Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay PART III: Proceedings of the Third National Workshop on Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus armatus Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Hillarys, Perth, 3 – 4 June 2015. FRDC Project No. 2012/15

Authors

Arani Chandrapavan

Publication Date

2-2018

Series Number

285

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-877098-91-8

ISSN

2206 – 0928

Abstract

The ‘Third National Workshop on Blue Swimmer Crab’ was organised and held at Department of Fisheries (Western Australia) in Hillarys (3-4 June, 2015), almost 15 years after the second workshop in 1997. The workshop brought together fisheries scientists, managers, university researchers, consultants, industry stakeholders and fishers from across Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia and addressed six broad themed sessions;

• State overview of blue swimmer crab commercial fisheries

• Monitoring, stock assessment and harvest strategy

• Environmental drivers and climate change

• Blue swimmer crabs….from the sea to the plate

• Recreational fishing and surveys

• Management, policy and industry perspectives

Number of Pages

80

Keywords

Blue swimmer crab, Portunus armatus, Crab fisheries, Fishery management, Stock assessment, Environmental effects, Climatic changes, Conferences, Shark Bay - Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Chandrapavan, A. 2018.Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. PART III: Proceedings of the Third National Workshop on Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus armatus. FRDC Project No. 2012/015. Fisheries Research Report No. 285 Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 88pp.