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Title:
Fishery status reports 2011
Series:
Fishery Status Reports
Series Issue:
2011
Publication Date:
18/12/2012
Description:
The 17th edition of the Fishery status reports provides an independent evaluation of the biological status of fish stocks and the economic status of fisheries, managed or jointly managed by the Australian Government. The reports assess the biological status of the target and key byproduct species in each Commonwealth fishery, with respect to their biomass and the level of fishing mortality. The economic performance of each fishery is assessed in terms of maximising the net economic returns to the Australian community. The reports also review any bycatch or broader environmental issues within the fisheries. Key Issues: The Fishery status reports 2011 assessed the status of 95 fish stocks, species or groups of species (all referred to as 'stocks') and the economic status of 22 Commonwealth fisheries. The reports show a positive trend in terms of biological status; the number of stocks classified as not subject to overfishing has increased, while the number of stocks classified as subject to overfishing or with an uncertain fishing mortality status has decreased. There has been an improvement in the number of stocks whose biomass is above the limit reference point (not overfished) and a corresponding reduction in the number of stocks for which the level of biomass is uncertain. There is no change in the number of stocks that are overfished, whose biomass is below the limit reference point. Of the 95 stocks assessed in 2011: * 77 were classified as not subject to overfishing (71 in 2010), and 58 were classified as not overfished (56 in 2010); of these, 56 were both not overfished and not subject to overfishing (53 in 2010) * 6 were classified as subject to overfishing (8 in 2010), and 11 were classified as overfished (11 in 2010); of these, 4 were both overfished and subject to overfishing (6 in 2010) * 12 were classified as uncertain with respect to their fishing mortality status (17 in 2010), and 26 were classified as uncertain with respect to their biomass status (29 in 2010). In 2011, three solely domestically managed stocks are classified as both overfished and subject to overfishing (eastern gemfish, gulper sharks, school shark), all of which occur in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF). There are 37 stocks assessed in the SESSF, 22 were classified as not overfished and not subject to overfishing. One jointly managed stock (Antarctic Waters Toothfish) is classified as both overfished and subject to overfishing. This stock has not been fished by Australian vessels since 2008 when a research survey was conducted. The classification reflects the historic and continuing levels of foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Commonwealth fisheries contributed 15 per cent ($320.4 million) of the total gross value of production (GVP) of all Australian fisheries ($2.2 billion) in the 2010-11 financial year. The economic status of the most valuable fisheries managed solely by the Australian Government has been favourable. Net economic returns have been positive and increasing in the Commonwealth Trawl sector and the Gillnet Hook and Trap sector of the SESSF and the Northern Prawn Fishery. This has been driven by increasing fleet productivity, partly attributable to the 2006 Securing our Fishing Future structural adjustment package, and the targeting of maximum economic yield by management. The economic status of smaller, solely Commonwealth-managed fisheries has been mixed. For fisheries jointly managed economic status has also been mixed. In terms of the most valuable fisheries, economic status in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery could be improved as the net economic returns have been negative since 2003-04 and while the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery is likely to be profitable, rebuilding the stock's overfished biomass is important for ensuring long term economic returns
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0 : Fishery Status Report 2011 in full (revised 2016-08-08) - PDF [53.0 MB]

1 : Fishery Status Report 2011 in full with lower resolution images (revised 2016-08-08) - PDF [6.5 MB]

2 : Foreword, Acknowledgments, Overview - PDF [1.6 MB]

3 : Chapter 2 - Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

4 : Chapter 3 - Coral Sea Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

5 : Chapter 4 - Norfolk Island Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

6 : Chapter 5 - Northern Prawn Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

7 : Chapter 6 - North West Slope Trawl Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

8 : Chapter 7 - Small Pelagic Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

9 : Chapter 8 - Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

10 : Chapter 9 - Commonwealth Trawl and Scalefish Hook Sectors - PDF [1.0 MB]

11 : Chapter 10 - East Coast Deepwater Trawl Sector - PDF [0.3 MB]

12 : Chapter 11 - Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector - PDF [0.5 MB]

13 : Chapter 12 - Shark Gillnet and Shark Hook Sectors - PDF [0.4 MB]

14 : Chapter 13 - Southern Squid Jig Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

15 : Chapter 14 - Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

16 : Chapter 15 - South Tasman Rise Trawl Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

17 : Chapter 16 - Torres Strait Fisheries Overview - PDF [0.2 MB]

18 : Chapter 17 - Torres Strait Finfish Fisheries (Spanish mackerel and reef line) - PDF [0.5 MB]

19 : Chapter 18 - Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

20 : Chapter 19 - Torres Strait Prawn Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

21 : Chapter 20 - Torres Strait Beche-de-mer and Trochus Fisheries - PDF [0.4 MB]

22 : Chapter 21 - International fishery management arrangements - PDF [0.2 MB]

23 : Chapter 22 - Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery - PDF [0.5 MB]

24 : Chapter 23 - Skipjack Tuna Fisheries - PDF [0.3 MB]

25 : Chapter 24 - Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

26 : Chapter 25 - Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery - PDF [0.5 MB]

27 : Chapter 26 - Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fishery - PDF [0.4 MB]

28 : Chapter 27 - Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

29 : Chapter 28 - Antarctic Waters Fishery - PDF [0.3 MB]

30 : Chapter 29 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species (revised 2016-08-08) - PDF [0.3 MB]

31 : Chapter 30 - Joint authority fisheries - PDF [0.3 MB]

32 : Acronyms and abbreviations, Units, Glossary and Index - PDF [0.5 MB]
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Publisher:
ABARES : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences : Department of Agriculture
Author:
WOODHAMS James

VIEIRA Simon

STOBUTZKI Ilona Dr
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Other constraints: All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, save for content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Other constraints: This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Woodhams, J, Vieria, S and Stobutzki, I (eds) 2012, Fishery status reports 2011. CC BY 3.0
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ISBN 978-1-74323-054-1

ISSN 1322-655X
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