Temperate East Marine Park Class Approval
Temperate East Network Class Approval
Danish Seine Fishermen Act to Protect Juvenile Flathead Stocks
The harvest strategy in the South-East aims to maintain tiger flathead stocks at a pre-determined % of the pre-fishing, or virgin, biomass. This is called the target reference point. The flathead stock has been above this target for many years so fishermen have enjoyed quotas (total allowable catches or TACs) designed to slightly reduce flathead […]
Major changes in arrangements for commercial fishing in new Australian Marine Parks
From July 1 2018, new Australian Marine Park management plans will come into effect, creating new rules for where fishing can occur in 44 marine parks around the country. Australian Marine Parks are located in Commonwealth waters, 3 to 200 nautical miles from the coastline, beyond state water boundaries. Commercial fishing can occur in yellow and […]
Marine Park Alert System Helpful in the South-East
Marine parks are recognised globally as a tool that can contribute to protecting some marine environments from potentially damaging fishing methods such as trawling. The South-East Trawl Fishery is proud to operate within a network of 14 Australian Marine Parks covering 388,000 km2. The Association sees these marine parks as part of the risk-catch-cost fisheries management decision making trade-off. Marine […]
We need your help to understand the diet of Shy Albatross
By Dr Rachael Aderman Wildlife Management Branch – Marine Conservation Program DPIPWE The shy albatross breeds nowhere else in the world apart from three tiny islands in Tasmania—Albatross Island in the north and Pedra Branca (pictured) and the Mewstone in the south. Unlike many of the other albatross species that travel widely across the Southern […]