Publication Date

1975

Series Number

Fisheries Report 18

Publisher

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

In September 1972, Markwell Ross Fisheries Pty Ltd (a subsidiary fishing division of Q.U.F. Industries Ltd) approached the Western Australian Department of Fisheries and Fauna (now Department of Fisheries and Wildlife) for assistance in the development and carrying out of a purse seining programme using the 25m rock lob­ster vessel F.B. Western Star.

Negotiation and agreement was reached, with the objective to under­take and carry out an investigation into the feasibility of developing a purse seine fishery for tuna in Western Australian waters. The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (Development Section) supplied, on loan, capital fishing equipment (purse seine net, Puretic power block and pursing winch), the Commonwealth Govern­ment through the Fisheries Development Trust Account, established under the Fishing Industry Act 1956, supplied money for operating costs of the vessel and Q.U.F. Industries Ltd bore the costs of converting F.B. Western Star to a purse seining vessel.

The sea programme commenced in late August 1973. Officers of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife began a 12-month aerial sur­vey for tuna off the west and north-west coasts of Western Aust­ralia in early August 1973. The results of this survey have been published in Report No. 17 to which reference should be made for information relating to tuna occurrence.

Number of Pages

87

Keywords

Tuna, Survey, Western Australia, Fishing

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Data Science | Marine Biology | Natural Resource Economics | Natural Resources Management and Policy

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