Shijie Zhou

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an approach to progress the EBFM mandate in Australia, using a new ecological risk assessment framework applied to fisheries, termed Ecological Risk Assessment for the Effects of Fishing (ERAEF).

TL;DR: Balanced fishing across a range of species, stocks, and sizes could mitigate adverse effects and address food security better than increased selectivity and challenges present management paradigms.

TL;DR: It is argued here that a “balanced exploitation” approach might alleviate many of the ecological effects of fishing by avoiding intensive removal of particular components of the ecosystem, while still supporting sustainable fisheries.

TL;DR: In this article, a quantitative approach to the ecological sustainability assessment for fishing effects (SAFE) on diverse and data-poor bycatch assemblages is presented, and the authors demonstrate the effectiveness of this method by assessing the impact of Australia's Northern Prawn fishery on the sustainability of 51 elasmobranch bycatch species.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of management strategies for a prawn fishery in northern Australia is evaluated using the management strategy evaluation (MSE) approach, which is implemented through controls on the fishing effort that targets the two main target species (Penaeus semisulcatus and Penaeus esculentus).