In the second of aseries of articles,Mike Montgomerie,gear technologist atSeafish, gives hisperspective on theissue of discards andthe work that Seafishand the industryhave been doing tohelp develop newselective technologiesand net-basedfishing activitiesto re…
The economic importance of sandfish to poor rural Asian communitiestriggered a collaborative, multinational research effort to advance breedingand rearing techniques when fish numbers started to decline, writes Catherine Norwood, Australian Centre for Internat…
FAO has published technical guidelines on the use of wild fish as feed in aquaculture to support sections of FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) addressing responsible fisheries management and aquaculture development. The objective of these gu…
According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) annual Australian Fisheries Statistics for 2010, the total number of people employed in commercial fishing hunting and trapping industry were 11,431. The fishing, h…
An important change is underway in the relationship between fishermen and fisheries science, according to the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO).
