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support significant commercial and recreational fisheries
in Tasmania, Australia. Since the mid 1990s the
number of persons holding recreational lobster licences
increased by over 80%, with c. 15 500 persons
licensed in 2002/03. Assessment of the
recreational fishery has been undertaken periodically
since 1996 using a telephone-diary survey method.
The fishery was concentrated off the south-east and
east coasts of Tasmania and characterised by strong
seasonality in catch and effort, which peaked markedly
early in the fishing year (November–January).
Although pots were the most popular fishing method,
daily catch rates by divers were more than double
those for pots. Divers selectively harvested larger
lobsters than those taken by pots and more frequently
attained the daily bag limit of 5 lobsters. The estimated
recreational harvest increased significantly
since 1996/97 and in 2002/03 effectively reached a
management trigger level of 10% of the total allowable
commercial catch, flagging a review of recreational
management arrangements." name="eprints.abstract" />
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support significant commercial and recreational fisheries
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number of persons holding recreational lobster licences
increased by over 80%, with c. 15 500 persons
licensed in 2002/03. Assessment of the
recreational fishery has been undertaken periodically
since 1996 using a telephone-diary survey method.
The fishery was concentrated off the south-east and
east coasts of Tasmania and characterised by strong
seasonality in catch and effort, which peaked markedly
early in the fishing year (November–January).
Although pots were the most popular fishing method,
daily catch rates by divers were more than double
those for pots. Divers selectively harvested larger
lobsters than those taken by pots and more frequently
attained the daily bag limit of 5 lobsters. The estimated
recreational harvest increased significantly
since 1996/97 and in 2002/03 effectively reached a
management trigger level of 10% of the total allowable
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Characterisation of the recreational fishery for southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, in Tasmania, Australia: implications for management</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Lyle, Jeremy M.</span> (2005) <xhtml:em>Characterisation of the recreational fishery for southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, in Tasmania, Australia: implications for management.</xhtml:em> New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 39 (3). pp. 703-714. ISSN 0028-8330</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_3385' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2577/1/Lyle_et_al_NZJMFR.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_3385' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_3385"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2577/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2577/1/Lyle_et_al_NZJMFR.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />281Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php">http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii)
support significant commercial and recreational fisheries
in Tasmania, Australia. Since the mid 1990s the
number of persons holding recreational lobster licences
increased by over 80%, with c. 15 500 persons
licensed in 2002/03. Assessment of the
recreational fishery has been undertaken periodically
since 1996 using a telephone-diary survey method.
The fishery was concentrated off the south-east and
east coasts of Tasmania and characterised by strong
seasonality in catch and effort, which peaked markedly
early in the fishing year (November–January).
Although pots were the most popular fishing method,
daily catch rates by divers were more than double
those for pots. Divers selectively harvested larger
lobsters than those taken by pots and more frequently
attained the daily bag limit of 5 lobsters. The estimated
recreational harvest increased significantly
since 1996/97 and in 2002/03 effectively reached a
management trigger level of 10% of the total allowable
commercial catch, flagging a review of recreational
management arrangements.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">southern rock lobster; Jasus edwardsii;
recreational lobster fishery; recreational fishing survey;
recreational-commercial fishery interactions</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300700.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300700 Fisheries Sciences</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2577</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">29 Nov 2007 09:13</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2577;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2577">item control page</a></p>
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