This project provided a robust assessment that gear modifications introduced into the WCRLMF
and octopus fisheries have reduced the number of reported entanglements. The management
arrangements around the implementation of these modifications are appropriate in light on the
new spatial and temporal...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The Western Australian Aboriginal Fishing Strategy (the “strategy”) was developed following a three-year consultative process overseen by former Western Australian Supreme Court Judge, the Hon E M Franklyn QC. Formulation of the draft strategy was assisted by a working group, which...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
The catches of the main fish species obtained by commercial, recreational and charter boat fishers along the Pilbara and Kimberley coasts have been determined by analysing the Department of Fisheries Western Australian Catch and Effort Database System (CAES), the results of a recreational creel...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Until recently, exploitation of North West Shelf multi-species fish stocks was mainly by the Taiwanese pair-trawl fishery, though other foreign vessels had also fished there. Australian finfish fishing in the region was conducted by a small number of line-fishing boats, working close to the mainland...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA