The fishery for eastern king prawns is based on a major penaeid prawn resource shared between New South Wales and Queensland. Because the species is migratory and the resource shared between two states, the fishery offers some unique research and management challenges.

The objectives of this twelve-month pilot project were the develop common methodologies for population parameter estimation for eastern king prawn populations in eastern Australia and to develop a common strategy to evaluate and recommend management measures for the fishery in Queensland and New South Wales.