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The State ofthe Fisheries Report is published annually to provide an additional level of detailed reporting of the management of fish stocks and their environment undertaken by the Department of Fisheries. A summary report from the document is included in the Department's Annual Report to Parliament, which includes the Department's non-financial (fishery) performance indicators.

By summarising management changes, compliance activities and research data including stock assessments and breeding stock levels, this document provides a valuable reference point for Western Australian fisheries of major importance to the commercial and recreational sectors, and the developing aquaculture sector.

This year's State of the Fisheries Report takes the next step in the Department's development of a full ecologically sustainable development (ESD) approach to managing the state's fisheries and aquatic environments. That is, the report structure now deals with fisheries and fishing-related activities on a bioregional basis, enabling ecosystem-based fisheries management to be more efficiently considered. An outline of the management processes the Department undertakes to manage the impact of fishing on the aquatic environment now prefaces the fishery reports in each bioregion, further emphasising the Department's longstanding commitment to protecting the habitats which support our fish stocks and aquatic tourism industries.

ISSN

1446 - 5906 (print) 1446 - 5914 (online) 1446 - 5922 (CD)

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

City

Perth

Keywords

Fisheries, Western Australia, Compliance, Management

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Data Science | Management Information Systems | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Survival Analysis | Sustainability

State of the Fisheries report 2003/04

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