Applicant has been involved in the Octopus industry since 1988 and has been located in Greenhead since October 1997. Since January 1998 the business has been fishing octopus and wet fishing in the waters surrounding Greenhead and Leeman. Traditionally the octopus industry has used long lines, i.e....

There are two species of whaler sharks that occupy inshore and offshore waters of South Australia, i.e. the bronze whaler (Carcharinus brachyurus) and dusky whaler (C. obscurus). These species have been taken in a variety of fisheries for a number of years, but the reporting of catch and effort...

The sustainability of fishing black jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) aggregations in the Northern Territory (NT) has been identified by all major stakeholder groups as of highest priority and ranked as the NT’s most concerning fishery issue. (Amateur Fishermen's Association of the Northern Territory...

Until the late 1990s, the Weipa and Karumba regions were the most important areas for banana prawn fishing in the Northern Prawn Fishery, both having a similar long-term average annual catches of about 800 tonnes, with a value of over $12 million. However, since 1998, in each of 4 consecutive...