Significant declines in many of the world's albatross and petrel populations, linked to the
high mortality of birds as bycatch in fishing operations, have elevated their plight to the top of …

Discarding of target species can be substantial in some fisheries. For fisheries managed
using Total Allowable Catches, such as Australia's Southern and Eastern Scalefish and …

The maximum swimming speed of Australia's commercially important sand flathead
(Platycephalus bassensis) was assessed by video observation of fish swimming in a tank …

In situ examination of the behaviour of fish was undertaken with underwater cameras
positioned on demersal trawl gear used by Australia's South East Trawl Fishery. Blue …

Prawn trawl fisheries are under increasing public and legislative pressure to manage their
by-catch sustainably, but by-catch cannot be managed without knowing what and how much …

The species of flatheads, including Platycephalus bassensis (Cuvier, 1829) and
Neoplatycephalus richardsoni (Castelnau, 1872), are common shallow-water (30–160m …

Subsampling is a commonly used method for estimating the composition of trawl catches. In
many fisheries, an increasing number of trawlers use recirculating seawater hoppers to hold …

On the 14 December 2005 the Australian Government announced detailed proposals for the
establishment of an extensive network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the South-east …

The South East Fishery is a complex, multi-species, multi-gear scalefish fishery which
operates off south-eastern Australia. Monitoring of the fishery over the last 50 years has …

Evaluation of selectivity in the South-East fishery to determine its sustainable yield FRDC
Project 96/140 August 2004 Page 1 Evaluation of selectivity in the South-East fishery to …