Management of the Australian Northern prawn fishery

Somers, Ian

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Management of the Australian Northern prawn fishery

Date

1997-11-09

Authors

Somers, Ian

Publisher

Griffith University

Abstract

Five species of prawns are of major commercial importance in northern Australian waters: the banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis); two species of tiger prawns (P. esculentus and P. semisulcatus) and two species of endeavour prawns (Metapenaeus ensis and M. endeavouri).