by Matt Woods | Aug 19, 2021
Seabird mortality because of fishery interactions is an issue of global conservation concern. Incidental mortality of seabirds caused by interactions with the warp wires of trawl vessels in Australia’s Commonwealth-managed Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
At the start of each Bass Strait and Central Zone Scallop Fishery (BSCZSF) fishing season, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) provides a 150 tonne research catch allowance to enable fishers to search for commercially viable scallop (Pecten fumatus)...
by Matt Woods | Aug 16, 2021
The Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector (GHATS) of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) includes a gillnet fishery that primarily targets the Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus). Concerns about interactions with threatened, endangered and protected...
by Matt Woods | Jul 21, 2021
The SESSF is a very large and complex fishery that covers multiple jurisdictions, multiple gear types, interacts with over 600 species and targets 34 commercially important species. The 34 target species are managed under TACs which are periodically adjusted by AFMA...
by Matt Woods | Jul 20, 2021
Despite improvements in the status Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) fish stocks, three key indicators of the performance of the fishery have raised concerns: the fishery is failing to catch the TAC’s of many quota species despite historically...
by Matt Woods | Jul 20, 2021
The Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) the second most valuable Commonwealth-managed fishery. This multi-species, multi-gear fishery extends from Queensland, around south-eastern Australia to Western Australia. Ecosystem interactions and such...
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