Spanish mackerel stock report 'imminent' as stakeholders fear for fishery's future

 Australia's east coast Spanish mackerel fishery has been grossly mismanaged and urgent measures are needed to allow stocks to recover, an experienced fisheries expert has warned.

A preliminary stock assessment released in April estimated the east coast population of the species could be as little as 17 per cent of virgin stocks, well below the sustainable level of 60 per cent.

A Fisheries Queensland spokesman confirmed a peer review has since been completed into the stock assessment but no specific date for its release has been set.

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