Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 16 - Report for the Sea Lion Scientific Reference Group

Authors

Richard Campbell Dr, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

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Description

This interim report has been prepared for the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee and the SLSRG. The research reported has been undertaken to address issues of sea lion-rock lobster fishing interaction as identified in the Ecologically Risk Assessment (ERA) process for the western rock lobster fishery (WRLF). This assessment process was undertake as part of the accreditation of the WRLF by the Marine Stewardship Council and to satisfy the Commonwealth Government regulations for sustainable development of fisheries under the EPBC Act (1999) (DoFWA in press). The relevant points of this document are based on the resolutions agreed upon by the members of the Scientific Reference Group at the meeting on the 28" July. This report is appended (Appendix A) for reference to the specific resolutions. The sea lion species referred to in this document is the Australian sea lion (ASL), Neophoca cinerea.

ISSN

1447-2058

Publication Date

4-2005

Series Number

Fisheries Occasional Paper 16

Publisher

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

City

Perth

Number of Pages

32

Keywords

Sea lion, Western Rock Lobster, Western Australia

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Aquaculture and Fisheries | Marine Biology | Natural Resources Management and Policy

Comments

Fisheries Occasional Publication

Recommended Citation

Campbell, R. 2005. Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 16 - Report for the Sea Lion Scientific Reference Group. Fisheries Occasional Paper 16. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. Perth. , 32 pp.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fop/95