Since the release of the Brundtland Report in 1987, the principles of sustainable development (called ecologically sustainable development in Australia) have come to be gradually applied throughout society. This is the case for fisheries, and today all fisheries jurisdictions in Australia require...
The initial certification process for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery (WRLF) to obtain accreditation by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in 2000 required an ecological risk assessment to be undertaken. Although that process, which was completed in 2001, rated the effects of lobster fishing on...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Fine-scale population structure is common in many inshore marine species (Swearer et al. 2002; Orensanz et al. 2005), particularly sedentary invertebrates with limited larval dispersal whose populations (or stocks) tend to be characterised by a complex spatial structure evident at fine spatial...
Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) support a major commercial fishery in Tasmania, with recent catches in the order of 1000 tonnes pa and a landed value of about $65 million. The species has also long represented a traditional food source for the local Aboriginal population as well as being...