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Summary catch data and effort data for Exmouth Gulf Prawn Trawl Fishery from 1991 to 2006
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The dataset shows shows catch information for the Exmouth Gulf Fishery from 1996 to 2010
Main target species: Western king prawns (Penaeus latisulcatus), brown tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus), endeavour prawns (Metapenaeus spp.) and banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis).
Method: Otter trawl.
Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery
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Dataset showes the spatial extent of the Exmouth Gulf pawn fishery (2008). Information was obtained from the Department of Fisheries, Western Australia (www.fish.wa.gov.au)