REPORT N9 46

Publl3hed by the Director ol Ft6hertes snd Wtldtite. perth.lnder lhe authority ol lhe Hon. Mini3ter for Fisheries and Witdtite

The Amateur Fisheryfor the

Western Rock Lobster

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FOREI'JORD

The commerc ia l f ishery for western rock lobstersi n W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a h a s t h e h i g h e s t v a l u ea f : n r r f i < h a n r ; i n a r r - r h a r i r r h . ] i c ^ , , F F F n l - l \ /L u r I \ | | v l J

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a c o n t r o l l e d n u m b e r o f p o t s . C a t c h e s d u r i n gt h e t h r e e y e a r s I 9 7 B / 7 9 t o ) - g a o / 8 1 L l a v e a v e r a g e d1 o + m i 1 1 1 o n k g .

M a n a g e m e n t m e a s u r e s r e l y o n s c i e n t i f i c a d v i c ebased on data on catch and f ish ing ef for tf r o m t h e c o m m e r c i a l I i s h e r y , a n d f r o m b i o ] o g i c a lo b s e r v a t i o n s o n r o c k l o b s t e r s . H o w e v e r aknowledge of a l f sources of usage of the stocksis essent la l to the proper understanding oft - h 6 ^ \ , h r m i n c a f l h a C i c h o n r r n n u r h i - h l - h a

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Q u e s t i o n n a i r e .

G e n e r a l c r e e l c e n s u s I 9 7 6 - 7 A .

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I t was hoped that each person who appl ied for anA m a t e u r F i s h e r m a n ' s L i c e n s e ( A F L ) f o r L ] n e 7 9 7 6 _ 7 7 s e a s o nwould be asked to f i l l out a quest ionnai re at the t ime andp l a c e t h e l i c e n s e w a s i s s u e d . A s a m p l e q u e s t i o n n a i r e i sg lven in Appendix A.

The quest ionnai re basica l ly sought in format ion aboutt h e f i s h e r m a n ' s r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h i n g a c t i v i t i e s d u r i n gt h e 1 9 7 5 - 7 6 s e a s o n ( w h i c h e x t e n d e d f r o m 1 5 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 5t o 1 5 A u g u s t 1 9 7 6 ) , f t a s k e d w h a t f i s h i n g m e t h o d s w e r eu s e d ; w h e r e t h e f i s h i n g m e t h o d s w e r e u s e d ; w h a t t i m eo f t h e s e a s o n t h e f i s h i n g w a s d o n e ; f o r a n e s t l m a t e o fthe number of days spent f ish ing and for an est imateo f t h e c a t c h ,

T w o p r o b l e m s h o w e v e r , i m m e d i a t e l y a r o s e . F i r s t l y , a p p r o x i _m a t e l y 4 , o O O f l c e n s e s f o r t h e 1 9 7 6 7 7 s e a s o n h a d b e e nissued before th is s tudy was corruTenced. These l icenseh o f d e r s w e r e e a c h s e n t a q u e s t i o n n a i r e b y p o s t , t o q e t h e rw i t h a r e p l y p a i d e n v e l o p e a n d a c o v e r i n g l e t t e r , * f , i c nexpfa lned what the survey was about and qave inst ruct ionsf a r : n q u r c n i h ^ l - h ^ a r r a c l - i n n - e ^ ^ ^ ^ A 1 . , -y - e s t i o n s . S e c o n d l y , m a n y p e o p l e a p p l yf o r a l i c e n s e b y p o s t , T h e s e p e o p l e w e r e s e n t a q u e s t i o n _n a r r e , a c o v e r i n g l e t t e r a n d a r e p l y p a i d e n v e l o p e w l t ht h e r r f i c e n c e .

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f o r a m a t e u r r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h e r m e n :

T h e c e n s u s w a s r e s t r i c t e d t o t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e c o a s t l i n eb e t w e e n A u g u s t a a n d K a l b a r r - i ( F i g u r e I ) . D u n i n g t h e I 9 7 6 - - 7 1q F F q n n i n l ^ r r r i F , ^ , q l - ^ ^ l / n l r a a i n ^ < < i h l 6P r o e q r r t o - I r d r r y y r J J , u r u ,

i n o r d e r t o o b t a i n a b r o a d e s t i m a t e o f f i s h i n g p r e s s u r e a n dc a t c h e s i n t h e t o t a l f i s h e r y . D u r i n g t l n e 1 9 7 7 - 7 8 s e a s o n ,i n l - e r v i e w s w e r e m a i n l y d i r e c t e d t o w a r d s t h e P e r t h a n d' l a r ^ . r ' l r l l o n a n o a q ' ^ , h i C h w e r e o b s e r v e d d u r i n o l h p 1 e - A - ' j -r r r 9 L , r L

s e a s o n L o b e b y f a r t h e m o s L i m p o r t a n t o n e a s l o r a - n a b e u rf i s h e r m e n .

