Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. Part I : Rebuilding of the Shark Bay Crab Fishery. FRDC project no. 2012/15

Authors

Arani Chandrapavan
Mervi Kangas
Danielle JohnstonFollow
Nicolavito Caputi
Alexander HespFollow
Ainslie Maree DenhamFollow
Errol Sporer

Publication Date

2-2018

Series Number

283

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-877098-87-1

ISSN

2206 – 0928

Abstract

This, and the accompanying Part II report, summarise the results of the research activities undertaken on the blue swimmer crab stock in Shark Bay by the Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, which were done in collaboration with commercial fishers, fishery managers and economic analysts between 2012 and 2016.

Number of Pages

119

Keywords

Blue swimmer crab, Portunus armatus, Crab fisheries, Fishery management, Fishery biology, Recruitment, Depleted stocks, Environmental effects, Temperature effects, Shark Bay - Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Chandrapavan, A., Kangas, M.I., Johnston, D., Caputi, N., Hesp, A., Denham, A., Sporer, E. 2018. Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. PART I: Rebuilding of the Shark Bay Crab Fishery.FRDC Project No. 2012/015. Fisheries Research Report No. 283, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, 133pp