FFC Information Sheets

FFC Factsheet 12/04/2006 Updated May 2006: Orange Roughy Fishery in the Great Australian Bight (with update re EPBC nomination)

FFC Sustainable fishing education project Information sheet Goto: Project Homepage Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4 Sheet 5 Sheet 6

FFC Species Factsheet 1 - The Elephant Fish - a comprehensive background on this fascinating fish

Sustainable Recreational Fishing Practices

Great Australian Shark Count - report shark sightings via the Australian underwater Federation website

The National Code of Practice For Recreational and Sport Fishing 2001 - The FFC supports this set of principles produced by Recfish Australia with National Heritage Trust funding. Currently under review (April 2008) - FFC has provided comments

Released fish survival - Infofish (FRDC) - Info on releasing fish best practice, survival and more

Catch And Release Fishing - Some catch and release advice from Native Fish Australia, note the Murray/Trout Cod specific advice

Destructive Fishing Practices - Article on destuctive fishing practices in Australia adapted from the work of FFC member Jon Nevill

SA specific links

Bag, boat and size limits SA - PIRSA - South Australian recreational fishing regulations

SA Weather

fishsa.com - South Australia specific resources for recreational fishers

Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) - Fisheries homepage

The Fish Habitat Handbook How to Reduce the Impacts of Land-Based Development on South Australia’s Fish Habitats

Reefwatch - Reef Watch is a community environmental monitoring project for divers

SARFAC - South Australian Recreational Fishing Advisory Council - A prescribed body under fisheries regulations and funded by Agriculture Food and Fisheries

Management Plan for the Soutth Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery Craig Noel, Jon Presser, Keith Jones January 2006

Freshwater Fishes of the Adelaide region South Australian Gulf Division - Great poster on the SANFA site

Inshore Fish Group - community monitoring of selected SA sites for inshore fish and their environment - great photos and a focus on sygnathids (seahorses, pipefish and sea dragons) in SA

Desalination in SA - FFC resource page,

Atlas of SA

Department of Environment and Heritage - Coasts and Marine

Planning South Australia - Maps and Spatial Information

Other marine conservation groups/web sites

Australian Marine Conservation Society - Tireless marine conservation campaigners, plenty of educational resources

Fish4ever.org - global internet campaign calling for the urgent implementation of sustainable fisheries and the creation of a network of marine parks to safeguard the future of the world’s oceans

The Wilderness Society - Independent Australian conservation group concerned with both land and marine and coastal work

Conservation Council of SA - The Conservation Council of South Australia is an umbrella organisation representing approx. 60 member groups

Australian Conservation Foundation - the ACF is active in Australian marine conservation

Greenpeace

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - Doing great work in Australia and around the world to protect marine mammals and their habitat

Marine and Coastal Community Network - An excellent source for the latest information on Australian marine and coastal initiatives

Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry’s leading nonprofit environmental organization. Offices in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources in 175 countries around the world. Of note is the 10 Things You Can Do To Support Sustainable Fisheries.

WetlandCare Australia - WCA is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to add value to Australia's wetland community and environment by building the knowledge and science of wetland repair through active wetland repair projects in regional Australia.

Conservation Science Institute - American site exploring such issues as destructive fishing practices and shifting baselines

Marine Conservation Biology Institute - American based organisation dedicated to "advance the science of marine conservation biology and secure protection for ocean ecosystems"

Australian Seabird Rescue was established at Ballina, New South Wales in 1992, following the rescue of a pelican hooked in fishing tackle. Since that time, ASR volunteers have been involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of seabirds and shorebirds, marine turtles, and to date, have rescued over 1000 Australian Pelicans

OzEstuaries provides comprehensive information about Australian estuaries and coastal waterways. This information helps to generate a better understanding of coastal environments, the complex processes that occur in them, the potential environmental health issues and how to recognise and deal with these issues.

The Marine Photobank - A free resource of compelling, high quality under water and above water ocean conservation imagery.

Marine Protected Areas

Fishing Risk Assessment for the Development of a Representative System of Marine Protected Areas in the South-east Marine Region - Report of the Technical Working Group
DEH October 2005 - LINK INACTIVE

Conservation Benefits of Temperate Marine Protected Areas: Variation among Fish Species - Recent scientific paper using recreational fishing data to examine the benefits of MPA's to fish stocks (.rtf format)

Existing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in South Australia - Information regarding South Australia's exiting MPA's on the Environment SA site - LINK INACTIVE

Proposed Encounter Marine Park - Government info on the first of 19 proposed marine parks in SA Coastal waters

Encounter Marine Park Draft Zoning - Detailed zoning map, not published with other web based documents pertaining to the proposal 2005 pdf here

SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON MARINE RESERVES AND MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - American statement signed by 161 leading marine scientists and experts on marine reserves. Signatories all hold Ph.D. degrees and are employed by academic institutions. Download as Word doc. Here

Australian Bureau of Statistics examination of Australias marine environment and MPAs - Measures of Australia's Progress, 2004, oceans and estuaries. Download as Word doc. Here

SA Marine Parks Draft Bill - info and links

Is catch-and-release recreational angling compatible with no-take marine protected areas? Cooke et al. Ocean & Coastal Management 49 (2006) 342–354 - inconclusive but interesting discussion. - LINK INACTIVE

Fishing and Conservation related links

Rec fishing and conservation in Canada- Society for Conservation Biology - The role of recreational fishers in conservation and management: lessons from freshwater systems for marine practitioners

Impacts of Commercial Fishing on Marine Wildlife - Brief overview of fisheries effects from the Marine Mammal Research Group.

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services - 'We analyzed local experiments, long-term regional time series, and global fisheries data to test how biodiversity loss affects marine ecosystem services across temporal and spatial scales'. Journal article published in Science 2006

Fisheries management

Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources F. Berkes,1* T. P. Hughes,2 R. S. Steneck,3 J. A. Wilson,4 D. R. Bellwood,2 B. Crona,5,6 C. Folke,5,6 L. H. Gunderson,7 H. M. Leslie,8 J. Norberg,6 M. Nyström,5,6 P. Olsson,5 H. Österblom,6 M. Scheffer,9 B. Worm10. Article published in the Journal Science 17 March 2006

Sustainable Fishing / Dive / Ecotourism operators

Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience - Swimming with Sea Lions, Dolphins and fishing sustainably on South Australia's West coast. Highly Recommended.

underwater.com.au - Extensive information on dive shops, boats, gear and more - community meeting place for divers and marine enthusiasts.

Go ECO Operator program - A project AWARE list of approved dive operators.

Dig Deeper

The National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing Survey 2001 - quick summary or the full report.

Australian fisheries statistics - latest abare statistics for Australian fisheries (.pdf)

Marine Disturbance in Parts of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series (Coasts and Oceans), Series 2

AFMA research report archive

The Fish Habitat Handbook How to Reduce the Impacts of Land-Based Development on South Australia’s Fish Habitats

Antarctica Does Acid - Greenhouse gasses and the ecosystem effects on the ocean, article by Jon Sumby

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services - Paper published in the journal Science predicting total world fisheries collapse within 50 years. Read an ABC article regarding this paper here.

Disturbance of the seafloor by mobile fishing gear: a comparison to forest clearcutting - article in conservation biology, see abstract here

Environmental impact of trawling on the seabed: a review - New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1992, Vol. 26: 59-67

State of the worlds fisheries and aquacultuure 2006 - FAO

Effects of eutrophication, grazing, and algal blooms on rocky shores - Execess nutrients and the critical role of macroalgae on recky reef ecosystems. Paper published in Limnology and Oceanography 51