A s m d n v f i s h e r m e n a s p o s s i b l e w e r e i n t e r v i e w e d a L b o a tr d m p s a n d o n b e a c h e s , d e p e n d i n g o n t h e a r e a . F i s h e r m e nat Rot tnest Is land and carden Is land were in tev lewedo n n o a d s , b o a t s a n d i n h o l i d a y c o t t a g e s a s w e l I a s o nb e a c h e s . I n m o s t a r e a s , l n t e r v i e w s w e r e c o m m e n c e d a tf i r s t l i g h t a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n r e c o r d e d f o re a c h i n t e r v i e w e e :

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number of f ishermen in par ty - d ivers and pot f ishermenw e r e c o u n L e d s e p a r a t e l y ;

n u m b e r o f p o t s p u l l e d b y p a r t y o r t i m e s p e n t d i v i n g ;

c a t c h o f r o c k l o b s t e r s ;

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of the mornlng. This method was cLrosen because of i ts

s u i t a b i l i t y t o t h i s f i s h e r y i n t L \ a t : -

( 1 ) M o s t o f t h e f i s h e r m e n p u l l i n g p o t s f e f t t l r e s l r o r ea b o u t s u n r i s e t o g o a n d p u l l t h e i r p o t s a n d u s u a l l yreturned wi th in an hour .

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Interv iews took p lace at three d i f ferent beaches in theGerafdton area, where many amateurs launch thei r boats.These beaches are : -

(a) Town Beach where there is a wooden je t ty / ramp

w h i c h i s i d e a f f o r l a u n c h i n g l a r g e r b o a t s . A sw e 1 1 , t h e r e i s a s m a l 1 b e a c l r a r e a b e s i d e t h i swhere severa l smal ler boats can be faunched att h e o n e t i m e ;

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d r i v e v e h i c f e .

These three beaches are marked on the map g iven inF i g u r e 2 .

N, lost o f the f ishermen in the Geraldton area f ish in ChampionB a y , a l t h o u g h s o m e p o t s c a n u s u a l l y b e s e e n i n P o r t G r e y .

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I n t e r v i e w s w e r e c a r r i e d o u t o v e r t w o p e r i o d s : -

( a ) F r o m A p r i l 1 9 7 7 t o A u g u s t 1 9 7 7 , m a i n l y a t T o w nB e a c h .

F r o m N o v e m b e r L g 7 7 t o J u n e 1 9 7 8 ( t h e L 9 7 7 - 7 8 r o c kf o b s t e r s e a s o n ) a t e a c h o f t h e t h r e e a r e a s , w i t han emphasis on Town Beach and Rundle Park towardsthe end of the season.

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w e r e c a l c u l a t e d a s f o l l o w s : -

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t h e m o n t h , a n d 1 e t S E ( P ; ) b e i t s s t a n d a r d e r r o r ' L e t D b e

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t ( n - 1 , o . 9 5 ) D - S E ( P i )

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Three beaches around the Per th area were invest igatedu s i n g m e t h o d s s l m i l a r t o t h o s e u s e d i n t h e c r e e f c e n s u sof the cera ldton area. The main d i f ference was that ln ter-v iews began before sunr ise and d ld not f in ish unt l l theear ly af ternoon. The f ishermen in the Per th area stagger+ h o i r r l a n r n + , r F A l - i m a ^ + ^ f i < h > f f a r u r : n d cu I u f r u u P q a > L o y u u u

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T h i s i s a r a p i d l y g r o w i n g t o w n a n d t o u r i s t r e s o r ta b o u t 7 5 k m s o u t h o f p e r t h ( F i g u r e 1 ) . B o a t i n g f a c i l i t _i e s a r e e x c e l l e n t h e r e . T h e a m a t e u r r o c k l o b s t e rf i s h e r m e n f i s h t h e i n s h o r e s h a f l o w a r e a s a l o n g t h ec o a s t f r o m t h e e s t u a r v t o A v a l o n .

F o r e a c h o f t h e s e a r e a s , i n t e r v i e w s w e r e c o n d u c t e d i na m a n n e r s i m i l a r t o t h a t u s e d i n t h e G e r a l d t o n a r e a s .* r i l h l - r " r n a l . r ' F n l - i ^ n c .

( a ) i n t e r v i e w i n g b e g a n b e f o r e s u n r l s e a n d c o n t i n u e dinto the af ternoon; and

(b) the in terv iew dates were chosen when accommodat ionf o r t h e i n t e r v i e w e r s w a s a v a i l a b l e , a n d s o i n t e r v i e w so c c u r r e d o n c o n s e c u t i v e d a y s .

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L o g s h e e t s w e r e i s s u e d t o s o m e f i s h e r m e n i n m o s ta r e a s f o r l L h e 7 9 7 6 - 7 7 s e a s o n . T h e s e w e r e o r i g i n a l l y i s s u e d t of ishermen who had ind icated some interest in the survey whenf i l l i n g o u t a q u e s t i o n n a i r e o r w h o h a d i n d l c a t e d o n t h lq u e s t i o n n a i r e t h a t t h e y h a d f i s h e d r e g u l a r l y t h r o u g h o u t t h eI 9 7 5 - 7 6 s e a s o n . O t h e r s w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d t o i n t e r e s t e df i s h e r m e n e n c o u n t e r e d d u r i n g t h e c r e e l c e n s u s . L o g s h e e t s o rb o o k s f o r L h e 1 9 7 7 - 7 8 s e a s o n w e r e i s s u e d t o f i s h e i r n e nw h o h a d s e n t i n l o g s h e e t s f r o m t h e p r e v r o u s s e a s o n ,a s w e l l a s t o l n t e r e s t e d f i s h e r m e n e n c o u n t e r e d d u r i n gt h e c r e e l c e n s u s .

