Northern Prawn Fishery Data Summary 2012



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Gove


Banana prawn catches in the Gove area decreased from 97 t in 2011 to 77 t in 2012. Catches of tiger prawns increased from 83 t in 2011 to 162 t in 2012, whilst endeavour prawn catches decreased from 47 t in 2011 to 27 t in 2012 (Figure 41). Tiger prawns dominated the catch from this area in 2012, comprising 61% of the catch, with banana prawns making up 29% and endeavour prawns the remaining 10% (Figure 42).
Effort in the banana fishery decreased from 100 days in 2011 (Figure 43a) to 87 in 2012. CPUE of banana prawns decreased from 0.946 t per day in 2011 to 0.882 t per day in 2012 (Figure 43b). Effort in the tiger prawn fishery increased from 501 days in 2011 to 697 days in 2012 (Figure 43a). Nominal and effective CPUE for tiger prawns increased from 0.265 and 0.110 t per day in 2011 to 0.271 and 0.107 t per day in 2012 (Figure 43c).


Figure 41: Catch by species in the Gove area between 1995 and 2012.


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Figure 42: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Gove area during 2012 and (b) percentage catch of prawn species in the Gove area from 1995 to 2012.

Figure 43a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Gove area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 43b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Gove area between 1995 and 2012.



Figure 43c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Gove area between 1995 and 2012.



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