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More than 90% of global fisheries are considered too small or data-poor for assessment with existing quantitative assessment models. With a series of groundbreaking studies, some still being published, Dr Prince has established fisheries can be assessed just with simple … Continue reading
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Since 2002 Dr Prince has developed a methodology for reef scale assessment and management for the Western Abalone Divers Association (WADA). Building on an idea given to him by a Western Australian abalone diver, Dr Prince taught the abalone divers … Continue reading
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California is a US state the size of most industrialized nations, home of a government facing a budget crisis and third world fisheries. Much of the theory behind using Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a reaction to the ‘scorched earth’ … Continue reading
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The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) initiated a sustainable seafood assessment program for Australian wild caught and cultured seafood products in 2010. The core of the program is an assessment process that ACF developed and implemented with a team of leading … Continue reading
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The South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery has landed approximately 2,000t per annum of Jasus edwardsii and is one of that state’s most valuable fisheries. In 2010 the industry based South Australian Rock Lobster Advisory Council, and the state fisheries management … Continue reading
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The premium pearl in the world, South Sea Pearls are cultured along the remote tropical Kimberley coastline of Western Australia. The Pearl Producer’s of Australia (PPA) pride themselves on their low impact culture techniques, but find themselves under increasing pressure … Continue reading
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In 2007 the Minister of Fisheries for the Commonwealth of Australia directed all Commonwealth managed fisheries should be managed with quantitative Harvest Strategies (HS); computerized decision rules using pre-agreed data to adjust catch levels. A mechanism for setting catch levels … Continue reading
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In northern Australia the traditional owners of Torres Strait enjoy a continuing statutory Traditional Right to hunt the dugong (Sirenidae) but data on the hunt are sparse and stock status is uncertain. The project was to synthesise all available information … Continue reading