A recovery plan for pink snapper stock in the Gascoyne Bioregion is open for comment from recreational and commercial fishers.
A 2017 stock assessment indicated oceanic pink snapper are not recovering quickly enough in the region and the Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Resource Harvest Strategy Reference Group was formed, made up from government, recreational and commercial fishing stakeholders.
The reference group developed two key strategies to recover oceanic pink snapper:
- reducing fishing mortality of oceanic pink snapper
- providing targeted protection for key oceanic pink snapper spawning aggregations.
The group has now developed the Draft Oceanic Pink Snapper Recovery Plan 2018-2037, which sets out a recovery ‘road map’ with clear targets to ensure pink snapper recover within acceptable timeframes.
Comments must be received by 5pm Wednesday 27 November.