Australian aquaculture: opportunities and challenges

• Main Author: Haward, M
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2006
• Subjects: Studies in Human Society; Political Science; Comparative Government and Politics; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.routledgelaw.com/books/Aquaculture-Law-and-Policy-isbn9780415702010; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/43467

Australia has responsibility for the fourth largest maritime jurisdiction in the world. The Australian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and claimable continental shelf is 16 million km 2 , extending from tropical to Antarctic waters. While the Australian EEZ is not highly productive on a world scale, it nonetheless supports a number of commercially lucrative fisheries, including tuna and bill fish, high-value shellfish and crustaceans, and increasingly important mariculture of salmonids and southern bluefin tuna. Australian fisheries have experienced a period of impressive growth in the recent past, driven by significant developments in aquaculture.