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A modern bont lwooal Rock Lobster Boat .
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I I I RESULTS
A . C a t c h a n d E f f o r t D a t a
l h e f i s h i n g s e a s o n e x t e n d s f r o n 1 5 N o v e m b e r t o 1 4 A u g u s ta n d m a y b e s u b d i v i t l e d i n t o t h r e e a l i s t i n c t p h a s e s v i z . ( i )t h e " w h j . t e s " f i s h e r y ( c e o l g e , 1 9 5 8 ) w h i c h b e g i n s s u d i l e n l yi n l a t e N o v e m b e r ( a s p a l e - c o ] . o u r e d n e w l y - m o u l t e d r o c kl o b s t e r s l e a v e t h e s h a l l o w r e e f a r e a s ) a n c l a r b i t r a r i l yf i n i s h e s o n 3 1 D e c e m b e r , ( i i ) t h e " c o a s t a l r e d " f i s h e r y ,whi -ch begins on 1 January and end,s on 14 August anal ( i i i )t h e A b r o l h o s I s l a n d s f i s h e r y w h i c h i s o p e n f r o n 1 5 M a r c hto 14 Augus. t .
t t L972 the "whi tes" run coumenced on about 23 November inb o t h n o r t h e r n a n d s o u t h e r n a r e a s w h i c h i s a b o u t t h e a v e r a g et i [ e b u t a f e w d a y s e a r l i e r t h a n t h e p r e v j . o u s s e a s o n .C a t c h e s a n t l e f f o r t ( i n n u m b e r o f p o t l i f t s ) w e r e a s f o l - 1 o w s :
"whi tes I ' catch" l { h i t e s " e f f o r t" C o a s t a l R e d s " c a t c h" C o a s t a l R e d s " e f f o r t =A b r o l h o s c a t c hA b r o l h o s e f f o r t
s , 8 8 7 , 5 O 0 l b s .2 , 5 3 5 , 6 0 0 p o t l i f t s .6 . 31f,9 oo rus .5 , 2 7 L ; 1 9 5 p o t I i f t s .2 ,1 t5 ,173 rbs .I , 3 2 9 , L 4 5 p o t l i f t s .
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C a t c h a n d e f f o r t d a t a f r o m v a r i o u s s t a t i s t i c a l b l o c k s( F i g u t e 2 ) a r e s h o w n i n T a b l e I w i t h c a t c h e s e x p r e s s e d i - n
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A s f r o D 1 5 N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 2 , t h e e s c a P e g a P s i z e w a s
inc leased f rom 2 inches (51 m0) to 54 mm an' l the
escape gap had to a lso conply s i th sPeci f icat ions! e g a r a l i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n .
A s f r o m I F e b r u a r y l 9 ? 3 , t h e t a k i n g o f r o c k l o b s t e l s
b y m u l t i - n e c k e d P o t s w a s p r o h i b i t e d . T h i s r e g u l a t i o n
vas in t loduced in lesPonse to the increasing usage
of large, mul t i -necket l Pots sh ich sere found, to catch
m o r e e f f i c i e n t l y t h a n t h e c o m n o n l y u s e t l P o t s .
A s f l o m I J a n u a r y 1 9 7 3 , t h e m i l e c l o s u r e r e g u l a t i o n ,
rb ich prohib i te i l f ish ing wi th ln one n i le of the shore
a f t e r I i l a n u a r y e a c h y e a r ' w a s r e s c i n d e d . I t h a d
been agreed that ' wi th the in t roaluct ion of the larger
e s c a p e g a p , t h i s ! e g u l a t i o n , w h i c h w a s o r i g i n a l l yi n t r o d u c e d t o P r o t e c t t h e u n d e r s i z e r o c k ] . o b s t e r s i n
s h a l l o w v a t e r s , r t a s n o l o n g e r a p P r o P r i a t e .
