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Below are a list of recently published articles on Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) of our Fisheries. Fishing Monthly: "Is the Marine Environment being Short-Changed?" This article investigates the substantial financial contribution that recreational anglers make to the Queensland economy when compared with commercial trawling fishing activities and provides some surprising statistical information from governmental departments which should prick the ears of any politician. (This document is a self-extracting zipped 131KB file - "doc2.exe".) Paper: "Aust. Fisheries Mgt & ESD - The One that Got Away?" As a community are we serious about ecologically sustainable development in the marine context, or are we just paying lip service to the concept? This issue is dealt with in this paper by considering the legal mechanisms which exist to manage our fisheries under the Commonwealth and Queensland legislation, the wider issue of protection of the marine environment under environmental protection legislation, including recent court decisions, and an examination of how all of this is working in practice. This paper was presented at the QELA Conference 2000. (This document is a self-extracting zipped 131KB file - "doc3.exe".) Document: "Ecologically Sustainable Fishing" It’s law! In January 2000, the New South Wales Land & Environment Court recognised that commercial fishing was an activity likely to detrimentally affect the environment. This article was printed in the February 2000 issue of Bush 'n Beach newspaper and explains the court ruling on action brought against commercial fishing in the Manning and Taree estuaries in NSW. This recent New South Wales decision highlights the inadequacies with Queensland’s fishing and environmental legislation. (This document is a self-extracting zipped 33KB file - "doc5.exe".) Fishing World: "Money Talks - The Economic Bottom Line" Based solely on government statistics, it is evident that the recreational fishing sector is putting back into Queensland's economy eight times more than what it is taking. The commercial fishing sector on the other hand only puts back a little over twice what it takes from the resource. This article details some interesting comparisons between the recreational and commercial fishing sectors, and concludes that the commercial fishing is in fact doing more harm than good to the state's economy. (This document is a self-extracting zipped 43KB file - "doc6.exe".)