Publication Date
9-2013
Series Number
Fisheries Research Report No. 247
Publisher
Government of Western Australia Department of Fisheries
ISBN
978-1-921845-67-3
ISSN
1035 - 4549
Abstract
The status of the nearshore finfish resource in the West Coast Bioregion (WCB) of Western Australia (WA) was largely unknown prior to this study. Previously, declining catches of several species had highlighted the risk to their sustainability and the need for greater certainty about the status of this popular resource. Recently, the risk substantially increased due to recent changes to the management of demersal scalefish, which are likely to result in a shift in targeting towards nearshore species. This increase in fishing pressure will be on top of any increase due to the continuing human population growth in the WCB.
Number of Pages
112
Keywords
Gascoyne Coast Bioregion - Western Australia; West Coast Bioregion - Fisheries - Western Australia; Tailor; Pomatomus saltatrix; Fishery biology; Stock assessment; Recruitment; Life history; Fishery surveys; Fisheries; Commercial fishing; Recreational fishing; Catch and effort; Western Australia
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Recommended Citation
Smith, K., Lewis, P., Brown, J., Dowling, C., Howard, A., Lenanton R., and Molony, B. 2013. Status of nearshore finfish stocks in south-western Western Australia Part 2: Tailor. Fisheries Research Report No. 247. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 112pp.
