Northern Prawn Fishery Data Summary 2012



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Limmen Bight


Banana prawn catches in the Limmen Bight area decreased from 277 t in 2011 to 74 t in 2012. Catches of tiger prawns increased from 184 t in 2011 to 235 t in 2012. Endeavour prawn catches increased from 32 t in 2011 to 37 t in 2012 (Figure 35). Tiger prawns dominated in catch for 2012 in this area, comprising 62% of the total catch (Figure 36).
Effort in the banana fishery decreased from to 139 days in 2011` to 43 days in 2012 (Figure 37a). CPUE of banana prawns decreased from 2.003 t per day in 2011 to 1.756 t per day in 2012 (Figure 37b). Effort in the tiger prawn fishery increased from 891 days in 2011 to 919 t in 2012 (Figure 37a). Nominal and effective CPUE of tiger prawns increased from 0.241 and 0.110 t per day in 2011, to 0.294 and 0.117 t per day, respectively (Figure 37c).


Figure 35: Catch by species in the Limmen Bight area between 1995 and 2012.


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Figure 36: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Limmen Bight area during 2012 and (b) percentage catch of prawn species in the Limmen Bight area from 1995 to 2012.


Figure 37a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Limmen Bight area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 37b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Limmen Bight area between 1995 and 2012

Figure 37c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Limmen Bight area between 1995 and 2012.


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