Historically Western School Prawns (Metapenaeus dalli; WSPs) have been an important catch for commercial and recreational fishers in the Swan-Canning Estuary. However, the abundance of prawns has been declining since the 1960s, with commercial fishing on this species ceasing in the 1970s....

In spite of the Queensland (Australian) commercial fishing industry providing healthy food for the community and tourism industry and developing and implementing sustainable operating standards (ESM), many in the industry feel they are continually required to defend and justify their position to...

The benefits of ecosystem-based management of marine socio-ecological systems are widely recognised, but progress towards operationalisation has been slow both in Australia and elsewhere. In this project, we take an innovative and pragmatic approach to addressing this challenge by developing a suite...

In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. There has also recently been an increased focus towards ecosystem-based fishery management as a result of greater environmental concern for marine resources. Within the Northern...