the species is commonly taken by a number of fishing methods, with the most common being seine nets. ring, fence, fyke netting and beam trawling are also used occasionally, but more often associated with sampling the entire population for research purposes. research has focused on the effectiveness of different mesh sizes used to net the species in order to prevent juvenile individuals dying after becoming enmeshed. associated research has also shown that those whiting that survive and are discarded tend to have much lower survival rates due to scale loss, which is a major issue, as many young fish are regularly taken in such nets and released by the fisherman after sustaining scale loss. these studies have led to a number of proposals and subsequent changes to net regulations.