Review of potential fisheries and marine management impacts on the south-western Australian white shark population

Authors

S M. Taylor, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow
J M. Braccini, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow
R McAuley, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow
Wayne J. Fletcher, Department of Fisheries, Western AustraliaFollow

Publication Date

9-2016

Series Number

277

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-877098-49-9

ISSN

2202-5758

Abstract

Following five fatal incidents involving white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) off the lower west coast of Western Australia between September 2011 and July 2012, as well as other highly-publicised non-fatal encounters with this species, in 2012 the State Government funded several new initiatives to better understand white sharks in Western Australia and the likely effectiveness of any community safety interventions in Western Australian waters.

Number of Pages

117

Keywords

White shark, Carcharodon carcharias, Fisheries, Anthropogenic factors, Population dynamics, Life history, Catch statistics, Western Australia, South Australia, Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Taylor, S.M., Braccini, J.M., McAuley, R.B. & Fletcher, W.J. 2016. Review of potential fisheries and marine management impacts on the south-western Australian white shark population. Fisheries Research Report No. 277, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 124pp