The commercial fishing industry has operated in Australian waters for over a century, often in areas without other resource extraction activities taking place, but in recent years there has been a significant increase for exploration of oil and gas in many of these same waters. This exploration...

Salmon aquaculture is an important contributor to the Tasmanian economy and is recognised as an important local industry by the State and Federal governments. As such, the sustainability of this industry is of keen interest to all its stakeholders. Tasmanians have strong environmental values and...

The Better way to Fish project addresses key concerns facing inshore net fisheries, (1) sustainability of the fishery in terms of bycatch species, especially sharks such as the hammerhead shark (listed on EPBC as Conservation dependent), dugongs and turtles; (2) mortality of discard species, and (3)...

This project aims to host a workshop for fishery managers and leaders to inform management options in fisheries that are experiencing a reduction in fleet size and a concentration in ownership as a result of neoliberalism. The workshop is proposed to be held on 7 October 2019 in Melbourne to...