Edward
Banana prawn catches in the Edward area increased from to 521 t in 2011 to 634 t in 2012. Tiger prawns were 6 t, and endeavour prawn catches were less than 1 t (Figure 20). Banana prawns comprised 99% of the catch in 2012 (Figure 21).
Effort in the banana prawn fishery increased from 178 days in 2011 to 297 days in 2012 (Figure 22a). CPUE of banana prawn decreased from 2.935 t per day in 2011 to 2.134 t per day in 2012 (Figure 22b). Nominal and effective CPUE of tiger prawns increased from 0.105 t and 0.043 t per day in 2011 to 0.374 t and 0.148 t in 2012 (Figure 22a, c).
Figure 20: Catch by species in the Edward area between 1995 and 2012.
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Figure 21: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Edward area during 2012 and (b) percentage catch of prawn species in the Edward area from 1995 to 2012.
Figure 22a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Edward area between 1995 and 2012.
Figure 22b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Edward area between 1995 and 2012.
Figure 22c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Edward area between 1995 and 2012.