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The latest weight of evidence stock assessment for Australian herring indicates that management arrangements introduced in 2015, combined with suitable environmental conditions, have led to the recovery of the resource.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) tracks our aquatic resources by undertaking weight of evidence stock assessments every three to five years.

DPIRD has undertaken four contemporary weight of evidence stock assessments of Australian herring since 2000.

The 2000 assessment (22 years ago) indicated the catch was sustainable. However, by 2013 the Australian herring stock status had become high risk and ‘unacceptable’, and new measures were introduced.

In 2021 the catch was assessed as sustainable and recovered.

Commercial and recreational fishers and their representative organisations (the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council and Recfishwest) played a key role in herring’s recovery by supporting management arrangements over the past seven years.

This science update follows on from the previous Australian herring update in 2018.

Detailed information on the latest stock assessment is available in Fisheries Research Report No. 319.

Publication Date

6-2022

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

City

Perth

Number of Pages

4

Keywords

Australian Herring, management arrangements, stock assessments, commercial fisheries, recreational fisheries

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Health and Protection | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Sustainability

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