Northern Prawn Fishery Data Summary 2012

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Banana prawn catches in the Bold area decreased from 2,451 t in 2011 to 912 t in 2012. Catches of tiger prawns increased from 46 t in 2011 to 110 t in 2012. Endeavour prawns catches increased slightly from 20 t in 2011 to 45 t in 2012 (Figure 26). Banana prawns dominated the catch in this area in 2012, comprising 86% of the catch (Figure 27a).
Effort in the banana prawn fishery decreased from 611 days in 2011 to 368 in 2012 (Figure 28a). CPUE of banana prawns decreased from 4.01 t per day in 2011 to 2.46 t per day in 2012 (Figure 28b). Effort in the tiger prawn fishery increased from 173 days in 2011 to 347 in 2012 (Figure 28a). Nominal and effective CPUE of tiger prawns increased from 0.381 and 0.176 t per day in 2011, to 0.466 and 0.185 t per day in 2012 (Figure 28c).


Figure 26: Catch by species in the Bold area between 1995 and 2012.

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Figure 27: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Bold area during 2012 and (b) catch of prawn species in the Bold area from 1995 to 2012.


Figure 28a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Bold area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 28b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Bold area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 28c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Bold area between 1995 and 2012.

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