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Rough justice for threatened deep sea perchORANGE roughy has become the first commercially-caught fish to be added to Australia's list of threatened species. Known as deep sea perch, giant spawning aggregations of the slow-growing, long-lived fish have been taken by trawl nets in southern Australian waters. Protection under the law was needed if the species was to have any chance of long-term survival, the federal Environment Minister, Ian Campbell, said yesterday. Senator Campbell said roughy would be listed as "conservation dependent", and managed under a program implemented by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. <!--break--> The Humane Society International, which nominated the fish for protection, said it was disappointed that commercial catches of the fish would continue. "A total allowable catch of 400 tonnes and a by-catch quota of 150 tonnes has been set," said the society's campaigner, Gemma Hunneyball.
"The species is now at 7 per cent of its unfished biomass. AFMA's own guidelines for sustainability say that targeted fishing should stop below 20 per cent."
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