T h e f i s h e r m e n w e r e a s k e d t o r e c o r d t h e d a l . e a n r t n t : r . co f f i s h i n g a s w e l l a s

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l a n d , a l t h o u g h m o s t o f t h e r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h i n g i s d o n eu s i n g b o a t s . T h e l a n d f i s h e r m e n a r e v e r y s e c r e t i v e a b o u tt h e i r a c t i v i t i e s - p e r h a p s t h i s i s d u e t o t h e f a c t t h a tthei r pots are fa i r game to anyone who spots them.

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Table 3 g ives the numbers of f ishermen return ing quest ion-n a i r e s w h o u s e d t h e v a r i o u s m e t L r o d s o f f i s h i n g f o r r o c kl o b s t e r s a t t h e d i f f e r e n t c o a s t a l f o c a l i t i e s . W h e r e m o r et h a n o n e a r e a w a s g i v e n f o r e a c h m e t h o d o f f i s h i n g , o n l yt h e f i r s t w a s c o n s i d e r e d . F r o m t h i s t a b l e , i t a p p e a r sthat the two main areas for pot f ishermen are aroundt h e c i t i e s o f P e r t h a n d c e r a l d t o n , w h i l e d i v e r s , i n a d d i t i o nL o l h e s e a r e a s , p n e f e r b h e s o u t h - w e s t ( A u g u s t a - B u s s e f t o n -Bunbury areas) and the Carnarvon area.

Table 4 g ives the numbers of f ishermen return ing quest ion-n a i r e s w h o u s e d d i f f e r e n t m e t h o d s t o f i s h f o r r o c k l o b s t e r sd u r i n g t h e 1 9 7 5 - 7 6 s e a s o n , a n d l i s t s t h e " o t h e r m e t h o d s ' ,. l i \ r e a h v F n F t F r r r f i q h c r m e n F i s h i n . r f n r r o r . k I . \ h q f o n c r r < i h d_ ' " " ' Y

p o L s i s t h e m o s L c o m m o n m e t h o d . D i v i n g i s L h e o n l y o b h e r m a l na l t e r n a t i v e .

Tables 5A and 58 g ive the months and t imes of the yearf i s h e d . C l e a r l y N o v e m b e r - J a n u a r y i s L h e r n o s b p o p u l a nt i m e f o r r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h i n g ,

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Table 7 shows the number of days on which f ishermen whor e L u r n e d q u e s t i o n n a i r e s I i t t e d t h e i r p o t s d u r i n g t h eL 9 7 5 - 7 6 s e a s o n . N o t e t h a t 7 7 % f i s h e d f o r 3 0 d a v s o r l e s s :t n L s c o v e n s t h e h o L i d a y m a k e r s a s w e l l a s L h e l t c a l a m a L e u rf i s h e r m e n i n s o m e a r e a s w h o f i s h o n t y d u r i n g t h e r u no f " w h i t e s " * i n N o v e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r . N o t e t h a t a l m o s th a l f o f t h e f i s h e r m e n f i s h i n g i n t h e G e r a l d t o n a r e a f i s h e dm o r e t h a n 3 0 d a y s , T h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f d a y s t h a L f i s h e r m e nw h o r e t u r n e d q u e s t i o n n a i r e s l i f t e d t h e i r p o t s w a s 2 8 . 5 .w i t h 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c e l i m i t s o f 2 6 a n d 3 1 .

T a b l e B g i v e s t h e r o c k l o b s b e r c a t c h e s r e p o r t e d b y I i s h e r m e nw h o c o m p l e t e d q u e s t i o n n a i r e s w h i l e u s i n g p o t s d u r i n gt h e 1 9 7 5 - 7 6 s e a s o n . N o t e t h a t 7 3 7 " c a u g h t 5 0 o r l e s s r o c k] o b s t e r s . T h e m e a n c a t c h w a s 4 9 . 5 , w i t h 9 5 % c o n f i d e n c el i m i t s o f 4 5 a n d 5 4 . A s s u m i n g a 1 I t h e A F L h o l d e r s w i t hp o t s i n 1 9 7 5 - 7 6 ( v t z 8 2 7 7 s e e T a b l e 1 ) u s e d t h e m , t h i sw o u l d a m o u n t t o a c a t c L l o f 4 1 O O O O r o c k l o b s t e r s , o r ,a s s u m i n g L h e a v e r a g e r o c k l o b s t e r c a u g h b b y a n a m a t e u r

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seemed to be in abundance f rom Chr is tmas to them i d d l e o f F e b r u a r y , o v e r t h e E a s t e r v a c a t i o n a n d o t h e rl o n g w e e k e n d s , a n d o v e r L h e M a y s c h o o l h o l i d a y s .S o i n t y p l c a l " C h r l s t m a s h o l i d a y " r e s o r t s s u c has Jur ien and Dongara there were very few amateurf i s h e r m e n o p e r a t i n g f o r m o s t o f t h e t i m e , I n G e r a l d t o nh o w e v e r , v e r y f e w h o l i d a y m a k e r s w e r e i n t e r v i e w e d .

