Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 19 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Proposed resource sustainability management package for the Northern Zones (A and B)

Authors

Department of Fisheries Western Australia

Files

Description

The proposed effort reduction management package presented in this paper was developed in close co-operation with rock lobster industry to address the short-term sustainability concerns regarding the level of breeding stock in the northern region.

The management package does not address the serious long-term sustainability or socio-economic issues (e.g. cost pressures and related fleet capacity) facing the industry. If the fishery stays with input controls there will need to be regular reviews of the level of exploitation and its impact on the breeding stock. If exploitation increases and the breeding stock continues to decline additional fishing effort reductions in the order of 2 - 4% annually or much more significant reductions on a 5 - 10 year basis (e.g. 10 - 15%) will be required to ensure biological sustainability.

ISSN

1447-2058

Publication Date

5-2005

Series Number

Fisheries Occasional Paper 19

Publisher

Department of Fisheries Western Australia

City

Perth

Number of Pages

25

Keywords

Resource management, Sustainability, Western Rock Lobster, Stock status. Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Data Science | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Statistical Methodology | Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Department of Fisheries Western Australia. 2005. Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 19 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Proposed resource sustainability management package for the Northern Zones (A and B). Fisheries Occasional Paper 19. Department of Fisheries Western Australia. Perth. , 25 pp.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fop/93