Determination and development of cost effective techniques to monitor recreational catch and effort in Western Australian demersal finfish fisheries: Final Report for FRDC Project 2005/034 and WAMSI Subproject 4.4.3

Authors

B S. Wise
W J. Fletcher

Publication Date

10-2013

Series Number

Fisheries Research Report No. 245

Publisher

Government of Western Australia Department of Fisheries

ISBN

978-1-921845-64-2

ISSN

1035 - 4549

Abstract

Objectives1.Complete a series of concurrent catch and effort surveys of the West Coast Demersal Recreational Fishery using a variety of survey techniques.2.Compare the precision and accuracy of estimates generated using these various techniques3.Usingcostbenefitanalysis,produceaseriesofoptionstomonitorannualcatchandeffortfora range of precision levels and indicator species4.Development of cost effective methods for monitoring the catch of the non-commercial sector.

Number of Pages

168

Keywords

West Coast Bioregion - Fisheries - Western Australia; Recreational fishing; Fishery surveys; Catch and effort; Demersal fish; Demersal fisheries; Cost analysis; West Coast marine bioregion - Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Wise, B.S. and Fletcher, W.J. 2013. Determination and development of cost effective techniques to monitor recreational catch and effort in Western Australian demersal finfish fisheries. Final Report for FRDC Project 2005/034 and WAMSI Subproject 4.4.3. Fisheries Research Report No. 245. Department of Fisheries, Western Australia. 168pp.