WAMSI Research Node 4

Sustainable Marine Ecosystems: Ecologically Sustainable Development for the Marine State’s Fisheries

Management of fisheries must be ecosystem-based because, whilst the maintenance of the target stocks has long been the primary management goal for fisheries agencies, there is now a recognition that there is a need to ensure that non-target stocks and the broader ecosystem are also not affected to unacceptable levels.

Node 4 will develop methods and/or generate the information needed to assist with the management of the marine ecosystems of Western Australia to meet the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development.

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Sustainable ecosystems for sustainable fisheries

Key Participants

• Department of Fisheries
• Curtin University of Technology
• Edith Cowan University
• Murdoch University
• University of Western Australia
• CSIRO
• Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

Node Leader

Dr Rick Fletcher BSc (Hons) PhD
Director, Fisheries Research
Email: rfletcher@fish.wa.gov.au