( b ) T h e a m a t e u r c a t c h w a s g r e a t l y i n f l u e n c e d b y t h er u n o f " w h i t e s " , I n d e e d , s o m e " f o c a l " f i s h e r m e nn n l r r f i c h a l , r n i n ^ + h i c ^ a F i ^ r ]

(c) iv lost areas were heavi ly f ished by amateurs overthe Chrrstmas hol iday per iod. Except for aroundR o t t n e s t I s l a n d , I e g a l - s i z e d r o c k f o b s t e r s w e r es c a r c e d u n i n g L h i s p e r i o d .

( d ) V e r y f e w d i v e r s w e r e e n c o u n t e r e d o v e r t h i s p e r i o d .

( e ) A n a r t f r o m h o a L s a n o u n d R o t t n e S L a n . l c ^ r . l F n l c l ^ n . l qthere was no apparent increase in the number ofamateur rock lobster f lsLrermen us ing pots dur ingthe weekend. I f anyth ing, local f ishermen tendedto keep away f rom the boat ramps at weekends.

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Table 28 summar ises the resul ts of the census at th isbeach. TLre mean number of boats encountered per dayv a r i e d f r o m 1 . 9 O i n J u n e t o 1 7 . 7 8 i n D e c e m b e r . T h e m e a nnumber of f ishermen encountered per day var ied f rom3 . 1 O i n J u n e t o 5 6 . 7 8 i n D e c e m b e r . T h e m e a n n u m b e r o fp o t s p u l l e d p e r d a y v a r i e d f r o r n 5 , 5 0 i n J u n e t o 6 6 . 6 7in December. Note that the greatest ef for t is put in tothe f ishery dur ing December, and that the number off ishermen decreases sharp ly f rom Apr i l onwards. Them e a n c a t c h p e r p o t l i f t ( i n n u m b e r s o f r o c k l o b s t e r s )v a r i e d f r o m O . 3 0 i n J a n u a r y t o O . 6 5 i n N o v e m b e r . T h i sis qui te low in compar ison wi th catcLl ra tes ofp r o f e s s i o n a f f i s h e r m e n a n d i s p r o b a b l y d u e I . o m a n y o fthe f ishermen here put t ing thei r pots on qui tes h e l t e r e d r e e f s i n s h a l l o w w a t e r c l o s e t o t h e s h o r e .

Tabfe 29 summar ises the tota l numbers of boats andf ishermen encountered dur ing t l re season, as wel las the tota l number of pots accounted for , Notethat 63% of the f ishermen who were encounteredover the season were encountered bv the end ofD e c e m b e r .

T a b f e 3 0 g i v e s t h e s i z e r a n g e o f b o a t s e n c o u n L e r dat Rundle Park dur ing tJne 1977-7A season. Moret h a n h a l f w e r e o n l y 1 2 f t . o r l e s s . T a b l e 3 1 s u r u n a r i s e sthe numbers of in terv iews of pot f ishermen anddivers throughout the season, Note the large numberof local pot f ishermen in terv iews and the completef a c k o f d i v e r t n t e r v i e w s .

T a b f e 3 2 g i v e s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e d e p t h s f i s h e d ;the use of echo sounders, the propor t ion of boatswhose occupants were new to the f ishery and thepropor t ion of boats belonging to local f ishermenand to hol iday f is l rermen.

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( 1 ) A l L h o u g h L h e r e w a s a s m a l I a m o u n t o f o v e n l a p , o v e r a l lthere were 458 f ishermen -encountered and BB7 potsaccounted for . This may be compared wi th the f igureo f L 3 4 4 f i s h e r m e n ( o r 1 3 9 3 a f t e r a d j u s t m e n t f o rt h o s e g i v i n g n o i n f o r m a t i o n ) f n o m L h e d a t a g i v e nl n t h e A F L a p p l i c a t i o n s ( T a b l e 1 6 ) . T h e c e n s u st . h c r c f o r F o n l w e n c o r r n b e r e d 3 2 . 9 % o f L h e n o l c n f i a lnumber of amateur rock lobster f isLrermen in thea r e a .

I o ) T h p \ / A s f r n a i o r i j - \ / . r f I h c f i c h a n m o . j n t h i S a r e aw e r e l o c a l f i s h e r r n e n . V e r y f e w h o l i d a y m a k e r s w e r eencountered. Very few d ivers were encountered.

( 3 ) T h e s e a s o n r e a c L r e s i t s p e a k a c t i v i t y i n D e c e m b e r ,d e c l i n e s i n J a n u a r y a n d p l c k s u p a f i t t l e i n F e b r u a r yand March, and tLren decl ines as the season cont inues.

( i v ) C r e e l c e n s u s o f s e f e c t e d P e r t h b e a c h e s d u r i n g 1 9 7 7 - 7 8s eason

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Table 40 summar ises the resul ts of the census at th isb e a c h . C l e a r l y , D e c e m b e r a n d J a n u a r y a r e t h e L w o r n o s tp o p u l a r m o n L h s l o r f i s h i n g i n t h i s a r e a . T a b ] e 4 1summar ises the numbers of boats, f ishermen and potsencountered here dur ing the season. Note that 6A% ofthe f ishermen encountered here were encountered by thec n r l r r f D a l - c m l - r p n ^ n . l 9 . \ o / ^ h \ / + h a a n r l a f I_ a n u a r y .

