Design, Trial and Implementation of an Integrated, Long-Term Bycatch Monitoring Program, Road Tested in the NPF
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Design, trial and implementation of an integrated, long-term bycatch monitoring program, road tested in the NPF Final Report FRDC Project No. 2004/024 November 2006 FRDC Design, trial and implementation of an integrated, long-term bycatch monitoring program, road tested in the NPF Bibliography ISBN 1 921232 33 1 Published by CSIRO Marine Research © Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and CSIRO Marine Research, 2006. This work is copyright. Except as permitted under the copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process, electronic or otherwise, without the specific written permission of the copyright owners. Neither may information be stored electronically in any form whatsoever without such permission. DISCLAIMER The authors do no warrant that the information in this book is free from errors or omissions. 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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................13 2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................21 3. BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................23 4. NEED.................................................................................................................................25 5. OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................................27 5.1 General approach..................................................................................................29 5.2 Obj 1 – To design, trial and implement an integrated long-term bycatch monitoring program; that addresses (i) total amount of bycatch, (ii) protected species and (iii) high risk species in the most cost-effective manner possible using the NPF as an example.35 5.2.1 Comparison of methods – Selecting an effective sampling regime for monitoring diverse trawl bycatch........................................................................35 5.2.2 Power calculations for bycatch............................................................59 5.2.3 Bycatch sampling effort assessment..................................................81 5.2.4 Alternative management strategies for rare species.......................101 5.2.5 Issues with monitoring total bycatch ................................................107 5.2.6 Bycatch monitoring program - Implementation, effort and cost scenarios .............................................................................................................115 5.3 Obj 2 – To transfer ownership, momentum and responsibility of ongoing monitoring to NORMAC and AFMA .....................................................................................................139 5.3.1 Abstract ................................................................................................139 5.3.2 Introduction..........................................................................................140 5.3.3 The project model of collaboration....................................................140 5.3.4 Handover of duties to AFMA ..............................................................141 5.3.5 Continuation and progression of BMP..............................................141 5.3.6 General role clarification ....................................................................141 5.3.7 Importance of changing the AFMA and Industry culture and processes ............................................................................................................142 5.3.8 Long-term Collaborative model between AFMA, CSIRO and Industry 142 5.3.9 Contracts and funding ........................................................................144 5.3.10 Risk management................................................................................145 5.3.11 Documentation of protocols (for new program staff)......................146 5.3.12 References ...........................................................................................147 5.4 Obj 3 – To validate the risk assessment of the NPF bycatch species recognised as ‘high risk’ 153 5.4.1 Introduction..........................................................................................153 5.4.2 Validation of a current ecological risk assessment method...........161 5.4.3 Estimating fish abundance from detection-nondetection data ......175 5.4.4 Sustainability Assessment for Fishing Effects (SAFE): an application to NPF elasmobranch bycatch ..........................................................................199 5.4.5 An application of SAFE to highly diverse NPF fish bycatch...........229 5.4.6 General discussion and conclusions................................................245 5.5 Obj 4 – Provide the first description of the bycatch from the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf 253 5.5.1 Introduction..........................................................................................253 5.5.2 Description of JBG bycatch ...............................................................255 5.5.3 JBG bycatch guide ..............................................................................287 5.5.4 Description of banana prawn fishery bycatch and a comparison with tiger prawn fishery bycatch ...............................................................................353 5.5.5 Summary and conclusions.................................................................379 6. GENERAL BYCATCH MONITORING PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.................383 6.1 Bycatch Monitoring Program.............................................................................383 6.2 Monitoring............................................................................................................384 6.3 Risk Assessment ................................................................................................385 6.4 Alternative Management Strategies..................................................................386 6.5 Management Actions..........................................................................................386 6.6 References...........................................................................................................387 7. BENEFITS AND ADOPTION..........................................................................................389 8. COMMUNICATION OUTPUTS.......................................................................................392 8.1 Abstract................................................................................................................392 8.2 Introduction .........................................................................................................392 8.3 Objectives ............................................................................................................392