Publication Date

11-2014

Series Number

265

ISSN

0819-4327

Publisher

Department of Fisheries Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

This fishery-specific harvest strategy has been developed in line with the Department of Fisheries' (Department) over-arching Harvest Strategy Policy for Aquatic Resources (Department of Fisheries in prep.) and in consultation with licensees. The broad scope of the Harvest Strategy Policy for Aquatic Resources is consistent with the National Harvest Strategy Guidelines but as well as considering all retained target species, it also incorporates retained non-target species, bycatch' and other ecological components to ensure the risks to these elements are managed effectively.

The Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery (EGPMF) harvest strategy outlines the longand short-term fishery-specific management objectives; a description of the performance indicators used to measure performance against these objectives; reference levels for each performance indicator; and associated harvest control miles, which articulate pre-defined, specific management actions designed to maintain each resource at target levels and achieve the management objectives for the fishery. The monitoring and assessment procedures for the collection and analysis of data to underpin the harvest strategy and determine stock status and fishery performance are described.

This document also includes a description of the management measures that have been adopted for the fishery and how the specific operations of the fishery may be adjusted in response to performance against each of the target, threshold and limit reference levels. Consultation and decision making processes, together with compliance measures are also included to ensure stakeholders are provided with a fully transparent description of the key processes that are used to manage the fishery.

Number of Pages

32

Keywords

Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery (EGPMF), Fishery management, Exmouth, Western Australia, Prawns, Harvest strategy, Fishery licences

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Policy | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Operations and Supply Chain Management | Population Biology | Sustainability

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