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Summary catch data and effort data for Exmouth Gulf Prawn Trawl Fishery from 1991 to 2006
- Ben Radford
- AIMS
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.
Area: Deeper central and north-western sectors of Exmouth Gulf on mud/sand habitat.
Additional information: Active trawling kept below 40% of total fishery area within Gulf. Sixteen licensed vesselssince 2003, twelve active in 2004 and 2005. Cyclones exert significant negative impact on catches - fishery catches considered to have recovered by 2003 from Cyclone Vance in 1999.
| Custodian(s) | Department of Fisheries Western Australia |
| Owner Institutions(s) | Department of Fisheries Western Australia |
| Data Units | Data field for each species are catch (tonnes), Gross value of production (GVP) in millons of dollars ($M), Effort in hours and Empolyment (number of people) |
| Region & Spatial Extent | Exmouth Gulf |
| Data Collection |
1996 - 2006
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| Maintenance & Update Frequency | ongoing |
| Resource Constraints | The data is Public Good, but users must acknowledge the Data Owner(s). |
| References | Data sources: Annual State of Commercial Fisheries Reports (http://www.fish.wa.gov.au) |
| Dataset Short Name | Ning_FisheriesWA_PrawnTrawlCatch_1996_2006 |
