Establishing meaningful targets for bycatch reduction in Australian fisheries

Northern Prawn Fishery status report
David Brewer

Status report on bycatch within the Queensland Trawl Fishery
Julie B Robins & Anthony J Courtney

Focussing on bycatch issues in Australia's South East Trawl Fishery
Ian A Knuckey & Geoffrey W Liggins

Factors affecting discarding in the South East Fishery - implications for stock assessment and bycatch reduction
Geoffrey W Liggins & Ian A Knuckey

Seabird bycatch in tuna longlining fisheries in Australia. Abstract only
Dennis Heinemann

Bycatch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery
Stewart Frusher & Ian 'Jac' Gibson

Bycatch in Australian recreational fisheries: is it an issue?
David McGlennon & Jeremy M Lyle

Discussion of Session 1
Chaired and recorded by Nick Rawlinson (p 87)

Session 2: Some of the issues associated with bycatch reduction in fisheries

How do we define bycatch? Abstract only
Aubrey Harris

Assessing the response of bycatch communities to prawn trawling
Ilona Stobutzki & Roland Pitcher

Trophic consequences of prawn trawling: linking bycatch to benthos
Paul E McShane, Stephen J Hall & Neil A Carrick

Discarding as unaccounted fishing mortality - when does bycatch mortality become significant?
Malcolm Haddon

Discussion of Session 2

Session 3: What are the obstacles to establishing bycatch targets in Australian fisheries?

Bycatch: the Queensland fishing industry's perspective
Darryl P McPhee & Ted D Loveday

Regarding bycatch - an industry point of view
Greg Palmer

An environmental view of bycatch
Duncan Leadbitter

Discussion of Session 3

Session 3 panel discussion
What are the obstacles to establishing bycatch targets in Austrahan fisheries? (p 144)