TabLe 42 shows the s izes of the boats encounteredh e r e . O f f o r t y - f i v e b o d t s , o n l y f o u r f i s h e d L nd e p t h s g r e a t e r t h a n 5 f a L h o m s ; o n l y f o u r d i d n o Lhave a rock lobster measur ing gauge and only threeof these boats had an ect ro sounder. F ive had occupantswho had never f ished before and e ight had occupantsw h o w e r e h o l i d a y m a k e r s ( a s a g a i n s t l o c a 1 r e g u l a rf i s h e r m e n ) .

( b ) W h i t f o r d s

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( b ) R o t t n e s t I s l a n d

Interv iewlng amateur f lshermen at Rot tnest Is fandw a s a n e x t r e m e l y d j f f i c u l t t a s k . B y f a r t h e g r e a L e s ta m o u n l o f r o c k l o b s L e r f i s h i n g i s d o n e b y p e o p l e u s i n gboats. These f ishermen set out f rom and return to anyone of a number of bays a1l around the is land. However,th is method of in terv iewing was rest r lc ted in anyth ingo t h e r t h a n c a l m s e a s .

I t w a s e x t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t t o a s s e s s t h e e f f o r tput in by the shore-based f ishermen. Thls typeof f isherman was ext remely wary - once the whereaboutso f h i s p o t s w e r e d i s c o v e r e d b y o t h e r p e o p l e o nt h e 1 s 1 a n d , t h e y w e r e ' , f a i r g a m e " . C e r t a i n f y a n y t h i n gthese f ishermen caught they r ich117 deserved.

T h e c e n s u s r e s u l t s f o r t h e 1 9 7 7 - 7 A s e a s o n a r e g i v e ni n T a b l e 5 2 . T h e m e a n c a t c L r p e r p o t f i f t f o r D e c e m b e rw a s q u i t e h i g h , a n d r e f l e c t s t h e e x c e l l e n t c a t c h e sm a d e d u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d . F u r t h e r , t h e r e i s a c o n s i d e r -a b l e e f f o r t p u t i n b y t h e l o c a l f i s h e r m e n u p t oC h r i s t m a s t i m e ; f r o m t h e n o n t h e b u f k o f t h e e f f o r ti s e x e r t e d b y h o l i d a y m a k e r s . M o r e o v e r , o v e r t h esurr fner per lod, there is a lways a mucLr greater ef for te x e r t e d a t w e e k e n d s . F o r l n s t a n c e , t L r e i n t e r v i e w i n gteam counted 313 set pots ear ly on Sunday 22 J an:U,ary1 9 7 8 , b u t o n M o n d a y 2 3 J a n u a r y 1 9 7 8 , o n l y 1 6 2 r e m a i n e d .For the weekend 18-19 February 1978, there wereonLy 94 set pots counted, and t l rese remained ont h e f o f l o w i n g M o n d a y .

( c ) M a n d u r a h

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Table 58 is a summary of log sheet data obl -a ined f rom thes a m e r - r s n e r m a n d t r ' 4 a n d u i ^ d n l o r t n e 1 9 7 6 7 7 a n d l 9 / / 7 8s e a s o n s . T h e 1 9 7 6 - 7 7 s e a s o n w a s a n a v e r a g e o n e f o r t h ef i . r - c n n a r - . l r r . i n f l ' , , h i C h f o r 6 0 % A l L h e L i m - h e . - ^ r r . r h fr n l r , O . r I n o - k I - l - \ q . l F n q H . r \ ^ ' e \ / F . n I h e L 9 7 / - - 8 s e a s o n

- ^ . \ n A \ o / ^ n f i h c I i m c h c . ^ r r ^ h + ^ n I \ / o - r lJ t l v v ' t

r o c k l o b s t e r .

T h u s t h e m a i n p o i n t t o b e m a d e i s t h a t i n a n a v e r a g e, a n A m A f F I r n , , ' i l h l r ^ ' n n - l q . ^ r r . r h l O O r I r O C k l O b S t e n

6 0 % o f t h e t i m e , a n d O , I o r 2 r o c k l o b s t e r s B O % o f t h e t i m e .F u n L h e r , t h e d a i l V b a g l i m i L ( B r o c k l o b s L e r s ) w a s r a n e l ye x c e e d e d . T h l s i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e r e s u l t s o f b o t h t h ec r e e l c e n s u s ( T a b l e s 1 9 a n d 2 O ) a n d t h e f i s h e r m e n ' s 1 o gs h e e t s ( T a b l e s 5 4 a n d 5 5 ) , w h i c h s h o w e d t h a t t h e a v e r a g ec a t c h p e r p o t l i f t n e v e r e x c e e d e d t h r e e r o c k l o b s t e r s . F r o mL h i s . u c a ^ b e c o n c l u d e d L h a t t h e b a g l j m i t o f ^ i 9 h L n o c kl o b s t e r s p e r d a y i s n o t o f t e n a c h i e v e d .

