Research-Logs | Fish and Fisheries

Labeling Tropical Fisheries: opportunities & challenges for third party sustainability certification

This blog is a special one. Every year, the top student essay from the Managing Tropical Fisheries Course gets published in the SPC...

Profiling Queensland’s hidden low-impact saltwater fly fishery

When people hear of fly fishing, they often picture older men in waders fishing for brown trout in cold streams; OR they may ask you what...

Ensuring a sustainable future for Queensland’s Spanish mackerel

A Queensland icon The Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) (Figure 1) is a well-known, sought after fish in Queensland. If you’ve...

Fishos in the know: the value of fishers’ knowledge in making fisheries better

When I first mentioned to an angler mate of mine that I was studying fisheries, he chuckled, waggled his finger accusingly, and...

Seaspiracy: examining the science, the message, and what you can do to help save the ocean

13 claims; 5 tips: the Lab examines Seaspiracy to separate fact from fiction, and provide advice on sefood, choices, and sustainability

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“I see dead sharks" - how fossil shark research makes us better shark researchers

Fossil sharks are cool and fascinating. Some species are very similar to what we see in the modern ocean but the others are so different...

Submitting your first scientific paper is less stressful then the writing portion… right?

Once the scientific manuscript is written and ready for submission, the pain is over right? Maybe not . . .

Welcome to the Fish and Fisheries Lab website!

Here it is, R-Log (Research log) one. For a research lab, a website is a place mark, a digital footprint that says 'this is who we are,...