South Australian Wild Fisheries Information and Statistics Report 2010/11 Malcolm Knight and Angelo Tsolos SARDI Publication No. F2008/000804-4 SARDI Research Report Series No. 612 SARDI Aquatic Sciences PO Box 120 Henley Beach SA 5022 March 2012 South Australian Aquatic Sciences: Information Systems and Database Support Program South Australian Wild Fisheries Information and Statistics Report 2009/10 i South Australian Wild Fisheries Information and Statistics Report 2010/11 Malcolm Knight and Angelo Tsolos SARDI Publication No. F2008/000804-4 SARDI Research Report Series No. 612 March 2012 This publication may be cited as: Knight, M.A. and Tsolos, A (2012). South Australian Wild Fisheries Information and Statistics Report 2010/11. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2008/000804-4. 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Prof Tim Ward Science Leader - Fisheries Signed: Date: 30 March 2012 Distribution: SAASC Library, University of Adelaide Library, Parliamentary Library, State Library and National Library Circulation: Public Domain Definitions and Explanations Beach Price: assessed value of the catch at the point of landing for the quantity produced and excludes transport and marketing costs. By-catch: component of the catch that is not targeted and is discarded. By-product: component of the catch that is not targeted but retained as it has commercial value. Five Boat Rule: principle that all non-aggregated fishery data are confidential, and any aggregated data cannot be published unless the grouping contains at least five licence holders. Marine Fishing Area (MFA): A designated fishing area for reporting catch and effort data, these may vary among fisheries. Production: measure of the quantity of fish product landed by a fishery based on the catch records. Quota: a limit on the weight or number of fish that may be harvested from a particular stock, species, or area. Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC): weight or numbers of a species that may be harvested by the commercial sector within a given timeframe. Value: Beach Price. Abbreviations and Symbols kg kilogram 000’kg thousand kilograms $A dollar (Australian) $A,000 thousand dollars (Australian) n/a Confidential Data - Not available; as defined by the Five Boat Rule CPI Consumer Price Index Important Notes All figures have been computer validated and do not take into account information not received or processed by SARDI Aquatic Sciences. Information may be altered or updated without notice. The data presented in this publication are provided in an aggregated format to protect the commercial confidentiality of individuals. All totals have been rounded. Any small discrepancies are generally caused by the rounding components. All production figures are in whole weight (kg). Acknowledgements The report is compiled from data supplied by licensed commercial operators. The cooperation of these licence holders in submitting their data is acknowledged and appreciated. The authors would like to thank the reviewers Dr Stephen Mayfield and Dr Tony Fowler who provided constructive comment on the document. South Australian Aquatic Sciences: Information Systems and Database Support Program South Australian Wild Fisheries Information and Statistics Report 2010/11 i Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Section 1: Information by Fishery ............................................................................................................. 2 The Rock Lobster Fisheries ............................................................................................................ 5 The Abalone Fisheries .................................................................................................................... 8 The Prawn Fisheries ..................................................................................................................... 11 The Sardine Fishery ..................................................................................................................... 14 The Blue Crab Fishery .................................................................................................................. 16 The Marine Scalefish Fisheries ..................................................................................................... 18 The Inland Waters Fishery ............................................................................................................ 20 Section 2: Information by Species .......................................................................................................... 23 2.1 Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) ........................................................................................... 24 2.2 Western King Prawn (Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus) ..................................................... 25 2.3 Sardine (Sardinops sagax) .................................................................................................. 26 2.4 Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) ................................................................................... 27 2.5 Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra) .......................................................................................... 28 2.6 Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) ........................................................................................... 29 2.7 King George Whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus) ..................................................................... 30 2.8 Blue Crab (Portunus armatus) ............................................................................................. 31 2.9 Southern Calamary (Sepioteuthis australis) ......................................................................... 32 2.10 Pipi (Donax deltoides).......................................................................................................... 33 2.11 Southern Garfish (Hyporhamphus melanochir) .................................................................... 34 2.12 Mud Cockle (Katelysia sp.) .................................................................................................. 35 2.13 Octopus (Octopus sp.) ......................................................................................................... 36 2.14 Yellow-eye Mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri) ................................................................................. 37 2.15 All Sharks ............................................................................................................................ 38 2.16 Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua) .................................................................................... 39 2.17 Yellowfin Whiting (Sillago schomburgkii).............................................................................. 40 2.18 King Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas)....................................................................................... 41 2.19 Sea Worms and Fish Roe .................................................................................................... 42 2.20 Australian Herring (Arripis georgianus) ................................................................................ 43 2.21 Sand Crab (Ovalipes australiensis) ...................................................................................... 44 2.22 European Carp (Cyprinus carpio) ........................................................................................ 45 2.23 Redfin (Perca fluviatilis) ....................................................................................................... 46 2.24 Bony Bream (Nematalosa erebi) .......................................................................................... 47 2.25 Australian Salmon (Arripis truttaceus) .................................................................................. 48 Appendix 1: References ........................................................................................................................