MINUTES: Seine Trawl Autoline Advisory Group (STAAG)
DRAFT Record of meeting 17 Sept 2020 STAAG EM and reporting
Call for EOI: Vessels to assist in testing modified trawl gear to improve efficiency
Call for EOI – ground gear experiments
CSIRO Release 2019 Eastern Orange Roughy Spawning Biomass Report
An AOS survey completed in winter 2019 found that there were 42,600 tonnes of adult fish spawning on two hills in the eastern zone. Immature, non-spawning and southern fish were not surveyed and are additional to this. CSIRO FINAL REPORT AOS Eastern Zone 2019-compressed
Victoria’s recreational licence review – will 40% of anglers be left to carry the cost?
Why all Victorian recreational fishers should be licensed More than 50% of Victorian adult recreational fishers are unlicensed, thanks to a generous suite of exemptions. These privileges date back to a time when governments met the full cost of the State’s recreational fisheries program and an inland fishing licence funded some extra benefits. Licence exemptions […]
Victoria’s Commercial Fisheries of 1862
By Ross Winstanley* In July 1862, Victoria’s out-going Inspector of Fisheries and Oyster Beds, James Putwain, wrote a report of his observations of the colony’s commercial fisheries to deputy premier Charles Duffy. Irish-born Duffy was the Commissioner for Public Works, President of the Board of Land and Works, and Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey, […]
Victorian Government’s plan fails
The peak industry body for commercial fishers in Victoria is Seafood Industry Victoria (SIV). SIV is funded by a small compulsory fee on all Victorian fishing licences. The Victorian Government recently wrote to Victorian fishers asking if they wanted to continue paying this fee. Victoria has shut down net fishing in Port Phillip Bay, has […]
Fishing industry providing shark samples for assessments
Four years ago, AFMA installed cameras on gillnet vessels targeting sharks in the south-east fishery to monitor dolphin and sea-lion interactions. However, a consequence of doing this was that human observers were removed from these vessels. These observers collected data on interactions with dolphins and seals but also collected lengths and vertebrae, which are used […]
Australia Post recognises sustainability of South-East Target Fish Stocks
REPRODUCED FROM AUSTRALIA POST WEBSITE Sustainable fishing means keeping fishing activity to a level that allows it to continue indefinitely, maintaining the integrity of ecosystems where fishing occurs, and using non-destructive, wild-capture fishing techniques. Australia rates highly on an international scale in terms of sustainable fishing practices. A recent study (2013) by the Fisheries Research […]
A wake-up call for recreational fishing in Australia
By Ross Winstanley* Recreational fishing in Australia faces an interesting challenge: a recent decline in the community’s view of its sustainability. While community perceptions of commercial fishing’s sustainability sit at a lower level, the industry has invested heavily – and with some success – in maintaining public support. It would be risky for recreational fishing […]
Health and wellbeing in the fishing industry
By Tanya King Senior Lecturer In Anthropology, Deakin University In 2017 many of you would have been invited to complete a survey on health, wellbeing, safety and resilience, as part of the FRDC-funded project, Sustainable Fishing Families. The report of this project has recently been released and the results are confronting, highlighting poor health outcomes […]