The Tasmanian giant crab fishery is a low volume, high-value fishery of considerable importance to a number of Tasmanian and Victorian based fishers with multiple fishery endorsements (lobster and often scallops or squid as well as giant crab). The crab fishery is centred on the shelf-break on...

While there is a lot of general talk on climate change, this symposium aims to present some credible science and predictions that can be used as a synopsis of the likely impacts on fish and fisheries. Unlike previous years where the ASFB conference and workshop have been held as separate events,...

Commercial eel trapping is regulated by the Estuary General Fishery controlled by the NSW Department of Primary Industries. A fisher must hold a minimum of 125 eel trapping shares in a particular region to be permitted to fish. Quota is allocated based on the number of quota shares held by a...

In CRC project 2012/702 a through chain electronic traceability (including 1-D bar coding and RFID) was tested in an Australian prawn fishery. This testing included the vessel and two cold stores but did not follow through to the retail stores. Also, whilst software and subsequent information...