The fisheries research reports series contains technical and scientific information that represents an important contribution to the existing knowledge, but which may not be suitable for publication in national or international scientific journals.
Reports from 2013
A summary of the Department of Fisheries, Western Australia invertebrate research at Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2006-2011, Lynda M. Bellchambers and Scott N. Evans
Fisheries and Marine Officers recreational fishing survey: 1998/99 – 2009/10, Claire B. Smallwood, Carli F. Telfer, and Timothy J. Green
Reports from 2012
Identification of critical habitats for juvenile dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum) NRM Project 09038 – Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish, Paul D. Lewis, Gabby E. Mitsopoulos, and Brett W. Molony
Mapping shallow water habitats of the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, using remote sensing techniques, Scott N. Evans, Lynda M. Bellchambers, and K Murray
Biology and stock status of inshore demersal scalefish indicator species in the Gascoyne Coast Bioregion, Ross Marriott, Gary Jackson, Rodney CJ Lenanton, Carli Telfer, Eva Lai, Peter Stephenson, David Adams, and Jeffrey Norriss
Western Rock Lobster Ecology – The State of Knowledge - Marine Stewardship Council - Principle 2: Maintenance of Ecosystem, Lynda M. Bellchambers, P Mantel, Arani Chandrapavan, Matthew B. Pember, and Scott Evans
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall oyster health: Final FRDC Report – Project 2008/030, David Raftos, Sham Nair, Melanie Croxford, and Brian J. Jones
Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima FRDC Project 2008/031, Melanie Croxford and Brian J. Jones
Evaluating the potential use of change-in-ratio and index removal techniques for determining harvest rates and efficiency increases in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery FRDC Project 2009/019, Simon de Lestang, J Hoeing, Stuart Frusher, and Norman G. Hall
Relative efficiency of fishing gears and investigation of resource availability in tropical demersal scalefish fisheries FRDC REPORT – PROJECT 2006/031, Stephen J. Newman, Euan S. Harvey, Ben M. Rome, Dianne L. McLean, and Craig L. Skepper
Minimising gear conflict and resource sharing issues in the Shark Bay trawl fisheries and promotion of scallop recruitment, Mervi I. Kangas, Arani Chandrapavan, Y L. Hetzel, and Erroll C. Sporer
Stock Assessment for the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery, Simon de Lestang, Nick Caputi, Jason How, Roy Melville-Smith, Adrian Thomson, and Peter Stephenson
Reports from 2011
Stock Assessment for the Shark Bay Scallop Fishery, Mervi Kangas, Errol Brown, Marie Shanks, Arani Chandrapavan, and Adrian Thomson
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management case study report West Coast Bioregion, Warrick J. Fletcher, Jennifer Shaw, Daniel J. Gaughan, and Sarah J. Metcalf
Spatial distribution of shore-based fishers in the greater Perth Metropolitan area over summer 2010/2011, Claire B. Smallwood, Emily A. Fisher, Brent S. Wise, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Status of the Cockburn Sound Crab Fishery, Danielle Johnston, David Harris, Nick Caputi, Simon de Lestang, and Adrian Thomson
The “marine heat wave” off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11, Alan Pearce, Gary Jackson, Jenny Moore, Ming Feng, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Assessment of the risks associated with the release of abalone sourced from Abalone Hatcheries for enhancement or marine grow-out in the open ocean areas of WA, Brian J. Jones and Warrick Fletcher
Pilot evaluation of the efficacy of electronic monitoring on a demersal gillnet vessel as an alternative to human observers, R Evans and Brett Molony
Assessing possible environmental causes behind the reduced colonisation of western rock lobster puerulus collectors by a wide suite of species. FRDC report : project 2008/085, Simon de Lestang, Jason How, and Shelley Foster
Quantifying recreational fishing catch and effort: a pilot study of shore-based fishers in the Perth Metropolitan area, Claire B. Smallwood, K H. Pollock, Brent S. Wise, Norman G. Hall, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Human Capacity Building for Introduced Marine Pest Monitoring in Western Australia FRDC Report – Project 2009/319 Tactical Research Fund, Mathew Hourston and Samantha D. Bridgwood
Development of an ecosystem approach to the monitoring and management of Western Australian fisheries. Final FRDC report : project 2005/063, Norman G. Hall and Brent S. Wise
