Publication Date

6-1996

Series Number

Fisheries Research Report No 104

Publisher

Fisheries Department, Western Australia

City

Perth

ISBN

0 7309 1872 6

ISSN

1035-4549

Abstract

Gill nets have been used in coastal marine and estuarine waters of Western Australia to take fish for sale and/or domestic consumption since the State was first settled. However, over recent years, as the usage of these coastal waters has continued to increase, and the competition for fish resources becomes more intense, fishing methods, such as unattended gill nets that are indiscriminate with respect to target species, and generally ,wasteful of resources have become less tolerated by the general community.

As part of a push for tighter controls on the use of recreational gill nets, a requirement for fishers to attend nets at all times was introduced in 1992. However, controversy related to this issue continued to the point where a Review Committee appointed by the Minister for Fisheries (Monty House) recommended that the impact on unattended netting be evaluated.

This Report presents the results of a study undertaken between 1 January 1994, and 30 June 1995 to determine the impact of attended and unattended netting on the fish resources of Peel-Harvey Estuary and Wilson Inlet, located in the south-west of Western Australia.

Number of Pages

42

Keywords

Recreational netting, Recreational fishing, Western Australia, Peel-harvey Estuary, Wilson Inlet

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Sustainability

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