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❓ Mr Masters asks about the aggregate catch volume of various marine species captured by commercial trawling within Geographe Bay over the past five years. The response refers him to publicly available reports.

AnsweredQoN 1718Legislative Assembly

Asked

9 April 2002

Member

Mr Masters

Portfolio

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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(1) For each of the past five years, what has been the aggregate catch volume or weight of each species of fish, shellfish and crustacea captured by commercial trawling within Geographe Bay (defined to be the area south of a line from Cape Naturaliste to Bunbury)?
(2) If statistics are not collected in such a way as to allow the catch from Geographe Bay to be accurately defined, would the Parliamentary Secretary please provide data from the grid blocks or other units within which Geographe Bay is contained?

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Answered

7 May 2002

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Response time

28 days

(2) The data published in State of the Fisheries each year provides the aggregated data requested. Copies of the State of the Fisheries Reports are available in the Parliamentary library, and a personal copy of the current report is being forwarded to the member in response to another matter.

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