Humans have been trading seafood and seafood products since time immemorial. This trade has commonly crossed national boundaries, but the scale of trade has increased markedly in the past twenty years. By and large the distilled view of nations is that trade is good and there has been...

Recent sharp declines in numerous fish species and other ocean wildlife have forced serious reevaluation of old assumptions about the capacity of marine systems to sustain large-scale taking, especially when coupled with drastic habitat destruction, by-catch and food-web disruptions. Achieving...

Before I start my presentation on the very important subject of illegal fishing, I do want to congratulate Dr Meryl Williams on her appointment to the Chair of the Board of Management of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and President of its Policy Advisory Council. I...