South Australia’s Spencer Gulf prawn fishery will undergo the world’s most rigorous environmental assessment for fisheries in the hope of becoming the first sustainable prawn fishery in Australia.

Sawfish — with their long, toothed snouts that resemble saw blades — are being caught as bycatch in Australia’s largest tropical prawn fishery. In the warm, shallow azure waters off northern Australia ...

A major decline in the catch of the banana prawn [shrimp], Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) merguiensis, occurred over a six-year period in the Weipa region of the northeastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.

In short: Australian shipping company Sea Swift announced a suspension of its service supporting fishing trawlers last year, which means prawn fishermen in the Gulf of Carpentaria are bringing in less ...