i V D I S C U S S I O N A N D C ( ] N C L U S l O N S

I n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e r e c r e a t i o n a l o r a m a t e u r f i s h e r y f o rt h e w e s t e r n r o c k l o b s t e r h a s b e e n g a t h e r e d f r o m v a r i o u sq ^ t 1 r ^ F q r n d p n ' z A l r a n ^ l r l - ^ ^ m h i - i n ^ | t - , - i n f O f n a t i O n

f r o m t h e s e d i i f e r e n t s o u r c e s m u s t a l w a y s b e p r e f a c e dw i t h a c a u t i o n a s t o t h e l i k e l y b i a s e s i n v o l v e d i n t h e' / . r r l - l i q d e l . . r n a l - n a r t h ^ o v a n ^ i c 6 c T h 6 - 6 b f a S e S n a V e b e e n

f u l l y d i s c u s s e d w r t h t h e r e s r i l t s o l t h e m e t h o d s . A c c e p t r n gL n , s d - i f L i c u l L v , r b - L s n e v e r L n e l e s s p o s s i b l e t o c o m b i n e- h - i n f . \ n m ^ l i - - ^ r i - h e r e d f r o m t h e C n e e l - e . q r r q l h F . r r F q i i - ) , -

n a i r e a n d t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m s f o r A F L S t o a r r i v e a t a na c c e p t a b f e e s t j m a L e o f L h e L o l d I c a t c h o t t ) . c g " n t t t b ya m a t e u r f i s h e r m e n .

T h e t w o b a s i c q u a n t i t i e s w h i c h a r e n e c e s s a r y f o r t h i sa s s e s s m e n t a r e : -

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3 1 7 7 v r e r e p o t f i s h e r m e n .

7 O 4 w e r e d i v e r s ,

7 9 u s e d " o t h e r m e t h o d s " .

H e n c e g t . 9 % ( 3 r i 7 o u t o f 3 e 7 9 ) o f t h o s e w h o o w n e d p o t s a n dh a d a n A F L i n 1 9 7 6 - 7 7 a n d i n 1 9 7 7 - 7 8 u s e d t h e l r p o t s i n7 9 7 6 - 7 7 . A s s u m i n g t h e n t h a t 8 1 . 9 % o f f i s h e r m e n w i t h a n A F Lw h o o w n p o t s u s e t h e m , 2 6 . 9 % o f A F L h o l d e r s i n l g 7 7 - 7 e ( v i z7 1 5 8 ) u s e d p o t s t o f i s h f o r r o c k l o b s t e r s . T h e t o t a l n u m b e rof pot l i f ts by amatel r r f is l rermen dur inq L]ne Lg77-78s e a s o n w a s t h e r e f o r e 2 6 2 5 1 . 7 p o L I i f L s ( v i z 7 1 5 8 x 1 9 . 5 1x 1 . 8 8 ( f r o m T a b f e 9 ) p o t t i f t s ) ,

Using the percentages obta ined f rom the quest ionnai rer e s r - r f t s , t h e r e w e r e 8 4 4 1 p e o p l e w h o f i s h e d f o r r o c k l o b s t e r so u r I n q 1 ; n e 1 9 / / - / 6 s e a s o n :

7 1 5 8 u s e d o o t s .

1 5 8 7 w e r e d i v e r s .

1 7 7 u s e d " o t l r e r m e t h o d s " .

The tota l number of days spent d iv ing for rock lobstersw a s t h e n 2 1 5 3 5 d a y s ( v i z 1 5 8 7 x 1 5 . 4 6 d a y s ) , a n d t h et o t a l n u m b e r o f d a y s s p e n t f i s h - L n g f o r r o c k l o b s t e r su s i n g " o t h e r m e t h o d s " w a s 1 8 1 2 d a y s ( v l z I 7 7 x L O . 2 4days ) .

U s i n g t h e c a t c h r a t e s a b o v e ( f r o m L h e L 9 7 7 - 7 A c r e e l c e n s u sfor pot f ishermen and f rom the quest ionnal re for d iversa n d f o r f i s h e r m e n u s i n g " o t h e r m e t h o d s " ) , p o t f i s h e r m e nc a p t u r e d 2 7 3 O 4 9 r o c k l o b s t e r s , d i v e r s 7 1 2 5 O a n d " o t h e rm e t h o d s " f i s h e r m e n 3 3 3 8 - a t o t a l o f 3 4 7 6 9 7 r o c k l o b s t e r sor ( i f the mean weight of a rock lobster cauqhr t bV amateurf i c h c r ^ m e n i q n \ l . d l I 7 " c 1 o l , ^ l ' h . i - h -, 1 7 3 a l g k g . T h i s r e p r e s e n t s , i ng r o s s t e r m s , L . 6 2 % o f t h e t o t a t p r o f e s s i o n a f c a t c h o fr o c k l o b s t e r s f o r L h r e ! 9 7 7 - 7 8 s e a s o n , a s r e c o r d e d b yt h e A r . r s t r a f i a n B u r e a u o f S t a t l s t i c s .

I n c a f c u l a t i n g t h e c a t c h o f 3 4 7 6 3 7 r o c k l o b s t e r s , i t w a sassumed that 81 .9% of f ishermen wl th an AFL who own pots usethem; however the apparent h igh turnover in AFLS ( onLy 4a.6%o f t h o s e w i t h a n A F L i n 1 9 7 7 - 7 A a l s o h a d o n e i n 1 , 9 7 6 _ 7 7 )comblned wi th genera l observat ions and creel census catchdata suggest that probably only about 6O% of f ishermen whoo w n p o t s u s e t h e m . O n t h i s b a s i s , t h e c a t c h f o r t h e f g 7 7 _ 7 aseason would have been 254 7OO rock lo l ls ters.

