
using some form of individual transferable catch quota (ITQ) or individual
transferable effort (ITE) system for at least some of their fisheries.
Australia also has...
Following the Improving performance of ITQ fisheries Forum on September 28, 2023, decisions were made regarding the project's direction. Instead of proceeding to case studies, stakeholders acknowledged the importance of focusing on future research priorities for rights-based fisheries approaches....
Estimates of
spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the
primary biological performance indicator for quota species in the Small Pelagic
Fishery (SPF).
The objective of
this study was to conduct ichthyoplankton and adult trawl surveys that underpin
the DEPM in the...
The present project, which was undertaken by Primary Industries and Regions South Australia, was developed to provide the opportunity to showcase the management arrangements in the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF) and expand the knowledge base in relation to contemporary management arrangements in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Resource sharing is a high priority for the Australian Fisheries Managers Forum (AFMF) with all Australian jurisdictions in the process of developing or having developed policies associated with this issue. Some have gone further and implemented resource sharing with limited success....
Researchers from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Queensland, CQUniversity (CQU) and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) NSW Fisheries are collaborating on a Fisheries Research and Development (FRDC) co-funded research project on mud crab populations in Queensland. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct