Over the past three decades the Eastern Zone Abalone Fishery has experienced several large fluctuations in catch and catch rates, which has raised the concern that climate change may be bringing increased volatility in recruitment. This concern around recruitment is reinforced by observations of...

The sustainable management of an input controlled fishery, such as that for western rock lobster, which is controlled via a total allowable level of effort (TAE), relies heavily on accurate measurement of relative effort. The number of potlifts used by fishers, which is a direct measure of effort,...

Within the framework of the Commonwealth Harvest Strategy Policy, AFMA has adopted clear decision rules to set catch limits for commercially targeted species in Commonwealth fisheries. In several fisheries they have adopted a tiered harvest strategy framework that specifies both assessment methods...