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An El Niño hit this banana prawn fishery hard. Here’s what we can learn from their experience

  • Written by Eva Plaganyi, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Prawns are a staple of many Australian barbecues, and we’re fortunate to have wild-caught prawns from sustainably-managed fisheries that boast best management practice.

You’ve probably heard of the tiger and white banana prawns caught in the Gulf of Carpentaria. But west of Darwin, there’s a fishery in the remote...

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