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TARGET FISH CARNIVORES WRASSES - LABRIDAE Thicklips Hemigymnus spp. Slingjaw Wrasse Epibulus insidiator Tripletail Wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus Redbreasted Wrasse Cheilinus fasciatus Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 1 Hogfish Bodianus spp. Tuskfish Choerodon spp. Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunare Humphead Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 2 GOATFISH - MULLIDAE Dash-dot Goatfish Parupeneus barberinus Doublebar Goatfish Parupeneus bifasciatus Manybar Goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus SNAPPER - LUTJANIDAE Midnight Snapper Macolor macularis Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 3 Spanish Flag Snapper Lutjanus carponotatus Black-banded Snapper Lutjanus semicinctus Checkered Snapper Lutjanus decussatus Two-spot Snapper Lutjanus biguttatus Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 4 GROUPER – SERRANIDAE Barramundi Cod Cromileptes altivelis Bluespotted Grouper Cephalopholis cyanostigma Peacock Grouper Cephalopholis argus Coral Grouper Cephalopholis miniata Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 5 Lyretails Variola albimarginata & Variola louti Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra Highfin Grouper Epinephelus maculatus Flagtail Grouper Cephalopholis urodeta Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 6 Blacksaddle Coral Grouper Plectropomus laevis Large Groupers TRIGGERFISH - BALISTIDAE Titan Triggerfish Balistoides viridescens Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 7 Orange-lined Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus Clown Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum Redtoothed Triggerfish Odonus niger Picasso Triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus Rectangular Triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 8 Blackpatch Triggerfish Rhinecanthus verrucosus Scythe Triggerfish Sufflamen bursa SWEETLIPS - HAEMULIDAE Many-spotted Sweetlips Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Diagonal-banded Sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus Oriental Sweetlips Plectorhinchus vittatus Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 9 Ribboned Sweetlips Plectorhinchus polytaenia CORAL BREAMS - NEMIPTERIDAE Monocle Breams Scolopsis spp. EMPERORS - LETHRINIDAE Longface Emperor Bream Lethrinus olivaceus Humpnose Bigeye Bream Monotaxis grandoculis Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 10 MOORISH IDOL - ZANCLIDAE Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus Barefoot Conservation | TARGET FISH CARNIVORES| July 2016 11 .

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Appendix 4: Background materials provided to participants prior to the workshop. Coral reef fin fish spawning closures f. Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) Risk assessment workshop g. Flowery cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) h. Greasy rockcod (Epinephelus tauvina) 12 – 13 May 2009 i. Spanish flag (stripey;Lutjanus carponotatus) 9am – 5pm Russell 1 & 2 j. Tuskfish Choerodon( spp.) Berkley’s On Ann Closures targeting coral trout afford some protection Rendezvous Hotel Brisbane to other coral reef fin fish species, although the magnitude of this effect is speculative. The imperative 255 Ann Street, Brisbane to explicitly consider other species rests on judgments concerning • the importance of each species to each sector, • the importance of each sector, and • the capacity of existing controls other than spawning closures to provide adequate protection. These judgments are a central theme of the workshop. Background An initial task for the workshop is identification of candidate alternatives. Any closure regime This workshop will explore candidate alternatives for implemented beyond 2008 needs to provide adequate spawning closures to be applied 2009 – 2013. protection for spawning coral reef fin fish species, The Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan within a constraint that the impost on commercial 2003 introduced three nine-day spawning closures and recreational (including charter) fishing is no for coral reef fin fish on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). greater than for the period 2004 – 2008. ReefMAC The closures applied to the new moon periods in has recommended a five year package comprising two October, November and December for the years years (2009-2010) of no spawning closures followed 2004-2008.
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