❓ A Western Australian parliamentary Question on Notice from 2009 regarding the number of managed fisheries, commercially licensed boats, and licenses operating in the Australian economic zone and joint managed fisheries. The answer provides specific numbers for various fisheries and license types.
AnsweredQoN 788Legislative Council
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(1) How many managed fisheries are there in Western Australian waters?
(2) How many commercially licensed boats are there per managed fishery?
(3) How many Western Australian commercial licenses are there operating in the Australian economic zone?
(4) How many of these operate in Western Australian/Commonwealth joint managed fisheries?
(2) How many commercially licensed boats are there per managed fishery?
(3) How many Western Australian commercial licenses are there operating in the Australian economic zone?
(4) How many of these operate in Western Australian/Commonwealth joint managed fisheries?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 August 2009
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
56 days
Interim Managed Fishery Permit Number of Commercially Licensed Boats Mackerel Fishery 40 Pilbara Fish Trawl 5 Shark Bay Crab 4 West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean 3 West Coast Demersal Gillnet and Demersal Long Line 12 West Coast Demersal Scalefish 49 West Coast Estuarine 25 Totals 39 Managed and Interim Managed Fisheries 1162 boats (3) There are 5,878 Western Australian commercial licenses authorised to operate in the Australian economic zone. The licenses consist of: · Commercial Fishing Licences (personal) - 2,829 · Fishing Boat Licences - 1,495 (264 are not attached to a boat, 69 are not attached to a managed or interim managed fishery, but have a boat attached to the licence) · Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 198 · Restricted Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 20 · Aquatic Eco-Tour Operator's Licences - 4 · Rock Lobster Pot Licences - 25 · Managed Fishery Licences - 1,143 · Interim Managed Fishery Permits - 164 (4) There are 60 licences in total operating in Joint Authority managed fisheries. The licences consist of: · Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet/Longline Managed Fishery Licence - 56 licences · Joint Authority Northern Shark Fishery - 4 licences Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
The licenses consist of: · Commercial Fishing Licences (personal) - 2,829 · Fishing Boat Licences - 1,495 (264 are not attached to a boat, 69 are not attached to a managed or interim managed fishery, but have a boat attached to the licence) · Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 198 · Restricted Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 20 · Aquatic Eco-Tour Operator's Licences - 4 · Rock Lobster Pot Licences - 25 · Managed Fishery Licences - 1,143 · Interim Managed Fishery Permits - 164 (4) There are 60 licences in total operating in Joint Authority managed fisheries. The licences consist of: · Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet/Longline Managed Fishery Licence - 56 licences · Joint Authority Northern Shark Fishery - 4 licences Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
The licenses consist of: · Commercial Fishing Licences (personal) - 2,829 · Fishing Boat Licences - 1,495 (264 are not attached to a boat, 69 are not attached to a managed or interim managed fishery, but have a boat attached to the licence) · Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 198 · Restricted Fishing Tour Operator's Licences - 20 · Aquatic Eco-Tour Operator's Licences - 4 · Rock Lobster Pot Licences - 25 · Managed Fishery Licences - 1,143 · Interim Managed Fishery Permits - 164 (4) There are 60 licences in total operating in Joint Authority managed fisheries. The licences consist of: · Joint Authority Southern Demersal Gillnet/Longline Managed Fishery Licence - 56 licences · Joint Authority Northern Shark Fishery - 4 licences Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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