Information in this chart provides an overview of the current knowledge regarding catch (both retained and non-retained) per sector in the GBRMP.

Commercial retained catch information was extracted from CFish and DPI&F 2007 annual status reports; multipliers to estimate proportion of non-retained commercial catch were supplied by DPI&F. Charter (2007) and recreational (2005) catch (retained and non-retained) was extracted directly from the CFish and CHRIS databases. Indigenous information was obtained from the DPI&F Annual Status reports and the Henry and Lyle (2003) National Recreational and Indigenous fishing survey.

Non-retained catch may result from several factors: compliance with regulatory measures (e.g. species-specific size and bag limits),fisher preference - return of unfavoured species, Catch and release approaches to recreational and charter fishing, unintended capture of unwanted species (bycatch).

Citation and/or URL

Chart compiled from data in: 2007 Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) Annual Status Reports: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_10916_ENA_HTML.htm

Source

2007 Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) Annual Status Report; DPI&F CFish database;  DPI&F CHRIS database

Spatial Coverage

Whole GBRMP

Temporal Coverage

Data sources range from 2001 - 2007 

Update Frequency

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