Minister Appoints Experts to Review Recreational Fishing Options
Source: WA. Minister for Fisheries. Media Release.
"Fisheries Minister Norman Moore announced the appointment of two independent experts to assess the scientific advice and proposed options to manage recreational fishing of highly vulnerable finfish species. Mr Moore said the management reviewer was Peter Neville, who has broad experience in fisheries management. Mr Neville was a former Deputy Director General of the Queensland Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries and currently chair of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. “The research review will be undertaken out by Michael O’Neill, a well respected specialist in stock assessment, mathematical modelling, survey techniques, fish ageing and taxonomy,” he said."