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Fisheries occasional publications

 

Fisheries occasional publications (ISSN 1447-2058) cover a wide range of topics relating to Western Australia's fisheries, pearling and aquaculture, and fish and fish habitats, in general - excluding issues relating to management and policy.

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  • Fisheries Occasional Publication No.148 - Aquaculture of Seaweed in Western Australia: Policy Principles Relating to Licences and Exemptions for the Aquaculture of Seaweed in Western Australia by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Fisheries Occasional Publication No.148 - Aquaculture of Seaweed in Western Australia: Policy Principles Relating to Licences and Exemptions for the Aquaculture of Seaweed in Western Australia

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    of aquaculture, and clarifies the process and information required to assess applications for aquaculture licences, leases and exemptions for seaweed aquaculture in WA.

    Development of principles will support decision-making for the take of wild seaweed and for the grant or variation of aquaculture licences for ... Read more

  • Marine protected species identification guide 2025 by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Marine protected species identification guide 2025

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    The Western Australian aquatic environment is home to a number of species that are protected under international agreements and national or state legislation. Many of these species occur in areas where fishing takes place, sometimes resulting in interactions between fishers and protected species. An interaction ... Read more

  • Fisheries Occasional Publication No.146 - Yabbie Aquaculture in Western Australia, March 2024 by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Fisheries Occasional Publication No.146 - Yabbie Aquaculture in Western Australia, March 2024

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Policy relating to the assessment of yabbie aquaculture proposals and principles for assessment

  • Fisheries Occasional Publication No.147 - Aquaculture Development Zones – Policy Position relating to Permitted Alternative Species by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Fisheries Occasional Publication No.147 - Aquaculture Development Zones – Policy Position relating to Permitted Alternative Species

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    The purpose of this policy is to set out considerations relevant to the assessment of aquaculture proposals within Aquaculture Development Zones (ADZ) for species distinct from the group of species for which the ADZ was initially established (Alternative Species).

  • Commercial fishing identification guide 2023 by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Commercial fishing identification guide 2023

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Throughout this guide you will see all or some of the marine bioregion symbols with each fish illustration, indicating where the species is most likely to occur.

    This guide has been developed to help you identify the more common species in Western Australia you may ... Read more

  • Recreational fishing identification guide by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Recreational fishing identification guide

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    This guide has been developed to help you identify the more common species in Western Australia that you may encounter. The purpose of this guide is to enhance consistent and accurate species identification. If you are unsure about a particular species (or if it is ... Read more

  • Recreational fishing location guide by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Recreational fishing location guide

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    This guide has been developed to help you identify the fishing locations that you may visit. The purpose of this guide is to enhance consistent and accurate identification of fishing locations and block numbers within each Bioregion. If you are unsure about a particular location, ... Read more

  • Final report Floating Upwelling System Harvest Road Oceans by Robert Michael and Scott Bennett

    Final report Floating Upwelling System Harvest Road Oceans

    Robert Michael and Scott Bennett

    A Floating Upwelling System or FLUPSY is a mechanical system for the culture of seed stock during the nursery stage of commercial bivalve production.

  • Ecological risk assessment for the Western Rock Lobster resource : Workshop procedure and outcomes by R Stoklosa

    Ecological risk assessment for the Western Rock Lobster resource : Workshop procedure and outcomes

    R Stoklosa

  • Results of the non-lethal SMART drumline trial in south-western Australia between 21 February 2019 and 20 February 2021 by Department of Fisheries

    Results of the non-lethal SMART drumline trial in south-western Australia between 21 February 2019 and 20 February 2021

    Department of Fisheries

  • Fisheries science update – October 2021: West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Fisheries science update – October 2021: West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Key points: 2021 stock assessment outcomes • The West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource (WCDSR) is halfway into a 20-year recovery plan following a period of overfishing in the 1990s and 2000s. • This latest assessment provides an important “health check” on the recovery status. • ... Read more

  • Results of the non-lethal SMART drumline trial in south-western Australia between 21 February 2019 and 20 February 2020 by Department of Fisheries

    Results of the non-lethal SMART drumline trial in south-western Australia between 21 February 2019 and 20 February 2020

    Department of Fisheries

  • West Coast Rock Lobster Whale Entanglement Mitigation Workshop by Jason How, L Orme, Graeme Baudains, Pia Dobson, M Taylor, and Simon de Lestang

    West Coast Rock Lobster Whale Entanglement Mitigation Workshop

    Jason How, L Orme, Graeme Baudains, Pia Dobson, M Taylor, and Simon de Lestang

  • The feasibility of using remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) for recreational fishing surveys in Western Australia by Department of Fisheries

    The feasibility of using remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) for recreational fishing surveys in Western Australia

    Department of Fisheries

  • Bait guidelines for commercial fisheries in Western Australia by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

    Bait guidelines for commercial fisheries in Western Australia

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

  • Abalone Aquaculture in Western Australia by Department of Fisheries

    Abalone Aquaculture in Western Australia

    Department of Fisheries

    Principles and considerations relating to management of abalone aquaculture in Western Australia

  • Aquaculture Development Plans by Department of Fisheries

    Aquaculture Development Plans

    Department of Fisheries

    Principles and Guidelines Relating to Aquaculture Development Plans to address Performance Criteria for Aquaculture Licences and Leases

  • Aquaculture of Coral, Live Rock and Live Sand in Western Australia by Department of Fisheries

    Aquaculture of Coral, Live Rock and Live Sand in Western Australia

    Department of Fisheries

    Principles and Guidelines Relating to the Assessment of Licences for the Aquaculture of Coral, Live Rock and Live Sand in Western Australia

  • Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery by Department of Fisheries

    Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery

    Department of Fisheries

    An operators’ guide to the management arrangements 1 September 2015 – 31 August 2016.

  • Guideline for stakeholder engagement on aquatic resource management-related processes by Department of Fisheries

    Guideline for stakeholder engagement on aquatic resource management-related processes

    Department of Fisheries

  • MID WEST AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ZONE by Department of Fisheries

    MID WEST AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ZONE

    Department of Fisheries

    PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

  • Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery by Department of Fisheries

    Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery

    Department of Fisheries

    An operators’ guide to the management arrangements 2016 Version 2.0

  • Results of the review of the management arrangements and licensing framework for the aquatic tour industry in Western Australia by Department of Fisheries

    Results of the review of the management arrangements and licensing framework for the aquatic tour industry in Western Australia

    Department of Fisheries

  • Western Australian Rock Lobster Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Principle 3 by Department of Fisheries

    Western Australian Rock Lobster Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Principle 3

    Department of Fisheries

    Governance – Policy – Fishery Specific Management

  • Technical Manual for Camera Surveys of Boat and Shore-Based Recreational Fishing in Western Australia by Stuart J. Blight and C.B. Smallwood

    Technical Manual for Camera Surveys of Boat and Shore-Based Recreational Fishing in Western Australia

    Stuart J. Blight and C.B. Smallwood

    Recommended Citation:

    Blight, S., and Smallwood, C. B. 2015. Technical manual for camera surveys of boat- and shore-based recreational fishing in Western Australia. Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 121. Department of Fisheries. Perth, Western Australia. 32 pp.

 
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