Reports from 2010
Fisheries-dependent indicators of climate change in Western Australia WAMSI:Sub-project 4.2.3, Nick Caputi and Alan Pearce
Evaluating source-sink relationships of the western rock lobster fishery using oceanographic modelling: Final FRDC Report – Project 2008/087, Nick Caputi, Ming Feng, James Penn, Dirk Slawinski, Simon de Lestang, Evan Weller, and Alan Pearce
Ranked Risk Assessment for Bycatch in Multiple Fisheries: a Bioregional Risk Assessment Method, Richard Evans and Brett W. Molony
Evaluation of the recreational marron fishery against environmental change and human interaction: Final FRDC Report – Project No. 2003/027, Martin de Graaf, Stephen Beatty, and Brett M. Molony
Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish Identification of Critical Habitats for Juvenile Dhufish Workshop Report, Gabby E. Mitsopoulos and Brett W. Molony
Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring – Scoping Project: Final NRM Report – Project 073007, Brett A. Human
Actions to implement and complement the National System for the Prevention and Management of Introduced Marine Pests in Western Australia, Fred E. Wells and Justin I. McDonald
Development towards commercialization of marine fish larvae feeds – Microdiets: Final FRDC report - Project 2004/258, Sagiv Kolkovski, John Curnow, and Justin King
Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring – Scoping Project, Brett A. Human
WA Native Fish Strategy: Freshwater fish distribution database and website: Prepared for the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Office – NRM Project No. 063059, Roy Melville-Smith, Renae Larsen, Martin de Graaf, and Craig Lawrence
The effect of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems of the west coast of Western Australia, Lynda Bellchambers Dr
The efficacy of sanctuary areas for the management of fish stocks and biodiversity in WA waters, James W. Penn and Warrick J. Fletcher
A Community-Based Monitoring Program for Introduced Marine Pests, Samantha D. Bridgwood and Justin I. McDonald
Codium fragile ssp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot summary document, Samantha D. Bridgwood
Hull Camera: Preliminary Design and Testing of its use for Assessing Biofouling on Small (<12 >m) Recreational Vessels, Samantha D. Bridgwood
The Volunteer Fisheries Liaison Officer (VFLO) program: an analysis of recreational fishing data from 1995 - 2007, Claire B. Smallwood, Adrian Thomson, David Harris, and Danielle Johnston
Reports from 2009
Fisheries research report No. 197 - Coastal and marine resource condition monitoring - scoping project, Brett A. Human and Justin I. McDonald
Fisheries research report No. 195 - Compliance program evaluation and optimisation in commercial and recreational Western Australian fisheries, Timothy J. Green and John P. McKinlay
Fisheries research report no.196 - Management of bioeroding sponges in wild stocks of Pinctada maxima in Western Australia, Sabine Daume, Jane Fromont, and Anthony M. Hart
Fisheries research report No. 194 - Conceptual models for ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) in Western Australia, Sarah J. Metcalf, D J. Gaughan, and Jennifer Shaw
Fisheries research report No. 186 - A preliminary investigation of the potential impacts of the proposed Kwinana Quay development on the commercially and recreationally important fish and crab species in Cockburn Sound, C. Wakefield, Danielle Johnston, D C. Harris, and Paul Lewis
Fisheries research report No.157 - The western rock lobster fishery 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, Simon de Lestang and E H. Barker
Fisheries research report No. 174 - Spatial scales of exploitation among populatons of demersal scalefish : implications for management. Part 2: Stock structure and biology of two indicator species, West Australian dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum) and pink snapper (Pagrus auratus) in the West Coast Bioregion, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
Fisheries research report No. 193 - Investigating reproductive biology issues relevant to managing the western rock lobster broodstock, Roy Melville-Smith, Simon de Lestang, N Beale, D Groth, and A Thompson
Fisheries research report No. 184 - Macroscopic and microscopic description of snapper (Pagrus auratus) gonads from Shark Bay, Western Australia, Michael C. Mackie, Gary Jackson, Nadia E. Tapp, Jeffrey V. Norriss, and Adrian Thomson
