Northern Prawn Fishery Data Summary 2012



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Melville


Banana prawn catches in the Melville area increased from 356 t in 2011 to 370 t in 2012. Catches of tiger prawns went from 2 t in 2011 to 41 t in 2012. Endeavour prawn catches increased from 13 t in 2011 to 22 t in 2012 (Figure 50). Banana prawns comprised 85% of the catch in 2012, with tiger prawns making up 10%, and endeavor prawns, 5% (Figure 51).
Effort in the banana fishery increased from 259 days in 2011 to 312 in 2012 (Figure 52a). CPUE for banana prawns decreased from 1.384 t per day in 2011 to 1.209 in 2012 (Figure 52b). Effort in the tiger prawn fishery increased from 19 days in 2011 to 147 days in 2012 (Figure 52a). Nominal and effective CPUE for tiger prawns decreased from 0.660 and 0.274 t per day in 2011 to 0.381 and 0.151 t per day in 2012 (Figure 52c).


Figure 50: Catch by species in the Melville area between 1995 and 2012.



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Figure 51: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Melville area during 2012, and (b) percentage catch of prawn species in the Melville area from 1995 to 2012.

Figure 52a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Melville area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 52b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Melville area between 1995 and 2012.



Figure 52c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Melville area between 1995 and 2012.



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