Publication Date
1983
Series Number
Report 58
Publisher
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia
City
Perth
ISBN
O 7244 9306 9
ISSN
0726-0733
Abstract
An account is given of involved the biological principles in decisions concerning duck-shooting seasons in the south-west of western Australia.
Conditions for waterfowl during 1982 are described through the use of rainfall statistics and data obtained from the Department's wetland monitoring programme.
1982 was characterized by exceptionally high rainfall in January and well-below average from February to October.
1982 was the seventh consecutive year of below-average rainfall in all five Meteorological of the south-west. 1976 to 1982 has thus been the south-west's driest seven-year period for more than seventy years.
The record-breaking rains of January caused widespread flooding in the south-west, particularly the Blackwood and Frankland River catchments. Lakes of these river systems retained high water in succeeding months.
Low winter rainfall and limited runoff resulted in a general decline in water levels in remaining areas of the south-west during 1982.
Due to poorer-than-average conditions overall, a RESTRICTED duck~shooting season was declared for the summer of 1982-83.
Number of Pages
43
Keywords
Duck shooting, Rainfall, Wetlands, Western Australia
Disciplines
Animal Sciences | Environmental Monitoring | Fresh Water Studies | Water Resource Management
Recommended Citation
Lane, J A,
and
Munro, D R.
(1983), Report No 58 - 1982 - Review of rainfall and wetlands in the South-West of Western Australia. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia, Perth. Report Report 58.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_rr/291
This file is 14.6 MB. Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "save as..."
Included in
Animal Sciences Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Fresh Water Studies Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
