Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 20 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Advice to stakeholders - Assessment of Southern Zone resource sustainability options

Authors

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

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Description

The management options presented in this paper have been developed in close cooperation with the rock lobster industry to address the short-term sustainability and economic concerns regarding the level of exploitation and its impact on the breeding stock in the southern region. The main focus in the short-term is to consider options that reduce fishing effort during periods that may be economically inefficient to fish and at the same time reduce the level of exploitation.

The management package does not address the serious long-term sustainability or socioeconomic 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 20

Publisher

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

City

Perth

Number of Pages

19

Keywords

Western Rock Lobster, Fishery, Resource management, Sustainability, Western Australia

Disciplines

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

Recommended Citation

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 2005. Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 20 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Advice to stakeholders - Assessment of Southern Zone resource sustainability options. Fisheries Occasional Paper 20. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. Perth. , 19 pp.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fop/94