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 ...

There was only one stipulation when Elspeth Davey started working on a prawn trawler in the Gulf of Carpentaria. "I told the skipper 'unless you want burnt toast for breakfast, don't make me the cook' ...

The Logan River has been closed to commercial and recreational crustacean fishing after an outbreak of the virus in wild prawns. Restrictions are in place between Jabiru and Luscombe Weirs in the west ...

Studies show crustaceans can learn, remember, solve problems and form relationships ...

Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), also known as the giant river prawn and giant tiger prawn, is a close relative to marine shrimp. They are one of over 950 species in the Palaemonidae ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Scientists have come up with a way to satisfy Australians' demand for prawns which have become the nation's main Christmas fare -- a specially bred strain of larger, black ...