The importance of small-pelagic species in marine ecosystems and their economic contribution to coastal communities are increasingly recognised by many fishery managers. However, the management of small pelagic species faces many challenges due to environmental factors that periodically impact on recruitment of the species. Delayed responses in management to these...
The Australian federal fisheries policy identifies maximising net economic returns as the primary objective of fisheries management. This has largely been interpreted as maximising the net economic yield (MEY) in fisheries. For multispecies fisheries, this has been based on maximising the net present value of total profit in the fishery...
Short-lived fisheries stocks are subject to large fluctuations in abundance and respond rapidly to many factors
including changes in oceanographic conditions, biological interactions and fishery exploitation. Management of
such species requires a flexible, adaptive framework that responds rapidly to a changing environment, although such
schemes are rarely operationalized. In this...
The rapid increase in abalone production and importing of farmed products may pose a serious threat to
wild abalone producing countries, as it could cause negative pressure on prices. This paper investigates
the price relationships for imported abalone in the Japanese market and the implications for wild abalone
producing countries,...