Fisheries research reports

The fisheries research reports (ISSN: 1035 - 4549) series contain technical and scientific information that represents an important contribution to the existing knowledge, but which may not be suitable for publication in national or international scientific journals.

The following fisheries research reports are available online.

Fisheries research report No. 333 - Recreational Fishing for Abalone in Western Australia in 2021/22: estimates of participation, effort and catch, May 2023

Fisheries research report No. 332 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Western Australian Offshore Crustacean Resource, March 2023.
Fisheries research report No. 330 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Western Australian Silverlip Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) Resource, January 2023.
Fisheries research report No. 329 - Developing novel remote camera approaches to assess and monitor the population status of Australian sea lions, December 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 328 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Western Rock Lobster Resource; Background Information, September 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 327 - Boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2020/21, October 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 326 - Shore-based recreational fishing in the Perth Metropolitan area: 2022, December 2022.
Fisheries research report No.325 - Recreational fishing for Western Rock Lobster: estimates of participation, effort and catch in 2021/22, October 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 323 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Marine Aquarium Fish Resource, May 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 322 - South-West Estuarine and Nearshore Finfish Resource Part 1: Sea Mullet and Yelllowfin Whiting, April 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 321 - Houtman Abrolhos Islands Fish Habitat Protection Area: A Summary of Marine Resource Use and Ecological Attributes, February 2022.
Fisheries research report No. 320 - Ecological risk Assessment for the State-Wide Small Pelagic Scalefish Resource, December 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 319 - Resource Assessment Report for Australian Herring in Western Australia, December 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 318 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Temperate Demersal Elasmobranch Resource, October 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 316 - 2021 assessment of the status of the West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource, October 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 315 - Shore-based recreational fishing in the Perth Metropolitan area: 2014-2021, December 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 314 - Squid and cuttlefish resources of Western Australia, September 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 313 - Recreational fishing for Western Rock Lobster: estimates of participation, effort and catch from 2018/19 - 2020/21, December 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 311 - Ecological Risk Assessment for the Peel-Harvey Estuarine Fishery, January 2021.
Fisheries Research Report No. 310 - Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) and Sand Crab (Ovalipes australiensis) Resource in the South Coast Bioregion of Western Australia, July 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 309 - Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) Resource in the West Coast Bioregion, Western Australia, May 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 308 - Understanding recruitment variation (including the collapse) of Ballot’s saucer scallop stocks in Western Australia and assessing the feasibility of assisted recovery measures for improved management in a changing environment, July 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 307 - Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) Resource in the West Coast Bioregion, Western Australia - Part 1: Peel-Harvey Estuary, Cockburn Sound and Swan-Canning Estuary, June 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 306 - Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) and Mud Crab (Scylla serrata and Scylla olivacea) Resources in the North Coast and Gascoyne Coast Bioregions, Western Australia, June 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 304 - Mitigation measures to reduce entanglements of migrating whales with commercial fishing gear, May 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 303 - Invertebrate and Reef Health Research and Monitoring at Cocos (Keeling) Islands – 2019 Update., November 2019.
Fisheries research report No. 302 - Imputation of missing count data of recreational boat retrievals from remote camera surveys in the Perth Metropolitan region, Western Australia, August 2021.
Fisheries research reports No. 301 - Review of recreational fishing surveys in Western Australia, March 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 300 - International Workshop on Recreational Fishing Surveys, November 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 299 - Recreational fishing for Western Rock Lobster: estimates of participation, effort and catch from 1986/87 - 2017/18, December 2021.
Fisheries research report No. 298 - Integrated survey of boat-based recreational fishing in inner Shark Bay 2018/19, August 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 297 - Statewide survey of boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2017/18, April 2020.
Fisheries reseach report No. 296 - Development of an industry-based habitat mapping/monitoring system, November 2019.
Fisheries research report No. 295 - Summary of the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery science and modelling review, November 2019.
Fisheries research report No. 294 - Resource Assessment Report Temperate Demersal Elasmobranch Resource of Western Australia, September 2019.
Fisheries research report No. 292 - Recovering a collapsed abalone stock through translocation. Australian Seafood CRC Project No. 2011/762., January 2020.
Fisheries research report No. 291 - A survey of boat-based recreational fishing in inner Shark Bay 2016/17, November 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 290 - Decision tree and rapid appraisal methodology for new fisheries, November 2019.
Fisheries research report No. 289 - Australian Herring and West Australian Salmon Scientific Workshop Report, October 2017, July 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 288 - Risk Assessment of the potential impacts of seismic air gun surveys on marine finfish and invertebrates in Western Australia, June 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 287 - Statewide survey of boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2015/16, March 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 286 - Framework for Integration of Data from Remotely Operated Cameras into Recreational Fishery Assessments in Western Australia, October 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 285 - Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. PART III: Proceedings of the Third National Workshop on Blue Swimmer Crab Portunus armatus., March 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 284 - Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. PART II: Socio-economic significance of commercial blue swimmer crabs in Shark Bay., March 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 283 - Improving confidence in the management of the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) in Shark Bay. PART I: Rebuilding of the Shark Bay Crab Fishery, March 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 282 - Spatial and temporal dynamics of Western Australia’s commercially important sharks - FRDC Project No 2010/003, April 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 281 - Adopting a Citizen Science approach to develop cost-effective methods that will deliver annual information for managing small-scale recreational fisheries: The Southwest Recreational Crabbing Project., April 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 280 - Demographic performance of Brownlip abalone: exploration of wild and cultured harvest potential. FRDC Project No. 2012/016, May 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 279 - Ecological Assessment Report: Western Rock Lobster Resource of Western Australia, January 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 278 - Weight-length summaries for Western Australian fish species, November 2018.
