Fish stocks off icy Heard Island bounced back when illegal fishing stopped and sustainable fishing continued
- Written by Joel Williams, Research Associate in Marine Ecology, University of Tasmania
In the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean lies a vast underwater volcanic ridge known as the Kerguelen Plateau. At its centre sits Australia’s most remote territory: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. These icy outposts about 4,100km southwest of Perth are home to Australia’s only active volcanoes.
These isolated islands are a...





