Fisheries management papers

Fisheries management papers (ISSN 0819-4327) deal with issues, discussions and strategies relating to the management of Western Australia's fisheries, pearling and aquaculture, and fish and fish habitats. This series contains draft strategies authored by working groups, as well as final strategies that have been agreed by the Minister for Fisheries.

The following fisheries management papers are available online.

Fisheries management paper No. 305 - West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource Harvest Strategy 2021-2025, July 2021.
Fisheries management paper No. 304 - Blue Swimmer Crab Resource of South-West Western Australia Harvest Strategy 2020-2025, January 2021.
Fisheries management paper No. 303 - Estuarine and Nearshore Finfish Resource of South-West Western Australia Harvest Strategy, January 2021.
Fisheries management paper No. 302 - West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Resource Harvest Strategy 2020-2025, September 2020.
Fisheries management report No. 301 - Saucer Scallop Resource of Shark Bay Harvest Strategy 2020-25, November 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 300 - Blue Swimmer Crab Resource of Shark Bay Harvest Strategy, June 2020.
Fisheries Management Paper No. 299 - Saucer Scallop Resource of the Abrolhos Islands Harvest Strategy 2020 - 2025, July 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 298 - Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Resource: Oceanic Pink Snapper Recovery Plan 2018-2037, June 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 297 - Draft Management Plan for the South Coast Nearshore Net Managed Fishery, February 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 296 - Draft Management Plan for the South Coast Line and Fish Trap Managed Fishery, February 2020.
Fisheries Management Paper No 295 - Amendments to the 1995 Offshore Constitutional Settlement, November 2019.
Fisheries Management Paper No. 294 - Draft Management Plan for the Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery, September 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 293 - Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Risk Assessment of the Marine Aquarium Fish Managed Fishery 2014, October 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 292 - Marine Aquarium Fish Resource of Western Australia Harvest Strategy 2018 – 2022, September 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 291 - Draft Management Plan for the Kimberley Crab Managed Fishery, May 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 290 - Draft Management Plan for the Pilbara Crab Managed Fishery, May 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 289 - Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) Resource Allocation Report, July 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 288 - Protecting breeding stock levels of the blue swimmer crab resource in the south west - A review of management arrangements, October 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 287 - Western Australian Sea Cucumber Resource Harvest Strategy 2018 – 2023, May 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 286 - Octopus resource of Western Australia harvest strategy 2018 – 2022, April 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 285 - North Coast demersal scalefish resource harvest strategy 2017 – 2021, November 2017.
Fisheries management paper No. 284 - Gascoyne demersal scalefish resource harvest strategy 2017 - 2021, February 2018.
Fisheries management paper No. 283 - Abalone Resource of Western Australia Harvest Strategy 2021-2026, October 2023.
Fisheries management paper No. 282 - Draft allocation report Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) resource By Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee, November 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 281 - Integrated fisheries management resource report Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) resource, November 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 280 - A review of size limits for finfish in Western Australia, November 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 279 - Policy on the application of fish size limits in Western Australia, November 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 278 - North Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource Draft Harvest Strategy 2016 - 2021, August 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 277 - Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Resource Draft Harvest Strategy 2016 – 2021, August 2016.
Fisheries management paper No. 276 - Western Australian silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) resource harvest strategy 2022 – 2026 - Version 2.0, June 2022.
Fisheries management paper No. 275 - Shark Bay Crab Managed Fishery Draft Management Plan 2015, August 2015.
Fisheries management paper No. 274 - Estuarine and Nearshore Finfish Resouce of South-West Western Australia Harvest Strategy 2020-2025, August 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 273 - Blue Swimmer Crab Resource of South-West Western Australia Harvest Stretegy 2020-2025, August 2020.
Fisheries management paper No. 272 - West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Resources Harvest Strategy 2015 – 2020, July 2015.
Fisheries management paper No. 271 - Harvest Strategy Policy and Operational Guidelines for the Aquatic Resources of Western Australia, July 2015.
Fisheries management paper No. 270 - The South Coast Commercial Fish Trap, G-Net and Open-Access Line and Net Scalefish Fisheries and Squid Jig Fishery Review, September 2015.
Fisheries Management paper No. 269 - South Coast Crustacean Managed Fishery Draft Management Plan 2015, March 2015.
Fisheries management paper No. 267 - Prawn Resource of Shark Bay Harvest Strategy 2022 – 2027, June 2022.
Fisheries management paper No. 265 - Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery harvest strategy 2021 – 2026, July 2021.
Fisheries management paper No. 264 - West Coast Rock Lobster Harvest Strategy and Control Rules 2014 – 2019, July 2014.
Fisheries Management Paper No. 263 - West Coast Rock Lobster Harvest Strategy And Control Rules 2015 – 2019, December 2013.
Fisheries Management Paper No. 262 - Key findings of the 2013 West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource stock assessment, December 2013.
Fisheries management paper No. 261 - Policy on restocking and stock enhancement in Western Australia, July 2013.
Fisheries management paper No. 260 - The Houtman Abrolhos Islands Management Plan, November 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 259 - West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Managed Fishery Draft Management Plan 2012, October 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 258 - A review of the management arrangements and licensing framework for the aquatic tour industry in Western Australia, October 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 257 - Draft management plan for the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery, July 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 256 - Policy on habitat enhancement structures in Western Australia, June 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 255 - Discussion Paper - Operational and compliance elements of a new management plan for the West Coast rock lobster managed fishery, February 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 254 - Discussion Paper - West Coast rock lobster managed fishery - Harvest strategy and decision roles framework proposals under a quota management system, February 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 253 - Discussion Paper - Licensing and allocation under a new management plan for the West Coast rock lobster managed fishery, February 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 252 - A resourced-based management approach for recreational fishing in Western Australia 2012-2017 (State-wide management proposals for finfish, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates), February 2012.
Fisheries management paper No. 251 - Draft management plan for the mackerel managed fishery, August 2011.
Fisheries management paper No. 250 - A five-year management strategy for the recreational trout fishery, September 2011.
Fisheries management paper No. 249 - West Coast demersal scalefish allocation report, August 2013.
Fisheries management paper No. 248 - Developing mechanisms for the transfer and/or adjustment of rock lobster shares between sectors in Western Australia and South Australia - FRDC Project No. 2007/050, May 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 247 - Integrated fisheries management report - West Coast demersal scalefish resource, July 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 246 - Draft management plan for the Gascoyne demersal scalefish managed fishery, May 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 244 - A bycatch action plan for the Pilbara fish trawl interim managed fishery, July 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 243 - Future management of the Metropolitan Recreational Roe's abalone fishery - Report of the Metropolitan Roe's Abalone Recreational Fishery Working Group, June 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 242 - Abalone aquaculture in Western Australia, June 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 239 - Discussion Paper - Western rock lobster fishery harvest strategy and decision rules framework proposals, March 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 238 - Discussion Paper - Potential reallocation mechanisms for the transfer and/or adjustment of catch shares between sectors with application to the Western and South Australian rock lobster fisheries, January 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 237 - Draft allocation report - West Coast demersal scalefish - Prepared by the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee, July 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 236 - Considerations for the implementation of western rock lobster sectoral allocations - A document prepared by the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee, January 2010.
Fisheries management paper No. 235 - Shark Bay prawn and scallop fisheries - Final review report, April 2010.

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