Publication Date

1-2017

Series Number

283

ISSN

0819-4327

Publisher

Department of Fisheries Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

Harvest strategies for aquatic resources managed by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries (the Department) are formal documents prepared to support the decision-making processes required to ensure the management of these resources are consistent with the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD). The objectives of ESD are reflected in the objects of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA) and Section 9 of the Aquatic Resources Management Act, which will replace the FRMA once proclaimed.

The publication of these strategies is intended to make the decision-making considerations and processes for the management of specified aquatic resources publicly transparent and provide a basis for informed dialogue on management actions with resource users and other stakeholders.

This harvest strategy relates to the abalone resource of Western Australia and the fishing activities that impact this resource. Three species; Roe's abalone (Haliotis roei), Greenlip abalone (H. laevigata) and Brownlip abalone (H. conicopora), are targeted by recreational and commercial fishers through hand collection by wading and diving in shallow waters off the south-western and southern coasts of Western Australia. Although the commercial Abalone Managed Fishery (AMF), which is divided into eight spatial management areas, covers all coastal state waters between the Northern Territory and the South Australian borders, fishing effort is currently focused in areas south of Moore River (Figure 1). The Western Australian recreational abalone fishery (WARAF) is divided into three zones (Figure 2), with the majority of fishing effort focused on Roe's abalone in Zone (Western Zone).

Number of Pages

39

Keywords

Abalone, Western Australia, Harvest strategy, Fisheries management, Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD)

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Biology | Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Environmental Policy | Genetics | Management Information Systems | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Population Biology | Sustainability

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