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 61 - Proposed Quota Settings for the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery
Department of Fisheries, WA
The former Minister for Fisheries asked the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee (RLIAC) to provide him with a business case for a quota management system (QMS) in the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery, following renewed interest from industry for the introduction of a QMS. ... Read more
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Fisheries occasional publication No.72 - Western Rock Lobster ecological effects of fishing research plan.
Rhys Brown
The commercial West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery (WCRLF) targets the western rock lobster (WRL), Panulirus cygnus, averaging approximately 10,000 tonnes of lobsters each year. Currently approximately 450 to 500 boats operate in the Fishery in waters ranging from 5 m to 200 m depth adjacent ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication 40: A summary of data collected by the Angler’s Daily Log Book and Fishing Tournament Monitoring Programs in 2004-2006
Kimberley A. Smith, M Hammond, and Joshua Brown
Catch information and biological samples collected by recreational anglers in daily log books can provide valuable information about local fish stocks. The numbers and lengths of important recreational target species can be used to monitor their abundance and population structure, which can form the basis ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 35 - Rock Lobster processor licensing arrangements (Discussion paper)
Department of Fisheries Western Australia
On 28 March 2002, the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hon Kim Chance MLC, announced the Government's position on National Competition Policy (NCP) insofar as this policy related to licensing of western rock lobster processors (hitherto referred to as 'rock lobster processors' or simply ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 33 - Department of Fisheries community survey 2005
Tara Baharthah
A telephone survey of the Western Australian public was conducted to assess the level of success of programs implemented by the Department of Fisheries. The sample comprised of 700 interviews, 422 in the metropolitan area and 278 in regional areas throughout the State.
This community ... Read more
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Proceedings of the Western Australian Dhufish Workshop 2004
Mark Pagano and Terry Fuller
The Western Australian Dhufish Workshop 2004 was a joint project between Recfishwest and the Western Australian Department of Fisheries.
The workshop incorporated presentations from the Department of Fisheries, Recfishwest, the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council, Murdoch University and Challenger TAFE to showcase current knowledge relating ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 29 - Western Rock lobster fishery effects of fishing on the ecosystem - Scientific Reference Group (Chairman's Report No. 3, February 2005)
Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
The Western Rock Lobster Effects of Fishing on the Ecosystem Scientific Reference Group (the SRG) was convened jointly by the Department of Fisheries and the WA Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC). The SRG met on Tuesday 1 February 2005 at the Fremantle Sailing Club, and this ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 32 - Allocation of the Western Australian abalone resource between user groups
Department of Fisheries Western Australia
In this submission to the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee (IFAAC), the Department will outline what it believes are the most practical and cost effective ways of managing a system for allocating the abalone resource between the commercial, customary and recreational sectors.
In preparing this ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 27 - Review of Pearl Oyster hatchery policy - Phase II - Policy direction
Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
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 ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No.21 - Allocation of the Western Rock Lobster resource between user groups
Department of Fisheries Western Australia
In this submission to IFAAC, the Department will outline what it believes are the most practical and cost effective ways of managing a system of allocation amongst the commercial, customary and recreational sectors. This recommendation recognises that cost efficiencies and outcomes will be greatly affected ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 19 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Proposed resource sustainability management package for the Northern Zones (A and B)
Department of Fisheries Western Australia
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 ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 20 - Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Advice to stakeholders - Assessment of Southern Zone resource sustainability options
Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
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 ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 16 - Report for the Sea Lion Scientific Reference Group
Richard Campbell Dr
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 ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No.15 - A Unit register for commercial fisheries: an issues paper
Western Rock Lobster Council and Department of Fisheries Western Australia
This paper is designed to encourage stakeholder involvement in a review of the existing Department of Fisheries' Register, and development of a concept for a new Unit 1 Register, under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 (FRMA). It is not a fisheries management proposal but ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 14 - Department of Fisheries stakeholder survey 2004
Tara Baharthah
A telephone survey of Department of Fisheries' stakeholders was conducted in August 2004 in order to evaluate their perception of the Department's management of commercial and recreational fishing, pearling and aquaculture, and fish and fish habitat protection. The survey also assessed satisfaction with the level ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 6 - Anglers guide to assessing reproductive stage in fish
Kim Smith, Mike Mackie, and Department of Fisheries Western Australia
What is a gonad?
"Gonad" is a general term for a reproductive organ, and is used to describe both ovaries and testes. In male and female fish, the gonad is an elongated organ lying along the upper wall of the gut cavity (i.e. running immediately ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 8 - Department of Fisheries stakeholder survey 2002
Tara Baharthah and Neil R. Sumner
A telephone survey of Department of Fisheries' stakeholders was conducted in November 2002 in order to evaluate their perception of the Department's management of commercial and recreational fishing, pearling and aquaculture, and fish and fish habitat protection. The survey also assessed satisfaction with the level ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publications No. 4 - Research Project Assessment - A Decision Framework
W. J. Fletcher, J. W. Penn, and H. G. Brayford
Determining the relative priority for research proposals within an agency such as the Department of Fisheries, particularly when they are from different program areas, is a difficult task to achieve effectively. Traditionally within the Department, this task has been completed by a sub-group of the ... Read more
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Towards Sustainability of Data-Limited Multi-Sector Fisheries: Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop Proceedings September 2001 - Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 5
Stephen J. Newman, Daniel J. Gaughan, Gary Jackson, Michael C. Mackie, Brett W. Molony, Jill St John, and Patricia Kailola
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Field identification guide to Western Australian sharks and shark-like rays
R. McAuley, D. Newbound, and R. Ashworth
This guide is intended to improve the standard of identification and shark-catch reporting in Western Australia's widespread and varied fisheries.
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 2 - Scientific workshop on the Margaret River Marron
Brett Molony
Purpose of the Workshop
To gather together and review the scientific evidence around genetic and sustainability issues necessary for the management of Margaret River Marron (MRM)
The outcomes of the day will be to provide scientific advice, options and priorities to the relevant Programs within ... Read more
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Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 31 - Feeding lupins to fish: a review of the nutritional and biological value of lupins in aquaculture feeds
Brett Glencross
Lupins are the harvested seed of species from the Lupinus genus, a group within the leguminous bean and pea family Fabaceae. Legumes are particularly valuable agricultural crops because of their capacity to provide a grain crop and also fix and return nitrogen to soils and ... Read more
