A sampling method was developed to quantify changes in the abundance of abalone on reefs in NSW from Port Stephens to the Victorian border. The method is based on the repeated sampling of the same, fixed areas and has been used each year since 1994 to provide indices of the relative abundance of...

Most Australian abalone fisheries are fully exploited and a comparison of the total catch of blacklip abalone, Haliotis ruber, in the three south-eastern states indicates a decline in population size from south to north. The catch distribution from New South Wales parallels that trend. This decline...