The Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery (TSF) is a multi-gear fishery that encompasses a diverse range of finfish and cephalopod species and includes commercial, recreational and indigenous sectors. The Scalefish Fishery Management Plan was introduced in 1998 and, although the legislation has been reviewed...

The Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) was founded in 1971 and is a professional, independent, non-profit, and non-aligned organisation. The Society’s objectives are to promote research, education and management of fish and fisheries and to provide a forum for the exchange of information....

This project addresses two FRDC strategic challenges; "Maintain and improve the management and use of aquatic natural resources to ensure their sustainability" and also "Respond to, and take advantage of, increased demand for seafood and for recreational and customary fishing experiences." The...

Over the past three decades, the distribution of the long-spined sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii has expanded southwards from southern New South Wales, through Eastern Victoria, some of the Bass Strait Islands to the Tasman Peninsular. While some individual urchins have been observed further...

Greenlip is the predominant abalone species caught by commercial fisheries in Western Australia, so much so that brownlip abalone was considered a by-catch with no fixed total allowable catch (TAC) until 13 years ago. Over the years brownlip abalone has become an increasingly important component of...

The problem of identifying hatchery spawned fish from wild spawned fish is not unique to barramundi and many attempts have been made to address this issue for many regions and species. Marking of hatchery spawned fish using chemical methods has been proposed as a solution however uptake of this has...

Yellowtail Kingfish are acknowledged as being important for commercial and recreational fisheries in all jurisdictions that encompass the Eastern Australian biological stock. Until the Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) initiative, Yellowtail Kingfish were assessed and managed by each...

Fisheries managers have used spatial management of fish stocks for many years (e.g. nursery areas, spawning area closure), however, with our expanding knowledge of the biology of certain target species there has been a rapid resurgence in interest in spatial management (Smith et al. 2003). Much of...

The Tasmanian salmonid aquaculture sector is currently worth around $530 M, of which export values comprises around $30 M. The industry has set a sales target of $550m by 2015, and $1 billion in value by 2030. Industry sales are currently growing by > $1.0m per week. Current Tasmanian production is...