Fisheries research report No. 277 - Review of potential fisheries and marine management impacts on the south-western Australian white shark population, September 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 276 - Status of inshore demersal scalefish stocks on the South Coast of Western Australia, September 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 275 - Measurement of Fisheries Compliance Outcomes: A Preliminary National Study Project No. 2014/206, October 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 274 - Improving efficiency in generating submissions and consistency of outcomes for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) based assessments FRDC Project 2013/038, August 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 273 - Evaluation of passive acoustic telemetry approaches for monitoring and mitigating shark hazards off the coast of Western Australia, April 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 272 - An update of the Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, Invertebrate and Reef Health Research and Monitoring at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, August 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 271 - Status of southern garfish (Hyporhamphus melanochir) in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia., January 2017.
Fisheries research report No. 270 - Innovative development of the Octopus (cf) tetricus fishery in Western Australia, March 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 269 - Bioeconomic evaluation of commercial-scale stock enhancement in abalone, March 2016.
Fisheries research report No. 268 - State-wide survey of boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2013/14, November 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 267 - Effectiveness of mitigation measures to reduce interactions between commercial fishing gear and whales, August 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 266 - Seasonal wind patterns around the Western Australian coastline and their application in fisheries analysis, August 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 265 - Further investigation into critical habitat for juvenile dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum), artificial habitats and the potential to monitor annual juvenile recruitment. NRM Project 09038 – Protecting inshore and demersal finfish, April 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 264 - Likelihood of Marine Pest introduction to the Indian Ocean Territories, February 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 263 - Development of octopus aquaculture Rearing, handling and systems designs for Octopus tetricus commercial aquaculture. FRDC Project No.2009/206, July 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 262 - Development of octopus aquaculture Final Report. FRDC Project No. 2009/20, July 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 261 - Management implications of climate change effect on fisheries in Western Australia, Part 2: Case studies., February 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 260 - Management implications of climate change effect on fisheries in Western Australia, Part 1: Environmental change and risk assessment, February 2015.
Fisheries research report No. 259 - A likelihood analysis of the introduction of marine pests to Western Australian ports via commercial vessels, August 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 258 - Assessment of blue swimmer crab recruitment and breeding stock levels in the Peel-Harvey Estuary and status of the Mandurah to Bunbury Developing Crab Fishery, November 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 257 - Decision-support tools for economic optimization of Western Rock Lobster fishery, September 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 255 - Identifying factors affecting the low western rock lobster puerulus settlement in recent years Final FRDC Report – Project 2009/18, March 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 254 - Assessing the ecological impact of the western rock lobster fishery in fished and unfished areas FRDC Project 2008/013, December 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 253 - Status of demersal finfish stocks on the west coast of Australia, May 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 252 - Potential Eradication and Control Methods for the Management of the Ascidian Didemnum perlucidum in Western Australia, March 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 251 - Biological synopsis of Australian herring (Arripis georgianus)., February 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 250 - The marine heat wave off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11 – 2 years on, February 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 249 - An integrated system to survey boat-based recreational fishing in Western Australia 2011/12, December 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 248 - Status of nearshore finfish stocks in southwestern Western Australia. Part 3: Whiting (Sillaginidae), September 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 247 - Status of nearshore finfish stocks in south-western Western Australia Part 2: Tailor, September 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 246 - Status of nearshore finfish stocks in south-western Western Australia Part 1: Australian herring, September 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 245 - Determination and development of cost effective techniques to monitor recreational catch and effort in Western Australian demersal finfish fisheries. Final Report for FRDC Project 2005/034 and WAMSI Subproject 4.4.3, December 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 244 - Independent observations of catches and subsurface mitigation efficiencies of modified trawl nets for endangered, threatened and protected megafauna bycatch in the Pilbara Fish Trawl Fishery., February 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 243 - Aerial surveys of shore-based recreational fishing in Carnarvon and Shark Bay: June to August 2012. Final NRM Report (Phase 3) - Project No. 09040, September 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 242 - Biology, stock status and management summaries for selected fish species in south-western Australia, March 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 241 - Biology, history, and assessment of Western Australian abalone fisheries., October 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 240 - Fisheries and Marine Officers recreational fishing survey: 1998/99 - 2009/10, January 2013.
Fisheries Research Report No. 239 - A Summary of The Department of Fisheries, Western Australia Invertebrate Research at Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2006 – 2011, February 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 238 - Identification of critical habitats for juvenile dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum). NRM Project 09038 – Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish, October 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 237 - Mapping shallow water habitats of the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, using remote sensing techniques, October 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 236a - Western Rock Lobster Ecology - The State of Knowledge. Addendum, January 2013.
