The effect of introducing a large marine protected area (MPA) into a managed commercial fishery was investigated using a spatially explicit, size-structured model. The stock dynamics approximated the biology of Tasmanian rock lobsters in that adult movement was very limited while larval...

The economic value of the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery contributes significantly to the States regional economy. The fishery has recreational and commercial components, the latter generating an estimated $184.5 million p.a. ($65 million directly from landed value) and 1350 full-time-equivalent...

The apparently intense selective differentials imposed by many fisheries may drive the rapid evolution of growth rates. In a widely-cited laboratory experiment, Conover & Munch (2002; Science 297:94–96) found considerable evolutionary change in the size of harvested fish over 4 generations. Their...

Rock lobsters have a number of attributes that suggest potential for aquaculture, such as high market demand and gregarious behaviour. However, commercial hatchery production of seed is not feasible due to the long larval period so juveniles must be sourced from the wild. Harvest of puerulus...

Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) management systems are typically introduced to promote better capital utilisation by the fishing fleet and other efficiency gains. ITQ management was introduced in the Tasmanian rock lobster industry in 1998 and led to a range of economic, social and cultural...

The capacity for the Tasmanian southern rock lobster fishery to support the annual har-vest is a function of both growth of the legal sized stock and also recruitment of new lobsters into the stock. Decline in productivity from both of these processes has result-ed in a decline of the...

The Tasmanian rock lobster industry has been managed by Individually Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and several input control measures since 1998. In this study, nine years of rock lobster fishing business data were used to categorise the catch and quota ownership traits and examine the response to...