Bob Kearney

The south-western Pacific is the only region in the world where all tuna stocks have a 'healthy' status. It supports the acknowledged best researched and managed tuna fishery on the planet. With skipjack tuna being the most important renewable natural resource in the region, the fishery is crucial to the economic and wider social wellbeing of Pacific Island peoples, who...

A reflection on the fishing exploits of yore contrasted against our changing environment. Bob Kearney has been addicted to recreational fishing and is a devout keeper of the legends and lore of the Australian angler. He is also a world authority on fisheries and marine ecosystem management. In Fishing in the Good Old Days, Kearney looks back on his six...