Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 27 - Review of Pearl Oyster hatchery policy - Phase II - Policy direction

Authors

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

Files

Description

The Australian pearling industry referred to in this document relates to the Pinctada maxima pearl oyster fishery, the overwhelming majority of which operates in Western Australia and Northern Territory.

The key policy focus was to achieve an alternative supply of shell upon which to conduct the pearl culture process and to develop grow-out competence within the Western Australian pearling industry from the use of hatchery bred pearl oyster spat. It was clearly recognised that it was not economically justifiable for all licensees to have their own hatchery operation but it was felt that all licensees should have the ability to grow out spat. Hence the incentive was introduced allowing hatchery options to be converted to quota provided that the licensee could show that they had grown out the shell from less than 40mm.

The WA industry and Government, given the prevailing circumstances, took the overriding view that further growth in production of Australian South Sea Pearls must occur in an orderly manner, to reflect market demand. The hatchery policy allowed for control over the rate of expansion of total pearl production.

ISSN

1447- 2058

Publication Date

9-2005

Series Number

27

Publisher

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia

City

Perth

Number of Pages

55

Keywords

Pearl Oyster hatchery, Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima), Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Management Information Systems | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Marine Biology

Comments

Prepared by the Pearling Industry Advisory Committee.

Recommended Citation

Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 2005. Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 27 - Review of Pearl Oyster hatchery policy - Phase II - Policy direction. 27. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. Perth. , 55 pp.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fop/97