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Article: The Roe's abalone fishery near the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia.
- Article from:
- Journal of Shellfish Research
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
- Author:
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ABSTRACT The recreational Roe's abalone fishery is concentrated on easily accessible reefs that adjoin metropolitan Perth in Western Australia. There is a restricted recreational fishing season of 1.5 h a morning, for six consecutive Sundays in November and December each year. The reefs near Perth are also the focus of the commercial Roe's abalone fishery in Western Australia. The recreational catch and effort for each 10 nautical mile section of the Perth fishery is estimated from a creel survey with instantaneous counts, aerial surveys and interviews with fishers, from 1997-2003. Most of the recreational and commercial catches were taken from small areas of the fishery, ...