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Report N9 37 REPORTN9 37 Plblishod by the Dir€.ior ol tish€ri€5 and Wildllla, Porth, under the autho.ity ol the H.n. Minister for rish€ries and Wildlitc An Inventoryof the MarineResources of the BunburyMarine Area and GeographeBay BY MICHAELH. WALKER 1979 6L6I -IfVHSIW U3)"IVM 'H .f,q IVglHdvugolg 0NVVIUV llllUvl^l IUnSNn[]Hl l0 silutl0silINIUVI/'JlHl l0 IU0INSAIIjI IUOd]U j H,tusiI , ecer.re,tr,epTeTepv g oT eJTTpTTM pue seT.reqs;g 3:o 4uaur4.redaq tIZ!90 CONTENTS ABSTMCT 5 I I NTRODUCTION 6 II THEMARIt'|E RESOURCE ASCAPTURED BYCONVENTIONAL FISHINGIVIETHODS 6 I. INTRODUCTION 6 2. METHODS 3. THE RESOURCECAPTURED BY 9 A. SET LINING 9 B. TRAPPING L2 C. SET NETTING L2 D. EAND LINING 13 E. TROLLING t-3 F. BEACH SEINING 14 G. RING NETTING L4 H. TRAWT-,ING t_f, r. LIGHT ATTRACTION AT NIGIIT I6 III ANINVENTORY OFTHE FISH RESOURCE I7 T. INTRODUCTION L7 2. SUI"IMARYoF SoMEAsPEcTs oF THEBIoLoGY oF GEoGRAPHEsly/sut'tsuRy MARINE FIsHEs 18 3. cHEcKLIsroF FISHESoF THE eeoenepHegny/ BUNBURYMRINE AREAWITH COMMENTS ON THEIRECOLOGICAL STATUS t9 IV SUIvlIvlARYANDCONCLUSIONS 2L V ACKNOI^|LTDGEIIENTS 23 VI REFERENCES 23 ' 9t ITEIUVtrNrtrvn rUngNng ,/IVS Sg'Tgu9OS9 SIT.IJNIII'IIII4 SVSTTE9NIT'IWVS .T 3Un9H 'vgnE 6€ sNIutn rungNos sg.r qNv tvg eHdw9ose .{o ssHsrJl sHJ ,40 ,rsITxcsHJ '8 '916T !L UStilEAON qNv rrEdv 'sz6T usw{sAoN,/ussorcoNr sssrnuo TSAENS S$UE,I ONIUNC qSUO,IiTYC SEHSIJ IiIOU.II qg,rJsTToc NoI,rvt[tIo.rNI T\rJreoToTg ,ilo .f,unnnns '^ LL I SHaVE9oS9 NIH.IIM SNOI&Vf,O{I UO.!I SSgfiVJ SNISS ESVES '9 TT 'ssgSr\fJ ilsN HsrJ vgrw sNruw{ ruflsNns/rvs sgdvEgosrg 's A7 . 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Buzanp s+lnpD sb paaa+unooua sataads ToVoabiwbS . s+?gDq pooj puo aqoq3 Outpaa.rq o+ s,D pa+ aunoop aaaa +49nio sat obds .+qb?u Us?J aq+ l7U +D uo?+cDal+p +46?7 pun ido,tq .sau?1 6ut77oa4 .sau?l puoq .sautas .s+au - 's-7noa+ . LcDaq 6u.ta^ s+a-u +as sau?Z qas al 7 aba6 but4st! _!o ftqaVaoa o buVsn paqobl.qsaaul aaaa paaD aulaDw ndngun7/ nDg a4doa6oag a4+ Jo sacnnosa& aulaDw aqf ,13VA&S gV ' 0z09,eTTe.rlsnv urelsalt 'qcea€ q?f,oN ,02 xo8 .O.d ' seTJole.roqeT qcirea saU auT.rew ueTTe.TlSnV U.re?Se.lyl ,.re{TeM . H. W AVS 3HdVU9O39CNV V3UV ]NIUVt^l AUnSNnS3Hl l0 s33un0s3u3N1UW 3HL J0 AUoTN3ANINV ,6t6L ,Zg 9r-L . otI .qdag . qsny .+saA .7p7?A .4s.1,t .qda1 INTRODUCTION The study described in this report was one of several undertaken by the Fisheries Research Branch of the W.A. Department of Fisheries and wildlife as part of a progranme to evaluate and predict the consequences of the ocean discharge of effluent waste from the Laporte titanium dioxide factory at Bunbury' western Australia. The rnultidiscipl inary progranune, which was sp'rnsored and supervised by the Laporte Effluent Con[nittee., was designed to examine the various options for disposal of the waste. A report on the utilization of the resource by professional and amateur fishermen has already been prepared (Walker, in press) . The present report provides an evaluation and inventory of the marine resources of the Bunbury/Geographe Bay marine area. Resource inforrnation was collected during three cruises with the Department I s research vessef "Flinilers" using a variety of fishing gear including set 1ines, nets, fish traps, hand lines, trawJ-s. trolling lines' light attraction at night etc. Some professional fishermen collected specimens and other data for the survey using gear such as ring nets and beach seines. Results of other surveys, including museum records were also incorporated into resource information results. A11 species caught $/ere categorj.zed where possible as to their breeding state. food habits, etc. in an attempt to evaluate their status in Geographe Bay. The fishing gear used caught only fish and squid and since different gear would be required to catch shell-fish no cotunent is made on the resource of rock lobsters, crabs, abalone or scallops. The conrnercial value of these species to the area was considered in a previous report on the utilization of the marine resource of the area (Walker, in press). This report is divided into two parts. Firstly a description is given of the fish resource as captured by conventional fishing methods and secondly all species are drawn together as an inventory of the fish species of the area includ.ing information on the status and biology of individual fish species. II THEIVIARIIIE RESOURCE AS CAPTURED BY CONVENTIONAL FISHINGIVIETHODS 1. 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