Report prepared by Dorothea Huber, Senior Project Manager Fisheries Issues Group, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

May 2003

COVER PAGE [ Acrobat Format 329.72KB ]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [ Acrobat Format 100.52KB ]

FOREWORD [ Acrobat Format 135.58KB ]

KEY FINDINGS [ Acrobat Format 99.53KB ]

CONTENTS [ Acrobat Format 128.43KB ]

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Acronyms used in the Audit Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [ Acrobat Format 273.17KB ]

BACKGROUND TO THE AUDIT REPORT [ Acrobat Format 124.78KB ]

OVERVIEW OF THE EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY [ Acrobat Format 1313.07KB ]

• Commercial Fishing Methods
• Distribution and Catch Composition of Commercial Catch
  • Target Species
  • By-product Species
  • Bycatch Species
• Legislative Framework
  • The Offshore Constitutional Settlement
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Legislation
  • Queensland Fisheries Legislation
  • Commonwealth Environment Legislation
• Policy Framework
  • International Conventions and Agreements
  • National Policies
  • Specific Action Plans
• Institutional Arrangements
  • Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries
  • The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  • Department of the Environment and Heritage
  • Cooperative Arrangements on Marine Park Matters
• Advisory and Consultative Frameworks
  • Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
  • Advisory Committees to QDPI
• Fishery History and Management Framework
  • History of the East Coast Trawl Fishery
  • Current Management Arrangements

MONITORING AND RESEARCH IN THE EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY [ Acrobat Format 669.38KB ]

• Monitoring and Research Providers and Funding
  • The Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries
  • The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
  • The Cooperative Research Centre for the GBR World Heritage Area
  • Other Relevant Research Providers
  • Comments on the Funding Environment
• Monitoring and Research Processes
  • Queensland Fishing Industry Research Advisory Committee
  • Trawl MAC and its Scientific Advisory Committee
  • Comments on the Monitoring and Research Process
• Information Systems
  • The Vessel Monitoring System
  • The Commercial Fisheries Logbook Program
  • The Electronic Catch and Effort Recording System
  • Fishery-independent Surveys
  • ECTF-Related Research
  • Non-commercial Fisheries Information
• The Audit Report’s Assessment against Commonwealth Guidelines

ASSESSMENTS IN THE EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY [ Acrobat Format 788.76KB ]

• Reported Resource Status and Fishery Trends
  • Target Species
  • By-product Species
• General Comments about the Assessment Methodology
  • Reliability of Information Sources
  • Time Series of Fishery Data
  • Changes in Fishing Power
  • Spatial Distribution and Variability of the Fishery
  • Temporal Distribution and Variability of the Fishery
  • Multi-species Catch Composition and Targeting
  • Development of Assessment Models
• Specific Comments about the Assessment Findings
  • Tiger Prawns
  • Endeavour Prawns
  • Northern King Prawns
  • Banana Prawns
  • Eastern King Prawns
  • Scallops
  • Moreton Bay Bugs
  • Squid
  • Summary of the Stock Status of the Principal Species taken in the ECTF
• Formalisation of the Assessment Process
• The Audit Report’s Assessment against the Commonwealth Guidelines

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY [ Acrobat Format 1498.11KB ]

• Description of Environmental Impacts
  • Bycatch Composition
  • Take of Listed Species
  • Benthic Habitat Impacts
  • Trophic Level Impacts
• Mitigation Devices
  • Turtle Excluder Devices
  • Bycatch Reduction Devices
  • Hoppers
  • Other Measures
• Future Research, Monitoring and Assessment Needs
  • Risk Assessment of Bycatch Vulnerability to Trawling
  • Representative Areas Program
  • Fishery-Independent Monitoring and At-Sea Observer Programs
  • Continued Research into Gear Technology
  • Regular Bycatch Assessments
• The Audit Report’s Assessment against the Commonwealth Guidelines

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS IN THE EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY [ Acrobat Format 1139.16KB ]

• General Comments about the Legislated Management Objectives of the Trawl Plan
  • Specific Management Objectives
  • Achievement of Objectives
  • Performance Measures
  • Review Events and Performance Indicators
• Specific Comments about the Legislated Review Events and Performance Indicators of the Trawl Plan
  • Biological Review Events and Performance Indicators
  • Ecological Review Events and Performance Indicators
  • Enforcement Review Events and Performance Indicators
  • Fisheries Performance Review Events and Performance Indicators
• Evaluation of the ECTF Management Arrangements
  • Input-Based Management
  • Effort Limitations and Reductions
  • The Vessel Monitoring System
  • Spatial Management of the Fishery and Fishery Closures
  • Output-Based Management Measures
  • Bycatch Mitigation Devices
  • Enforcement and Surveillance
• Summary of the ECTF’s performance against its legislated objectives
• The Audit Report’s Assessment against the Commonwealth Guidelines

REFERENCES [ Acrobat Format 182.33KB ]

APPENDIXES [ Acrobat Format 1015.27KB ]

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