lobsters went down a bit here at first but not for long , most of the boats just stopped going out and saved their quoter , here in nth qld its stupidity , we have whats called the painted cray that is a tropical cray, they start walking nth and school up as they head nth to breed , from just below cairns in nth qld they start walking and go up around the tip of png and breed in their millions . we use to be able to fish for them.. then it was could keep them as incirdental catch (ie. what you caught accidentally in your prawn nets) then not allowed to keep any .. just to keep png happy as their gov said they needed the money, mean while all the illegal fishing boats flog the schools in png waters , the incirdental catch would have been only a drop in the bucket , even going diving for them your only allowed a couple a day for your own consumption