Giant Crab Fishery

The giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) fishery is a comparatively small fishery, but is of relatively high value. The fishery has been commercially targeted since the early 1990s moving from being open access to limited entry and is now managed by individual transferable quotas.

http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/sea-fishing-aquaculture/commercial-fishing/giant-crab-fishery

image: giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)