Profile of Australian fisheries in 2012–13 and 2013–14 Table 10 Commonwealth fisheries profiles, 2012–13 to 2013–14 Fishery Species Method Number Number (2012–13) (2013–14) Northern Banana Otter trawl 54 vessels 52 vessels Prawn prawn, tiger prawn, Endeavour prawn and king prawn Torres Strait a Prawns, Otter 226 rock 309 rock tropical trawl, troll, lobster lobster rock handline, licences licences lobster, free dive, 107 mackerel 153 mackerel Spanish hookah 118 pearl 73 pearl shell mackerel, shell 51 prawn pearl shell, 61 trochus, 50 sea finfish, sea 30 sea cucumber cucumber, cucumber 53 trochus crab 39 trochus 75 crab 80 crab 128 line 103 line SESSF fish Otter 50 vessels 49 vessels Commonwealth species, trawl, Trawl Sector particularly Danish pink ling, seine blue grenadier, flathead, silver warehou SESSF Gillnet , Mixed fish Demersal 82 vessels 86 vessels Hook and Trap species gillnet, Sector particularly demersal pink ling, longline, blue-eye dropline, trevalla, trotline, gummy trap, purse shark seine SESSF Great Deepwater Demersal 6 vessels 6 vessels Australian flathead, otter, Bight Trawl Bight limited Sector redfish midwater trawl Southern Southern Purse 25 vessels 24 vessels Bluefin Tuna bluefin seine, pole tuna and line, longline, trolling
Profile of Australian fisheries in 2012–13 and 2013–14 Table 10 Commonwealth fisheries profiles, 2012–13 to 2013–14 Fishery Species Method Number (2012–13) Number (2013–14) Northern Prawn Banana prawn, tiger prawn, Endeavour prawn and king prawn Otter trawl 54 vessels 52 vessels Torres Strait a Prawns, tropical rock lobster, Spanish mackerel, pearl shell, trochus, finfish, sea cucumber, crab Otter trawl, troll, handline, free dive, hookah 226 rock lobster licences 107 mackerel 118 pearl shell 61 30 sea cucumber 39 trochus 80 crab 103 line 309 rock lobster licences 153 mackerel 73 pearl shell 51 prawn 50 sea cucumber 53 trochus 75 crab 128 line SESSF Commonwealth Trawl Sector fish species, particularly pink ling, blue grenadier, flathead, silver warehou Otter trawl, Danish seine 50 vessels 49 vessels SESSF Gillnet , Hook and Trap Sector Mixed fish species particularly pink ling, blue-eye trevalla, gummy shark Demersal gillnet, demersal longline, dropline, trotline, trap, purse seine 82 vessels 86 vessels SESSF Great Australian Bight Trawl Sector Deepwater flathead, Bight redfish Demersal otter, limited midwater trawl 6 vessels 6 vessels Southern Bluefin Tuna Southern bluefin tuna Purse seine, pole and line, longline, trolling 25 vessels 24 vessels
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