Publication Date

4-2002

Series Number

134

Publisher

Department of Fisheries

City

Perth, Western Australia

ISBN

0 7309 8469 9

ISSN

1035 - 4549

Abstract

The State Territorial Waters surrounding the Abrolhos Islands are gazetted as a Fish Habitat Protection Area and vested with the Minister for Fisheries under the Fish Resources Management Act 1994. Three Fisheries Management Papers have identified management priorities for the marine environment at the Abrolhos Islands:

  • Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System
  • Aquaculture Plan for the Houtman Abrolhos Islands
  • Sustainable Tourism Plan for the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

These plans and other national and international obligations to examine the effect of extractive and non-extractive anthropogenic activities on marine habitats (eg. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) led to a one year project entitled “Towards an assessment of natural and human use impacts on the marine habitats of the Abrolhos Islands. Phase 1: Data consolidation and scoping”. The project was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (project no. 2000/166). Available data from a number of sources were collated and presented in this report to provide an overview of current knowledge about the marine ecosystems of the Abrolhos Islands and its uses.

Number of Pages

120

Keywords

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Panulirus cygnus, western rock lobster, Choerodon rubescens, baldchin groper, scallop industry, commercial wetline industry, aquaculture, petroleum exploration

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Climate | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Oceanography | Sustainability

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