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IMAS researcher Dr Alison Turnbull urges Australians to handle seafood safely during Food Safety Week, stressing refrigeration, proper cooking, and label reading to reduce risks like Listeria, especially for vulnerable individuals.
Around one in four Tasmanians went recreational fishing in 2022–23, marking the highest participation rate in over 20 years. While most fishers go out infrequently, their collective impact is significant—prompting experts like Professor Sean Tracey from IMAS to highlight the importance of sustainable practices as the recreational sector now rivals commercial harvests for key species.
Overfishing has reduced the size and age of fish populations, weakening marine ecosystems and food security. Dr Asta Audzijonyte is leading efforts to restore fish size diversity through research, marine protection, and community engagement—including a new educational card game.
A new global study led by IMAS has found that fishery stock assessments frequently overestimate fish population health, especially for overfished stocks—by an average of 11.5%. The findings call for more cautious, independently verified approaches to fisheries management to ensure long-term sustainability and food security.
Editor’s summary
Assessment of the status of fisheries stocks is a key component of their management. Although there has been much debate around how to do fishery assessments, there has been a general belief that estimates are roughly accurate. Edgar et al. used publicly available data on 230 of the best-known fisheries species to test whether stock biomass estimates made in the year of the estimate were as accurate as specifically calculated hindcast models (see the Perspective by Froese and Pauly). They found that, especially in overfished species, historical estimates were higher than later estimates, indicating the presence of excessively positive assessments of stock status. —Sacha Vignieri
With an ever-increasing hunger for seafood globally, finding low-cost but effective ways of monitoring catches has never been more important to ensure sustainability.
Sea Change: co-developing pathways to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate for fisheries and aquaculture in Australia
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