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Title:
Monitoring the recreational take of shark species of relevance to Commonwealth fisheries
Series:
Reports to clients
Publication Date:
26/09/2013
Description:
Report developed for Australian Government Department of Agriculture - Sustainable Resource Management Overview The Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy (RFIDS) study identified shark species of interest to recreational fishing and the Australian Government. Overview * Many sharks and rays are endemic to Australia. They are characterised by long life spans, slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity, which may make them vulnerable to over-exploitation and generally slow to recover. Sharks need careful management. * Several species of shark are highly sought-after by recreational anglers for sport or for consumption, particularly in Australia's southern states. Many of these species are also a bycatch of Commonwealth fisheries. Several shark species, including gummy shark, are important to commercial fisheries. * The RFIDS study was partly a response to the listing of several shark species under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or the Bonn Convention) in 2008. This had the potential to affect recreational fishing in Australia through automatic listing under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). A special amendment subsequently provided an exception to the Act's offence provisions and allowed recreational fishing for mako and porbeagle sharks to continue. * The RFIDS study will facilitate quick access to relevant information for management. It also highlights key information gaps.
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ABARES : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences : Department of Agriculture
Author:
CHESHIRE Katerine

WARD Peter Dr

SAHLQVIST Phil

SUMMERSON Rupert
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Other constraints: Ownership of intellectual property rights: Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and any other intellectual property rights, if any) in this publication is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia (referred to as the Commonwealth). Creative Commons licence: 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: Cheshire K, Ward P, Sahlqvist P and Summerson R, 2013, Monitoring the recreational take of shark species of relevance to Commonwealth fisheries, ABARES report to client prepared for the Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy, Department of Agriculture, Canberra, September. CC BY 3.0
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