Trawl Fishery to allow sufficient assessment of the potential risks associated with demersal finfish trawling on bottom habitats in waters shallower than 200 metres. Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations Data validation Recommendation 1: AFMA continues to use observer data to validate catches from logbooks. Information regarding triggers in the harvest strategy is Previous Australian Government The Australian Fisheries Management reported under sections 4 and 5 of this report. assessments of the North West Slope Trawl Authority to continue to validate catch and Fishery and the Western Deepwater Trawl effort information collected with Fishery under the Environment Protection independent observer data for target, and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 byproduct and protected species when included recommendations for the undertaking the annual review against the Australian Fisheries Management Authority Strategy for the Western ‘Harvest to: Deepwater Trawl Fishery and North West Slope Trawl Fishery 2011’. validate catch and effort information collect information on bycatch, interactions with protected species, and ensure a minimum of five per cent observer coverage.
Trawl Fishery to allow sufficient assessment of the potential risks associated with demersal finfish trawling on bottom habitats in waters shallower than 200 metres. Issue Condition Progress against conditions and recommendations Data validation Previous Australian Government assessments of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery and the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 included recommendations for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to: validate catch and effort information collect information on bycatch, interactions with protected species, and ensure a minimum of five per cent observer coverage. Recommendation 1: The Australian Fisheries Management Authority to continue to validate catch and effort information collected with independent observer data for target, byproduct and protected species when undertaking the annual review against the ‘Harvest Strategy for the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery and North West Slope Trawl Fishery 2011’. AFMA continues to use observer data to validate catches from logbooks. Information regarding triggers in the harvest strategy is reported under sections 4 and 5 of this report.