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Emeritus Professor, Fisheries Aquaculture and Coasts Centre IMAS, University of Tasmania

Australia’s oceans are home to extraordinary marine life.

October 2, 2016

The story behind Australia’s marine reserves, and how we should change them

Colin Buxton, University of Tasmania and Peter Cochrane, Australian National University

Australia has the third largest marine jurisdiction in the world, a vast ocean territory that contains important natural and biological resources. And it needs protecting.

If science is excluded from fisheries policy, we’re headed back to the bad old days of overfishing. Greg Bishop

March 12, 2013

Super trawler gone, but is fisheries policy in trouble?

Colin Buxton, University of Tasmania; Caleb Gardner, University of Tasmania; Jeremy Lyle, University of Tasmania, and Ray Hilborn, University of Washington

Last week, the “super trawler” Abel Tasman left Australia, with far less fanfare than you might have expected. Many hail this as good news for Australian fisheries, but we believe it could be a great step…

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