Fishery status reports 2015

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Fishery status reports 2015 provides an independent evaluation of the biological and economic status of fish stocks managed solely or jointly by the Australian Government.

This 20th edition of the Fishery status reports covers the biological status of 92 fish stocks across 21 fisheries. The reports summarise the performance of these fisheries against the requirements of fisheries legislation and policy.

The status of the 92 fish stocks changed slightly in 2014, compared with the previous year. The status of several stocks improved (e.g. orange roughy in the eastern zone of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery; albacore in the Western Tuna and Billfish Fishery), while the status of redfish in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery declined and it is now considered to be overfished.

The fisheries assessed in the Fishery status reports 2015 generated an estimated gross value of production of $338.2 million in 2013-14, which is about 13 per cent of Australia's total fisheries and aquaculture gross value of production of $2.6 billion.

The Fishery status reports form part of a suite of ABARES publications that aim to provide a comprehensive and multidimensional account of the trends and outlook for Australian fisheries. The Australian fisheries statistics reports provide annual updates of fisheries production and trade data. Detailed analysis of the net economic returns of selected Commonwealth fisheries is provided in the annual Australian fisheries economic indicators report .

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Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full (no index, revised 2016-07-29) - GeneralDownload 01 \r\n Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full in Microsoft Word:2011 (.docx) format \r\n Revised 2016-07-29: Page 438 of 'Chapter 28 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species', removed data for 'Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Area'. \r\n Revised 2015-12-07: \r\n - corrected minor grammatical errors \r\n - Revised Table 1.4 Indicators and summary of economic status of Commonwealth fisheries for 2013-14 • SESSF Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $11 million (-9%) \r\n• Torres Strait Prawn Fishery: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $5.8 million (-2%) \r\n
Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full (includes index, revised 2016-07-29) - KeyDocument 01 \r\n Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full in ADOBE Portable Document File (PDF) format \r\n Revised 2016-07-29: Page 437 of 'Chapter 28 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species', removed data for 'Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Area'. \r\n Revised 2015-12-07: \r\n - includes index \r\n - corrected minor grammatical errors \r\n - Revised Table 1.4 Indicators and summary of economic status of Commonwealth fisheries for 2013-14 • SESSF Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $11 million (-9%) \r\n• Torres Strait Prawn Fishery: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $5.8 million (-2%) \r\n
Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full with lower resolution images (includes index, revised 2016-07-29) - KeyDocument 02 \r\n Fishery Status Reports 2015 in full in ADOBE Portable Document File (PDF) format \r\n Revised 2016-07-29: Page 437 of 'Chapter 28 - High-seas fisheries for non-highly migratory species', removed data for 'Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Area'. \r\n Revised 2015-12-07: \r\n - includes index \r\n - corrected minor grammatical errors \r\n - Revised Table 1.4 Indicators and summary of economic status of Commonwealth fisheries for 2013-14 • SESSF Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $11 million (-9%) \r\n• Torres Strait Prawn Fishery: Corrected column 2013-14 Fishery GVP (% change from 2012-13) to $5.8 million (-2%) \r\n
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