Table Reference information for potentially impacted fisheries in the South-west Marine Region Fishery Management arrangements Target species Number of licences Number of active vessels Employment Catch Sources Commonwealth High seas High seas permits may be issued to Australian-flagged vessels to fish the waters outside the Australian Fishing Zone and the exclusive economic zone of any country High seas permits only allow fishing in areas that will fall in the area of competence of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement and the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation Various High seas permits specify conditions on fishing and are granted for a maximum of one year until the end of each calendar year. Permit holders are required to reapply each year n.a. n.a. n.a. SESSF—Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector SFR, ITQ, limited entry, TAC, catch trigger limits, area closures, gear restrictions, bycatch TAC for orange roughy Deepwater flathead, bight redfish 10 SFR holders (2009–10) 4 (2010–11) n.a. 1437 t ABARES 2011; Woodhams et al. 2011 SESSF—Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector SFR, limited entry, gear restrictions, area closures, ITQ, TAC, spatial closures, prohibited species, trip limits Gummy shark, trevalla, pink ling Gillnet: 62 Shark hook: 13 Scalefish hook: 57 (2010–11) Shark gillnet and hook:59 Scalefish hook: 24 (2010–11) n.a. 2743 t ABARES 2011; Woodhams et al. 2011 Small Pelagic Fishery Limited entry, gear restrictions, TAC, catch trigger limits to 2007–08s. Move to SFR and ITQ in2010 Jack mackerel, blue mackerel, Australian sardine, redbait 71 (2009–10) 3 purse-seine 2 midwater trawl (2009–10) n.a. 2109 t ABARES 2011; Woodhams et al. 2011 Southern Squid Jig Fishery SFR, TAE, limited entry Gould’s squid 58 SFR holders (2009–10) 7 (2010) n.a. 62 t (2010) ABARES 2011; Woodhams et al.
2011–12 Bight/Albany: 28 (2009–10) Outside Esperance: 24 South Coast Trawl Fishery Limited entry, spatial and temporal closures Saucer scallop 4 (2010) 3 (2010) 10 (2010) 112 t (2010) Fletcher & Santoro 2010, 2011 South West Trawl Managed Fishery Limited entry, gear restrictions, spatial restrictions Western king prawn, saucer scallop 14 (2010) n.a., but 'not all boats actively fish' 12 (2010) Prawn: 12 t Scallops: 217 t (2010) Fletcher & Santoro 2010, 2011 West Coast Deep Sea Crab Fishery Limited entry, minimum legal size, ITQ Giant (king) crabs crystal (snow) crab, champagne (spiny) crab 7 (2010) 6 (2010) Not obtained, but estimate of 12 people; vessels typically run 1 skipper and 2–3 crew Crystal crab: 139 t Champagne crab 6.3 t (2010) Fletcher & Santoro 2010, 2011 West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline (Interim) Managed Fishery Limited entry, effort controls, temporal closures, gear restrictions, maximum legal size limit for one target species Dusky shark, sandbar shark, whiskery shark 20 (2009–10) 4 (2010) 9 (2009–10) Shark: 198.1 t Scalefish: 35.3 t(2009–10) Fletcher & Santoro 2010, 2011 Open Access Fisheryc Limited entry, gear restrictions, transferable entitlements Dhufish, pink snapper, emperor, baldchin groper, breaksea cod n.a. 191 (2006–07) n.a.; vessels typically operate with 2 crew 725 t (2006–07) Fletcher & Santoro 2008 West Coast Purse Seine Managed Fishery Limited entry, capacity setting, controls on gear and boat size, TAC Pilchard, tropical sardine, Perth herring, yellowtail scad, Australian anchovy, maray Limited to 12 overall Southern: 3 Northern: 3 (2010) 5 (2010) 10 people in Fremantle, 20 in Geographe Bay (2007) 10.2 t (2010) Fletcher & Santoro 2010, 2011
Table Number of value markers placed in draft marine reserve areas for each of the value categories Draft marine reserve Area Safe area Catch diversity Catch reliability Ease of access Future use value Less competition Area total Western Kangaroo Island 1 3 6 13 6 12 8 48 Western Eyre 2 4 7 9 7 4 3 34 3 2 5 10 11 5 3 36 4 6 7 9 5 4 3 34 5 1 2 1 2 1 7 6 1 1 2 Great Australian Bight (extension) 7 2 2 2 1 4 3 14 8 1 4 4 4 13 9 2 2 Eastern Recherche 10 1 2 1 4 11 12 1 1 13 1 1 3 1 6 South-west Corner 14 1 1 1 3 15 2 1 1 4 16 1 3 2 1 1 8 17 2 2 2 2 8 18 4 6 12 8 12 5 47 19 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 20 1 2 2 2 7 21 2 6 6 2 4 8 28 22 2 2 3 1 11 4 23 23 1 2 5 1 1 10 24 6 3 6 3 3 1 22 Perth Canyon 25 5 7 5 6 2 3 28 Jurien 26 1 1 1 3 Abrolhos 27 28 1 1 1 1 4 29 48 Marine National Park Zone Special Purpose Zone Multiple Use Zone Note: Respondents could place up to three marks on a map for each of six different fishing-related values (for a maximum of 18 marks per respondent). See Map 2 for area numbering. Data source: ABARES, Your marine areas matter: a survey of commercial fishers' values and preferences for Commonwealth marine reserves in the South-west Marine Region of Australia Direct displacement impacts on fishing businesses This section presents results from the survey where respondents were asked about direct displacement of fishing from the draft marine reserves. For this analysis of direct impacts, the responses have been filtered to exclude responses from operators where no displacement could occur (i.e. combinations of fisheries nominated and reserves fished).
headlands, and jig fishing Patterns of exploitation The fishery extends from the West Coast Bioregion to the Western Australian – Northern Territory border. Catches are reported for three areas: Area 1—Kimberley (121ºE to Western Australian – Northern Territory border); Area 2—Pilbara (114ºE to 121ºE); Area 3—Gascoyne (27ºS to 114ºE) and West Coast (Cape Leeuwin to 27ºS). Current management plan is due to expire in December 2011. Most effort and catches are recorded north of Geraldton, especially from the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts of the Northern Bioregion. Management changes were instituted in 2006. Following declines in catches from 2003, fishing effort has since stabilised and catch rate has increased. Data and information issues Estimates of catches are monitored through mandatory logbook systems. These estimates do not include fish caught and released or lost to sharks. Separate reporting of grey mackerel since 2000 has improved the reliability of catch data. In 2007, a review of logbook records led to further improvements and a significant shift in data from other mackerel to Spanish mackerel. Data used to estimate potential displacement were mean annual catch from 10-minute scale blocks over the period 2008–10. Employment 38 active vessels (2009). Approximately 42 people were employed for 6 months in the commercial mackerel fishery during 2007. No more recent updates are available. Sources Fletcher & Santoro 2011; Molony & Lai 2010 Figure Catch total (bars) and number of active vessels (line) from the Western Australian Mackerel Fishery, 2000–10