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B g t a k i n g { e m a l e z u i t l t e g g . t . T h e m a j o r i t y o famateurs are quick to return these to the water .T h e r e i s , h o w e v e r , a l w a y s t h e o c c a s i o n a l I L s h e r m a nwho does not . In addi t lon, any spawners takenamongst rock fobsters caught i l legal ly wi th speargunsw o u l d n o t s u r v l v e .

( i i i ) B g e x c e e d i n g t h e b a g l i n . i t . T h e a m a t e u r p o t f i s h e r m a nw i t h o n l y t w o p o L s w i l l r a r e l y h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n j L yt o c a t c h m o r e t h a n t h e p e r m i L t e d e i g h t r o c k I o b s t e r sp e r f i s h e r m a n p e r d a y . l n d e e d f o r ^ p r o b a b l y 6 0 % o f t h et i m e , h e i s o n l y l i k e l y t o c a t c h O o r 1 l e g a l s i z er o c k l o b s t e r , a n d a O % o f t h e t i m e h e w i l l p r o b a b l yc a t c h a t m o s t t w o r o c k l o b s t e r s . M o s t d i v e r s w l l lab ide by th is nule, but there are a lwavs a few whow l l l b l a t a n t l v d i s r e q a r d i t .

( iv ) Bg ovezpot t i -ng. ' I ine amateur pot f isLrerman soonreal ises that the only way to regular ly achievea c a t c h a n y t h i n g l i k e t h e b a g I i m i t i s L o o p e r " a L em o n e p o t s . H o w e v e r , o n l y a s m a l I m i n o r i t y a c t u a l l yd o i t . T h e g r e a t e s t n u m b e r o f p o t s s e e n p u l l e ddur ing the course of th is s tudy by one f ishermanw a s f i v e ( a n d a 1 l p o t s w e r e h i s ) a n d b y t w o f i s h e r -m e n , t e n ( b u t i n t h i s c a s e n o t a l t p o t s b e l o n o e d

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to these f isherman and some had a l ready beenp u l l e d s e v e r a - L t i m e s t h a t m o r n i n g ) .

B g p u l l i n g o t h e z p e o p l e ' z p o t z . T h l s h a p p e n sp a r t i c u l a r l y a t h o l i d a y p e r i o d s i n b u s y p l a c e s .Some 1ocal f ishermen remove thei r pots f rom thew a t e r o v e r h o l i d a y p e r i o d s . I n f a c t , p u l l i n g( a n d s t e a l i n g ) o t h e r p e o p l e ' s p o t s i s o n e o ft h e g r e d L e s L p r o b l e m s i n L h i s f i s h e r y .

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Number of rock lobsters caught while divingTOTA]-

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Bunbury

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returned questionnaires usedIobsters during the L975-76 season.

Fishing Number of days fishermen vTho returned questionnairesused other methods to catch rock lobsters TOTA!

1-5 6-10 lL-20 2I-50

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TABLE L5: Catch of rock lobsters bywhile using other methods

fishermen who returned questionnairesduring the L975/76 season.

Nunber of rock lobsters cauqht using other methodsFishj-ngArea

fishermen v-ho returned onnalres. TOTAL0-10 11-20 21-30 31-50

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Number ofboats

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Number of partiesinterviewed.

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AMATEUR ROCK LOBSTER FISITERY STUDY - QUESTIoqNAIRE

N A M E :

A D D R E S S :

L I CENCEN U M B E R : DATE :

O F F l C E O F I S S U E :

D i d y o u f i s h f o r1 5 N o v e r n b e r , 1 9 7 5

r o c k l o b s t e r s a t a n yt o 1 5 A u g u s t , 1 9 7 6 ?

d u r l n g t h e p e r i o d f r o mt ime

Y e s / N o

I f r r N o ' t o Q u e s t i o n 1 , p l e a s e g o s t r a i g h t t o Q u e s t i o n 1 Oc o n t i n u e ,

O t h e r ! " r i s e

D U R I N G T H E P E R l O D F R O I ' I I 5 N O V E M B E R1 9 7 5 T 0 1 5 A U C U S T1916: .

2 . W h a t f i s h i n g m e t h o d s d i d y o u e m p l o y t o c a t c h r o c k l o b s t e r s :

L o b s t e r p o t s

D i v i n g m e t h o d s

O t h e r m e t h o d s

( l n s e r t a n " x " i n a sm a n y s q u a r e s a sa p p l i c a b l e . )

3 .

4 .

P l e a s e s t a t e o t h e r r n e t h o d s ( i f a n v )

H o w m a n y l o b s t e r p o t s d i d y o u u s e ?

W h e r e d i d y o u f i s h f o r r o c k l o b s t e r s ( t o w n o r l o c a l i t y ) :

( i ) r ' c i n o l ^ h < r a r n ^ r c ?

( i i i ) u s i n g o t h e r m e t h o d s ?

W h e n d i d y o u f i s h f o r r o c k l o b s t e r s ?

N o v e m b e r - J a n u a r y

Fe b rua ry -Ap r i I

May-Augus t

O n w e e k e n d s

D u r i n g S c h o o 1 H o l i d a y s

D u r i n g a n n u a l h o I i d a y s

( I n s e r t a n ' x * i n a sm a n y s q u a r e s a sa p p l i c a b l e . )

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APPEND1X B

L o c a l i t i e s o f A d d r e s s e s o f A m a t e u r F i s h e r r n a n ' s L i c e n s e H o l d e r s

( B a s e d o n s t a t i s t i c a l d i v i s i o n b o u n d a r i e s a n d l o c a lW e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a a s a t D e c e m b e . r 3 1 , 7 9 7 3 , S e e K e y )

Key to Amateur F ishermenrs home cent res re fe r red toE C X E .