Fisheries research report No. 236 - Western Rock Lobster Ecology - The State of Knowledge; Marine Stewardship - Council Principle 2: Maintenance of Ecosystem, September 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 235 - National Application of Sustainability Indicators for Australian Fisheries- Part 2: Ecosystem based frameworks for aquaculture, multi-fishery and international applications, July 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 234 - Evaluating the potential use of change-in-ratio and index removal techniques for determining harvest rates and efficiency increases in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery, June 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 233 - Status of the Blue Swimmer Crab Fishery in Shark Bay, Western Australia, February 2014.
Fisheries research report No. 232 - Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Investigation of Chlamydiales-like organisms in pearl oysters, Pinctada maxima, September 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 231 - Relative efficiency of fishing gears and investigation of resource availability in tropical demersal scalefish fisheries, September 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 230 - Aquatic animal health subprogram: Development of a DNA microarray to identify markers of disease in pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) and to assess overall, June 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 229 - Minimising gear conflict and resource sharing issues in the Shark Bay trawl fisheries and promotion of scallop recruitment, May 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 228 - Biology and stock status of inshore demersal scalefish indicator species in the Gascoyne, July 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 227 - Assessment of the risks associated with the release of abalone sourced from Abalone Hatcheries for enhancement or marine grow-out in the open ocean areas of WA, May 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 226 - Stock Assessment for the Shark Bay Scallop Fishery, December 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 225 - Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management case study report West Coast Bioregion, November 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 224 - Spatial distribution of shore-based fishers in the greater Perth Metropolitan area over summer 2010/2011. Final NRM Report - Project No. 09040, November 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 223 - Assessing and managing interactions of protected and listed marine species with commercial fisheries in Western Australia. Report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, December 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 222 - The "marine heat wave" off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/11, September 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 221 - Pilot evaluation of the efficacy of electronic monitoring on a demersal gillnet vessel as an alternative to human observers, August 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 219 - Status of the Cockburn Sound Crab Fishery, October 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 218 - Assessing possible environmental causes behind the reduced colonisation of Western Rock Lobster puerulus collectors by a wide suite of species. FRDC project 2008/085, April 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 217 - Stock Assessment for the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery, March 2012.
Fisheries research report No. 216 - Quantifying recreational fishing catch and effort: a pilot study of shore-based fishers in the Perth Metropolitan area. Final NRM Report - Project No. 09040, April 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 215 - Development of an ecosystem approach to the monitoring and management of Western Australian fisheries FRDC Report - Project 2005/063, January 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 214 - Human Capacity Building for Introduced Marine Pest Monitoring in Western Australia. FRDC Report - Project 2009/319 Tactical Research Fund, January 2011.
Fisheries research report No. 213 - Fisheries-dependent indicators of climate change in Western Australia (WAMSI Sub-project 4.2.3), December 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 212 - Ranked Risk Assessment for Bycatch in Multiple Fisheries: a Bioregional Risk Assessment Method, October 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 211 - Evaluation of the recreational marron fishery against environmental change and human interaction. Final report to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation on Project No. 2003/027, September 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 210 - Protecting Inshore and Demersal Finfish - Identification of Critical Habitats for Juvenile Dhufish, August 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 209 - Evaluating source-sink relationships of the western rock lobster fishery using oceanographic modelling. Final report, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Project No. 2008/087, October 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 208 - Review of the exploitation of marine resources of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: the implications of biogeographic isolation for tropical island fisheries, August 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 207 - Actions to implement and complement the National System for the Prevention and Management of Introduced Marine Pests in Western Australia, June 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 206 - Strategic framework for marine and coastal resource condition monitoring in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia. Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring - Scoping Project. Final NRM Report, Project 073007 - Part 3, July 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 205 - Field trial of potential resource condition indicators, and an exploration of the utility of remote sensing, for mangroves and intertidal mud flats in the Pilbara - Pilot study. Coastal and Marine Resource Condition Monitoring - Scoping Project, April 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 204 - WA Native Fish Strategy: Freshwater fish distribution database and website. Prepared for: Natural Resource Management (NRM) office. NRM Project No. 063059, March 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 203 - The Volunteer Fisheries Liaison Officer (VGLO) program: an analysis of recreational fishing data from 1995 - 2007, March 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 202 - Codium fragile ssp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot summary document, March 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 201 - A Community-Based Monitoring Program for Introduced Marine Pests, March 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 200 - Hull Camera: Preliminary Design and Testing of its use for Assessing Biofouling on Small (<12m) Recreational Vessels, March 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 199 - The effect of western rock lobster fishing on the deepwater ecosystems of the west coast of Western Australia. Final FRDC Report, Project 2004/049, February 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 198 - Development towards commercialization of marine fish larvae feeds - Microdiets. Project No. 2004/258, June 2010.
Fisheries research report No. 169 - The efficacy of sanctuary areas for the management of fish stocks and biodiversity in WA waters, February 2010.

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