Northern Prawn Fishery Data Summary 2012



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Fog Bay


Banana prawn catches in the Fog Bay area decreased from 286 t in 2011 to 233 t in 2012. Catches of tiger and endeavour prawns in 2012 were both <1 t, as in 2011 (Figure 53). Banana prawns comprised 100% of the catch taken during 2012 in this area (Figure 54).
Effort in the banana fishery decreased from 169 days in 2011 to 144 days in 2012 (Figure 55a). CPUE of banana prawns decreased from 1.692 t per day in 2011 to 1.621 t per day in 2012 (Figure 55b). No effort was expended in the tiger prawn fishery in 2012, as in 2011 (Figure 55a). Both nominal and effective CPUE were zero in 2012 (Figure 55c).


Figure 53: Catch by species in the Fog Bay area between 1995 and 2012.



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Figure 54: (a) Percentage catch of prawn species in the Fog Bay area during 2012 and (b) percentage catch of prawn species in the Fog Bay area from 1995 to 2012.

Figure 55a: Effort for the banana and tiger prawn fisheries in the Fog Bay area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 55b: Catch rate for the banana prawn fishery in the Fog Bay area between 1995 and 2012.


Figure 55c: Nominal and effective catch rate for the tiger prawn fishery in the Fog Bay area between 1995 and 2012.



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