Fisheries research report No. 191 - Maximising survival of released undersize west coast reef fish, Rodney C J Lenanton, Jill St John, Brent S. Wise, Ian S. Keay, and D J. Gaughan
Fisheries research report No. 192 - Determination of a cost effective methodology for ongoing age monitoring needed for the management of scalefish fisheries in Western Australia, Montgomery Craine, Ben Rome, Peter Stephenson, Brent S. Wise, D J. Gaughan, R Lenanton, and Richard A. Steckis
Fisheries research report No. 189 - Results of a 2007 survey of the Swan River region for four introduced marine species, Justin I. McDonald and Fred E. Wells
Fisheries research report No. 187 - Management and monitoring of fish spawning aggregations within the west coast bioregion of Western Australia, Michael C. Mackie
Fisheries research report No. 183 - Development of a long-term program to monitor coastal communities within the Swan region, Lynda M. Bellchambers
Fisheries research report No. 185 - Performance indicators, biological reference points and decision rules for Western Australian abalone fisheries (Haliotis sp.): (1) Standardised catch per unit effort, Anthony M. Hart, Frank Fabris, and Nick Caputi
Fisheries research report No. 188 - Results of the 2007 survey of the Albany marine area for introduced marine species, Justin I. McDonald, Fred E. Wells, and Michael J. Travers
Reports from 2008
Fisheries research report No. 182 - A likelihood analysis of non-indigenous marine species introduction to fifteen ports in Western Australia, Justin I. McDonald
Fisheries research report No. 181 - Developing long-term indicators for the sub-tidal embayment communities of Cockburn Sound, Danielle Johnston, C. Wakefield, A Sampey, J Fromont, and D C. Harris
Fisheries research report No. 178 - Aquaculture feed grains program, Brett Glencross
Fisheries research report No. 171 - Evaluation of exclusion grids to reduce the bycatch of dolphins, turtles, sharks and rays in the Pilbara trawl fishery, Peter Stephenson, S. Wells, and J. A. King
Fisheries research report No. 176 - Regrowth of pilchard (Sardinops sagax) stocks off southern WA following the mass mortality event of 1998/99, Daniel J. Gaughan, M Craine, Peter Stephenson, Timothy I. Leary, and Paul Lewis
Fisheries research report No. 177 - A 12-month survey of recreational boat-based fishing between Augusta and Kalbarri on the West Coast of Western Australia during 2005-06, N. R. Sumner, P C. Williamson, Stuart J. Blight, and Daniel J. Gaughan
Fisheries research report No. 170 - Biomass and commercial catch estimates for abalone stocks in areas proposed as sanctuary zones for the Capes Marine Park, A. Hesp, Neil R. Loneragan, Norman G. Hall, H T. Kobryn, A.M. Hart, Frank Fabris, and Jeremy Prince
Fisheries research report no. 173 - Evaluation of the effectiveness of reducing dolphin catches with pingers and exclusion grids in the Pilbara trawl fishery, Peter Stephenson and S. Wells
Fisheries research report No.172 - Identifying obstacles to profitably growing out Western Rock Lobsters, Roy Melville-Smith, Danielle Johnston, B. Johnston, and N. J. Thomson
Reports from 2007
Fisheries research report No. 160 - Development of biodiversity and habitat monitoring systems for key trawl fisheries in Western Australia., Mervi Kangas, S. Morrison, P. Unsworth, Eva K M Lai, I. Wright, and Adrian W. Thomson
Fisheries research report 167 - Digital video techniques for assessing population size structure and habitat of Greenlip and Roe's abalone., A.M. Hart and Frank Fabris
Fisheries research report No. 168 - Sustainable development of barramundi cage aquaculture at Lake Argyle., Brett Glencross, S. Percival, B. Jones, and J Hughes
Fisheries research report 165: biological and fisheries data for managing deep sea crabs in Western Australia - Project 2001/055, Roy Melville-Smith, S M. Norton, and Adrian W. Thomson
Fisheries research report No. 166 - Stock enhancement of Haliotis laevigata in Western Australia - a preliminary assessment, Anthony M. Hart, Frank Fabris, and Sabine Daume
Fisheries research report No. 163 - Spatial scales of exploitation among populations of demersal scalefish: implications for management. Part 1: Stock status of the key indicator species for the demersal scalefish fishery in the West Coast Bioregion., Department of Fisheries, Western Australia
Fisheries research report No.161 - Distribution and abundance of juvenile pink snapper, Pagrus auratus, in the gulfs of Shark Bay, Western Australia, from trap surveys, Gary Jackson, C. Burton, Michael J. Moran, and Ben Radford