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E a s t P i l b a r a

C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n

E a s t e r n G o l d f i e l d s D i v i s i o n

Exrnouth , Upper Gascoyne, West p i lbara , Roebourne, por t Hed land

Carnarvon

S b a r k B a y

C e n t r a I A g r i c u l L u r a l D i v i s i o n

S o u t h e r n A g r i c u l t u r a l D i v i s i o n

P e r t h S t a t i s t i c a l D i v i s i o n

R o t t n e s t I s l a n d

Garden Is land

Nor thampton (nor th o f 28oS )

N o r L h a m p t o n ( s o u t h o f 2 8 0 S ) , C h a p m a n V a l l e y

Gera ld ton , Greenough

MuI lewa, l ' l i ngenew, Morar l 'a , Three Spr ings , peren jo r i

l rw in

Carnamah, Cooro\t

Dandaragan

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D a l w a l I i n u , W o n g a n - B a 1 1 i d u , V i c t o r i a p l a i n s , C h i t t e r i n g

Ging in

Mandurah, Mur ray

Waroona

Harvey

Bunbury , Cape I

B u s s e l t o n

Augusta - Margare t R iver

Bodd ing ton , Co11 ie , Dardanup, Donnybrook - Ba l ingup

Manj imup, Nannup, Br idgetown - Greenbushes, Boyup Brook .

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APPENDIX C

AMATEUR FISHING FORI,JESTERN AUSTRALIA

( F o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e c l o s e d a r e a sA G u i d e t o t h e R u l e s " , D e p a r t m e n t o f

1 O 8 A d e l a i d e T e r r a c e ,

ROCK LOBSTERS

see "Arnateur - In land F ish ing ,F i s h e r i e s a n d W i 1 d 1 1 f e ,P e r t h .

Not more than t \ ro po ts sha1 l be used or car r ied in any boat a t any onet i m e i r r e s p e c t i v e o f t h e n u m b e r o f l i c e n s e d a m a t e u r f i s h e r m e n i n t h eb o a t .

E v e r y p o t m u s t h a v e a t t a c h e d a s u r f a c e f l o a t o f n o t l e s s t h a n 1 5 0 m m i nd iameter . The f loa t rnus t be branded or s tamped w i th the amateur l i censenurnber and the nurnbers sha l l no t be less than 6 cm h igh nor less than 1cmw i d e . P o t s n o t c o n f o r m i n g t o t h e s e r e q u i r e m e n t s r n a y b e c o n f i s c a t e d , a n d a I lp o t s , f l o a t s e t c . , s e t d u r i n g c l o s e d s e a s o n s o r i n c l o s e d w a l e r w i l l b ec o n f i s c a L e d .

P o t s s h a l l n o t b e p u 1 l e d b y a n y o n e o t h e r t h a n t h e l i c e n s e e .

A l o b s t e r p o t i s a n y p o t , t r a p o r o t h e r a p p l i a n c e i n t e n d e d o r u s e d f o r t a k i n gl o b s t e r s .

T h e u s e o f f i s h i n g n e t s f o r t a k i n g l o b s t e r s i s p r o h i b i t e d .

P o t s m u s t b e f i t t e d r n ' i t h a r e c t a n g u l a r e s c a p e g a p m e a s u r i n g n o t l e s s t h a n 3 0 5mm wide by 54 mrn deep.

E s c a p e g a p s s h a l l b e c o n s t r u c t e d o f e i t h e r s t e e l r o d o f n o L l e s s t h a n 9 . 5 m md i a m e t e r o r s t e e l f l a t b a r o f n o t l e s s t h a n 1 9 m m w i d t h a n d n o t l e s s t h a n 4 . 7mm th icknes s .

P o t s a n d N e t s l

N o p o t s h a l l h a v e m o r e t h a n o n e e n t r a n c e ( n e c k )

T h e r e s h a 1 1 b e n o f o r n o f o b s t r u c t i o n i n s i d e t h e e s c a p e g a p .

B a g L i r n i t :

N o t m o r e t h a n e i g h t r o c k l o b s t e r s s h a l l b e t a k e n i n a n y o n e d a y .

S a L e o f l o b s t e r s :

L o b s t e r s s h a l l n o t b e s o 1 d , c o n s i g n e d o r o f f e r e d f o r s a l e .

C I o s e d s e a s o n s :

The tak ing o f any lobs ters by any means is p roh ib i ted :

( i ) F r o m 1 s t J u l y t o 1 4 t h N o v e m b e r , b o t h d a t e s i n c l u s i v e i n a l l t h a tp o r t l o n o f t h e l n d i a n O c e a n l y i n g s o u t h o f 2 1 " 4 4 ' S o u t h L a t i t u d e( T u b r i d g i P o i n t , n o r t h o f E x m o u t h G u l f ) .

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B e r r i e d o r s p a w n i n g f e m a l e s :

The possess ion or tak ing o f lobs ters hav ing spawn or eggs a t tached isp r o h i b i t e d .

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