| Aim | To find robust alternative ecosystem-based management strategies to meet environmental, economic and social objectives for the Australian southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery |
| Time period | 2004-2007 |
| Disciplines | Anthropology, ecology, economics, geology, mathematics, oceanography, physics, psychology, and statistics |
| Stakeholders | Commercial fishers, recreational fishers, fisheries managers, non-government conservation organization representatives and experienced fisheries scientists |
| Research integration outcome | First whole-of-ecosystem management strategy evaluation for fisheries |
| Research implementation outcomes | The Australian Fisheries Management Authority rewrote the fisheries management plan for the Australian southern and eastern scalefish and shark fishery, and ultimately restructured this fishery along with Australia’s other federal fisheries |
| Reference | Fulton, E. A., Smith, A. D. M., Smith, D. C. and Johnson, P. (2014). An integrated approach is needed for ecosystem based fisheries management: Insights from ecosystem-level management strategy evaluation. PLoS ONE, 9, 1: e84242. (Online) (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084242 |