Demographic performance of brownlip abalone : exploration of wild and cultured harvest potential

Authors

Lachlan W.S. Strain
Alexander Hesp
Frank Fabris
Anthony M. Hart

Publication Date

5-2017

Series Number

280

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

ISBN

978-1-877098-71-0

ISSN

2202-5758

Abstract

This research provides the most comprehensive evaluation of Brownlip abalone (Haliotis conicopora) biology and fisheries assessment to date, thereby laying a solid foundation for future management of the Brownlip abalone fishery in Western Australia (WA). For wild populations, it has provided the most reliable estimates of natural and fishing mortality, size composition and the first to model growth throughout all stages of life.

Number of Pages

86

Keywords

Brownlip abalone, Haliotis rubra conicopora, Abalone fisheries, Abalone culture, Fishery biology, Models, Growth, Catch statistics, Recruitment, Mortality, Tagging, Western Australia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Recommended Citation

Strain, L.W.S., Hesp, S.A., Fabris, F. and Hart, A.M. 2017. Demographic performance of Brownlip abalone: exploration of wild and cultured harvest potential. FRDC Project No. 2012/016. Fisheries Research Report No. 280, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, 100pp.