A s f r o s r 4 M a y 1 9 7 3 , t h e t a k i n g o f r o c k l o b s t e r s b y
a n y p e r s o n ( a m a t e u r o ! p r o f e s s j - o n a l ) b y n e a n s o f
s p e a r g u n s , h a l P o o n s , I l a w a i i n s l i n g s , g i a l g j - e s a n d a l I
o thet pointed j .nst ruments r tas prohib i te t l . This was
i n t r o d u c e d i n o r d e r t o l i n i t t t r e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f t h e
i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f a m a t e u r f i s h e r m e n w h o w e r e t a k i n g
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w e r e a r e a s i n \ t h i c h t h e c s l R o r e s e a r c h t e a m w a s c o n -
t l u c t i n g r e s e a ! c h u p o n j u v e n i l e r o c k l o b s t e r s .
I n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r t t i n g t h e s e c h a n g e s t o t h e l e g i s l a t i o n g o v e r n -
i n g t h e r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h e r y , a s w e I I a s t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f
F i i h e r i e s a n t l t l i l a t l i f e ' s p o l i c i e s o n v a r i o u s i s s u e s , m a y b e
f o u n d i n t h e f o l l o l t i n g v o l u m e s o f t h e F i s h i n g I n d u s t r y N e w s
s e r v i c e ( F . 1 . N . s . ) : - v o l . 4 ( 1 9 7 1 ) P p - 3 , 2 9 , 4 A ' 6 6 , 7 O '
v o 1 . 5 ( 1 9 7 2 ) p p - 2 , 3 , 2 0 , 3 0 , 3 1 ' 4 6 , 4 7 , 6 4 ' 6 6 , 7 L .
F . E f f e c t s o f N e r t L e g i s l a t i o n
D u r i n g t h e y e a r , t h e t \ r o m a j o r c h a n g e s i n t h e ] ' e g i s l a t i o ng o v e r n i n g t h e f i s h e r y m a d e w e r e :
t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e " n i 1 e l i n i t " ( 8 . 4 a b o v e ) a n d
t h e i n c r e a s e i n e s c a p e g a p s i z e ( 8 . 2 a b o v e )
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E o y e n a n d c t t i t t l e b o r o u g h ( 1 9 6 6 ) c a l c u l a t e d t h e s u s t a i n a b l el e v e l o f c a t c h f o ! t h e w e s t e r n r o c k l o b s t e r f i s h e r y t o b e1 6 r 0 0 0 , O 0 0 : 2 r O 0 0 , 0 0 0 l b s . p e r y e a r , a s s u m i n g t h a t r e c r u i t -Bent can be stabi l ized anal that the regulat ions in t roducedi n 1 9 6 3 s e r e e f f e c t i v e i n r e d u c i n g a n t l m a i n t a i n i n g t h e e f f o r ta t a n a c c e p t a b l e l - e v e l . D u r i n g t h e y e a r 1 9 7 2 / 7 3 t h e t o t a Lcatch was wi th i r i th is lange a l though i t was taken by ane f f o r t w h j - c h w a s s o m e 5 O t h i g h e r t h a n t h e L 9 6 4 / 6 5 l e v e l o fe f f o r t . B o w e v e ! , t h e e f f o l t i n L 9 7 2 / 7 3 s h o w e d s o n e d e c r e a s ef r o ] o t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r a n d i t n a y b e t h a t ' u n d e r t h e p r e s e n tr e g u l a t i o n s a n d e e o n o n i c c o n a l i t i o n s , n a x i n u m e f f o r t j - s n o wbeing expenateal by the f1eet .
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catch per Pot (in nurnbers) of legal Size and undersize Rock
Lobsters for January and February in various ClePth categories
at Frenantle, Lancelin, Jurien Bay and Dongara for the L97L/72
and L972/73 Seasons.
Year 0-10 fathoms 10-20 fathons 20-30 fms 30+ fns
S rze u/s s ize u/s Size v/s s ize V/s
Frenant le 197I/72
r972 /7 3
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1 . 0
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tancel in* I97l /72
I972 /73 0 . 9 1 . 6 1 . 0 0
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3 . 10 - 7
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0 . 7 0 . 0 2
Dongara r97 t /72L972/73
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0 . 5
3 . 5
3 . 2
0 . 9
0 . 2
4 . 4
1 . 4
r . 62 . 5
0 . 3 1 . 1 0 . 2
0 . 2 0 . 7 0 . 0 3
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