Pink snapper commercial fishing

Pink snapper supports important commercial fisheries across Western Australia, including the Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery, the West Coast Demersal Scalefish (Interim) Managed Fishery, the South Coast Line and Fish Trap Managed Fishery and the Temperate Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fisheries.

Commercial fishing arrangements for these fisheries can be found online in their management plans and Vessel Monitoring System approved directions: 

• Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery Management Plan 2010; 
• Gascoyne Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery Vessel Monitoring System Approved Directions;
• West Coast Demersal Scalefish Interim Management Plan 2007; 
• West Coast Demersal Scalefish Interim Managed Fishery Vessel Monitoring System Approved Directions;
• West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery Management Plan 1997;
• West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Interim Managed Fishery Vessel Monitoring System Approved Directions;
• Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Fishery Management Plan 2018; 
• Southern Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Longline Managed Fishery Vessel Monitoring System Approved Directions; and
• South Coast Line and Fish Trap Managed Fishery Management Plan 2020​.

The latest catch, stock status, broader ecosystem impacts and social and economic outcomes for these fisheries can be found in the annual Status reports of the fisheries and aquatic resources of Western Australia. This publication should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report.