Following the introduction of a successful estuarine artificial reef project in 2004, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) proposes to construct 3 offshore artificial reefs in NSW coastal shelf waters, with associated long term monitoring to determine their effectiveness. DPI’s...

Sexual maturation in most organisms requires the individual to attain sufficient size and energetic status to cope with the physical and metabolic requirements associated with reproduction. Atlantic salmon represent a classic example of a species which optimises this concept through a very plastic...

In 1998 the PPA commissioned the report: "The environmental impact of pearling (Pinctada maxima) in Western Australia" (Wells 1998). That report described the general environment in which pearling occurs and the pearling activities that might potentially modify the environment and concluded that the...

The Australian sardine (Sardinops sagax) is distributed throughout southern Australia, between Shark Bay, WA and Hervey Bay, Qld. There are commercial fisheries in waters off WA, Vic, SA and NSW. Two fisheries for Australian sardine have grown rapidly over the last decade. The current Total...

Southern Rock Lobster Ltd (SRL) was formed in 2004 as the national industry research, development and extension (RD&E) body for the Southern Rock Lobster fishing sector. SRL has undertaken the RD&E Planning and Management through a project agreement (2010-402) with FRDC since 2011. This agreement...