Recommendation 2: has developed draft harvest strategies for Beche de mer and trochus with The Protected Zone two communities (Erub and Warraber) These harvest strategies include Joint Authority to: developing objectives and performance measures. develop strategies The harvest strategies will now be considered for measures of sustainability for implementing using a decision support tool developed by CSIRO and recent stock abundance the existing estimates. PZJA agencies are now looking to efficient ways of implementing community based these harvest strategies. harvest strategies to include A fishery-wide harvest strategy is currently being developed and is due for meaningful completion in late 2017. performance indicators, The HCWG has discussed the draft harvest in question and have noted performance measures and concerns on legislating responses to performance measures and indicators as responses; defined under the community based harvest strategies. A fishery-wide harvest strategy is currently being developed and is due for extend the development of completion in late 2017. harvest strategies to other communities in the area of the Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery as appropriate; and consider formalising performance indicators, performance measures and responses for those areas of the fishery not covered by community based harvest strategies. The Protected Zone A report from the 2010 surveys of sandfish on and around Warrior Reef indicate Authority to that sandfish are showing some signs of recovery, in particular with good size continue to identify frequency distribution. Researchers, however, have indicated that there may be and pursue some imprecision in the stock estimates due to the burrowing behaviour of opportunities for Sandfish. An experimental catch survey Sandfish at Warrior Reef was conducted research relevant to in 2012 that allowed impacts of burrowing on stock estimates to be investigated species harvested in further. Catch was conducted by community members and allowed for greater the Torres Strait levels of community involvement in research and monitoring of the fishery. The Bêche-de-mer experimental fishing survey showed further signs of recovery but substantial Fishery. enough to deem increasing the current sandfish TAC from 0. The Protected Zone The PZJA continues to engage PNG including issues related to illegal PNG Joint Authority and the fishing of stocks on Warrior Reef.
Recommendation 2: The Protected Zone Joint Authority to: develop strategies for implementing the existing community based harvest strategies to include meaningful performance indicators, performance measures and responses; extend the development of harvest strategies to other communities in the area of the Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery as appropriate; and consider formalising performance indicators, performance measures and responses for those areas of the fishery not covered by community based harvest strategies. has developed draft harvest strategies for Beche de mer and trochus with two communities (Erub and Warraber) These harvest strategies include developing objectives and performance measures. The harvest strategies will now be considered for measures of sustainability using a decision support tool developed by CSIRO and recent stock abundance estimates. PZJA agencies are now looking to efficient ways of implementing these harvest strategies. A fishery-wide harvest strategy is currently being developed and is due for completion in late 2017. The HCWG has discussed the draft harvest in question and have noted concerns on legislating responses to performance measures and indicators as defined under the community based harvest strategies. A fishery-wide harvest strategy is currently being developed and is due for completion in late 2017. The Protected Zone Authority to continue to identify and pursue opportunities for research relevant to species harvested in the Torres Strait Bêche-de-mer Fishery. A report from the 2010 surveys of sandfish on and around Warrior Reef indicate that sandfish are showing some signs of recovery, in particular with good size frequency distribution. Researchers, however, have indicated that there may be some imprecision in the stock estimates due to the burrowing behaviour of Sandfish. An experimental catch survey Sandfish at Warrior Reef was conducted in 2012 that allowed impacts of burrowing on stock estimates to be investigated further. Catch was conducted by community members and allowed for greater levels of community involvement in research and monitoring of the fishery. The experimental fishing survey showed further signs of recovery but substantial enough to deem increasing the current sandfish TAC from 0. The Protected Zone Joint Authority and the The PZJA continues to engage PNG including issues related to illegal PNG fishing of stocks on Warrior Reef.