Fisheries research report No.159 - A 12-month survey of recreational estuarine fishing in the south coast bioregion of Western Australia during 2002/03, C.B. Smallwood and N. R. Sumner
Reports from 2006
Fisheries research report No. 158 - An assessment of the blue swimmer crab fishery in Geographe Bay, Lynda M. Bellchambers, K. D. Smith, and D. Harris
Fisheries research report No. 155 - Identification of Western Australian Grey Nurse Shark aggregation sites., J. Chidlow, Daniel J. Gaughan, and Rory McAuley
Review of fishery resources and status of key fishery stocks in the Swan-Canning Estuary - Fisheries Research Report 156, Kimberley A. Smith
Fisheries research report No. 153 - A 12-month survey of recreational fishing in the Pilbara region of Western Australia during 1999-2000, P C. Williamson, Neil R. Sumner, and B E. Malseed
Fisheries research report No 154 - The development of a rigorous sampling methodology for a long-term annual index of recruitment for finfish species from south-western Australia., Daniel J. Gaughan, Suzanne G. Ayvazian, G Nowara, and M Craine
Reports from 2005
Fisheries research report No. 151 - Biology and stock assessment of the thickskin (sandbar) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Western Australia and further refinement of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, stock assessment., Rory McAuley, R Lenanton, J. Chidlow, R. Allison, and E. Heist
Fisheries research report No. 152 - Development of a DNA database for compliance and management of Western Australian sharks., Rory McAuley, K. Ho, and R. Thomas
The development of a rigorous sampling methodology for a long-term annual index of recruitment for finfish species from south-western Australia, Daniel J. Gaughan, Suzanne G. Ayvazian, G Nowara, and M Craine
Fisheries research report No. 149 - The western rock lobster fishery 2001/2002 to 2002/2003, C F. Chubb and E H. Barker
Fisheries research report No. 148 - Historical distribution and abundance of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) on the west coast of Western Australia, Richard Campbell
Minimising the cost of future stock monitoring, and assessment of the potential for increased yields, from the oceanic snapper, Pagrus auratus, stock off Shark Bay, Michael J. Moran, Peter Stephenson, Daniel J. Gaughan, Nadia E. Tapp, and Jenny Moore
Reports from 2004
Fisheries research report No. 145 - The western rock lobster fishery 1999/2000 to 2000/2001, C F. Chubb and E H. Barker
Fisheries research report No. 147 - Quantification of changes in recreational catch and effort on blue swimmer crabs in Cockburn Sound and Geographe Bay, Neil R. Sumner and B E. Malseed
Reports from 2003
Fisheries research report No. 146 - Catch composition of the Western Australian temperate demersal gillnet and demersal longline fisheries, 1994 to 1999, Rory McAuley and Colin Simpfendorfer
Fisheries research report No. 140 - The western rock lobster fishery 1997/98 to 1998/99, C F. Chubb and E H. Barker
Fisheries research report No. 144 - FRDC project 1998/302 - Rock lobster enhancement and aquaculture subprogram: Towards establishing techniques for large scale harvesting of pueruli and obtaining a better understanding of mortality rates, Bruce F. Phillips, Roy Melville-Smith, Mark Rossbach, Yuk W. Cheng, Nick Caputi, and Adrian Thomson
Reports from 2002
Feeding ecology of seabirds nesting at the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Daniel J. Gaughan, Christopher Surman, Michael J. Moran, and Andrew Burbidge
Fisheries research report No. 142 - Identifying the development stages of preserved eggs of snapper, Pagrus auratus, from Shark Bay, Western Australia, J. Norriss and Gary Jackson
Fisheries research report No. 143 - Methods used in the collection, preparation and interpretation of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) otoliths for a study of age and growth in Western Australia, Paul Lewis and M. C. Mackie
Identifying the developmental stages of preserved eggs of snapper, Pagrus auratus, from Shark Bay, Western Australia, Jeffrey V. Norriss and Gary Jackson
Fisheries research report No. 141 - A guide to good otolith cutting, Jerry Jenke
Fisheries research report No. 138 - Historical diving profiles for pearl oyster divers in Western Australia, H M A Lulofs and Neil R. Sumner
Biological synopsis of the black bream, Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro) (Teleostei: Sparidae) in Western Australia with reference to information from other southern states, Jeffrey V. Norriss, J E. Tregonning, Rod C J Lenanton, and Gavin A. Sarre
