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28 September 2009
Fishery Status Report 2008
The Fishery status reports 2008 is the first joint independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks and fisheries managed or jointly managed by the Australian Government. The Fishery status reports 2008 integrate the assessments of the Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) into a single publication, providing trends in stock status and highlighting emerging issues that may affect the fishing industry, fisheries management and the broader community.
From a biological perspective, the 2008 reports show a substantial decrease in the number of stocks classified as uncertain. This has subsequently resulted in an increase in other categories i.e. the number of stocks classified as either not overfished and/or not subject to overfishing, as well as overfished and/or subject to overfishing. The number of stocks that are overfished or subject to overfishing remains a cause for concern.