Publication Date
17-11-2022
Publisher
Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development
City
Perth
ISBN
978-1-921845-11-6
ISSN
2202-5758
Abstract
In April 2022, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD, Department) convened an ecological risk assessment (ERA) of the fisheries that access the Western Rock Lobster Resource (Resource). ERAs are conducted by the Department as part of its Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) framework.
This report provides an overview of the Western Australian (WA) fisheries that access the Resource to support the ERA risk scoring process. The ERA considered the potential ecological impacts of the harvest of the Resource by all sectors, including the commercial fisheries; West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF) and South Coast Crustacean Managed Fishery (SCCMF), recreational (including charter) fishers and customary fishing.
The assessment focused on evaluating the impact of each fishing sector on all relevant retained and bycatch species, endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species, habitats and the broader environment.
The ERA workshop procedures and outcomes are documented in the Ecological Risk Assessment of the Western Rock Lobster 2022 (Stoklosa, 2022).
Number of Pages
58
Keywords
Background Information, Ecological Risk Assessment, Western Rock Lobster
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Recommended Citation
How, J., Tuffley, E., Oliver, R. Evans, S. Hourston, M. and de Lestang, S. 2022. Ecological Risk Assessment for the Western Rock Lobster Resource. Fisheries Research Report No. 328. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia. 58 pp.
