Blue Swimmer Crab ( Portunus armatus ) Resource in the West Coast Bioregion, Western Australia Part 2: Warnbro Sound, Comet Bay, Mandurah to Bunbury, Leschenault Estuary, Geographe Bay an d Hardy Inlet

Authors

D Johnston
David Harris
Daniel Yeoh

Publication Date

5-2020

Series Number

309

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-921258-69-5

ISSN

2202-5758

Abstract

Blue swimmer crabs (Portunus armatus) are found along the entire coastline of Western Australia in a range of estuarine, inshore and continental shelf environments (<50 >m).

Crab fisheries in the West Coast Bioregion are centred in the estuaries and coastal embayments from the Swan-Canning Estuary south to Geographe Bay. Major commercial and recreational fisheries in this Bioregion include the Cockburn Sound Crab Managed Fishery, the Swan-Canning Estuary Crab Fishery (Area 1 of the West Coast Estuarine Managed Fishery), and the Peel-Harvey Crab Fishery (Area 2 of the West Coast Estuarine Managed Fishery). Refer to Johnston et al. (2020b) for detailed information on these fisheries.

Number of Pages

93

Keywords

Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Johnston, D., Harris, D. and Yeoh, D. (2020). Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) Resource in the West Coast Bioregion, Western Australia. Part 2: Warnbro Sound, Comet Bay, Mandurah to Bunbury, Leschenault Estuary, Geographe Bay and Hardy Inlet. Fisheries Research Report No. 309. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia. 94pp.