摘要：Abstract While this paper pays most attention to policies adopted for management of commercial fisheries in Australia, it emphasizes that management of Australia's marine resources involves wider issues and interests. Government regulation of the domestic commercial fisheries and its control of foreign fishing in Australian waters are discussed. Regulation of the domestic fisheries involves producer protection against rentdissipation and consumer protection, for instance from excessive mercury content in fish, However, Government management may also have dissipating effects. The Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) industry is given considerable attention since it involves a migratory species, a transborder one, shared by different Australian states and by Japanese vessels in international waters. While a management plan has now been adopted for the Australian {SBT} industry, Japan and Australia have yet to reach a negotiated solution on their joint catch rates. The Nash extended bargaining game model is used to consider a possible settlement between Australia and Japan. A number of gaps and shortcomings in Australian research on marine resource economics are noted such as the relative lack of attention to such matters as recreational fishing, recreational demands on marine areas, demands for preservation of marine species and the economics of the management of marine parks.
