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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-260
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assess causes and implications of anomalous low lobster catch rates in the shallow water areas near the centre of the Western Rock Lobster fishery

Current and former West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF) fishers have anecdotally observed a trend of low catch rates since the 1990’s in the near-shore shallow water areas (<8 m) near the centre of the fishery (Dongara-Leeman). Since the atypically low puerulus counts of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Stock Assessment
Distribution
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-019
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluating the potential use of change-in-ratio and index removal techniques for determining harvest rates and efficiency increases in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery

This project developed and explored methodology intended to enable the production of more reliable estimates of fishing efficiency increases and harvest rate, such that these estimates might be available for use by fisheries scientists, thereby improving the quality of the management decisions...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Tagging
Sustainability
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Modelling
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-222
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

4th National Rock Lobster Congress - market development workshop

Two years on from Congress 3 in Fremantle 2003, lobster prices are 30% lower, the SA Northern Zone has adopted quota, lobster propagation is developing and product quality is a given in markets. As well, lobster markets, marketing, market development, Marine Stewardship Certification, supply...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Rocklobster Ltd (SRL)
TAGS
Workshop
Survey
Stakeholder
Marketing
Market Opportunities
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Eastern Rock Lobster
Southern Rock Lobster
Slipper Lobsters
Champagne Lobsters
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