Ecological Risk Assessment for the State-wide Small Pelagic Scalefish Resource

In July 2021, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development convened an ecological risk assessment (ERA) of the fisheries that access the State-wide Small Pelagic Scalefish Resource. The ERA considered the potential ecological impacts of the West Coast Purse Seine Fishery, South Coast Purse Seine Fishery, Purse Seine Development Zones and the recreational fishers who catch small pelagic scalefish. The assessment evaluated the impact of each fishing sector/method on all relevant retained and bycatch species, endangered, threatened and protected species, habitats and the broader environment

North Coast demersal fisheries status report. In: State of the fisheries and aquatic resources report 2010/11. Eds W. J. Fletcher and K. Santoro.

There are a number of commercial and recreational fisheries that operate in this region which target, to varying degrees, the following tropical, demersal fish species (in order of gross tonnage); goldband snapper (Pristipomoides multidens), red emperor (Lutjanus sebae), bluespotted emperor (Lethrinus punctulatus), saddletail snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus), crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus), rosy threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus), Rankin cod (Epinephelus multinotatus), brownstripe snapper (Lutjanus vitta), spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) and frypan snapper (Argyrops spinifer). Each of these fisheries is outlined below