Commercial Fish Production
Fishery Production
Number of Fishery Access Licences (September 2017)
Victoria Statewide (Teleosts) catch and value, 2012/13-2016/17
Port Phillip Bay catch, 1978/79-2016/17
Western Port catch, 1978/79-2016/17
Corner Inlet catch, 1978/79-2016/17
Gippsland Lakes and Lake Tyers catch, 1978/79-2016/17
Offshore catch, 1978/79-2016/17
Southern Rock Lobster (Western Zone) catch, effort and value by quota year, 1982/83-2016/17
Southern Rock Lobster (Western Zone) catch, effort and value by month during quota year 2016/17
Giant Crab (Western Zone) catch, effort and value by quota year, 1982/83-2016/17
Giant Crab (Western Zone) catch, effort and value by month during quota year 2016/17
Southern Rock Lobster (Eastern Zone) catch, effort and value by quota year, 1982/83-2016/17
Southern Rock Lobster (Eastern Zone) catch, effort and value by month during quota year 2016/17
Abalone catch and effort by quota year and zone, 1995/96–2016/17
Marketing, Scientific and Previously Used Names for Fishery Production
Aquaculture Production
Number of Aquaculture Licences
Growout Production (excluding Molluscs), 2011/12-2015/16
Ongrowing and Growout Production (Molluscs), 2011/12-2015/16
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Fishery Production
Introduction
Victoria's commercial fisheries began at the time of European settlement during the 1840s. These fisheries have been managed under various Fisheries Acts since 1859 and fishery catch data have been collected continuously since 1911. Catch and effort data for the period since June 1978 have been stored in an electronic database where the data are secure and readily accessible for various uses.
This information bulletin is designed to meet the data needs of the fishing industry, fishery researchers, Fisheries Victoria, the Victorian Government, the Commonwealth Government, and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation.
Under the Fisheries Act 1995, lodgement of catch and effort return forms is a condition of a fishery access licence. Individual returns are collected under Section 146 of the Act and are treated confidentially according to the Fisheries Act 1995 and the Information Privacy Act 2000. The data is released in aggregated form only. To preserve confidentiality, data is not reported if less than five licence holders have contributed to it.
Notes to the reader
This annual Victorian Fisheries Authority Commercial Fish Production Information Bulletin is produced by Victorian Fisheries Authority.
This issue is compiled from catch and effort data supplied by Victorian commercial fishery access licence holders on mandatory monthly fishing returns and from aquaculture production data supplied by Victorian aquaculture licence holders on mandatory 6-monthly aquaculture returns. In previous years, production value was estimated from price-at-first-sale data supplied by the Melbourne Fish Market, selected fish processors and selected fish aquaculture farms. Price data is unavailable for the majority of species since 2010/11. The provision of accurate and timely data from licence holders and processors is acknowledged.
All data in this bulletin have been computer validated and do not include data received or processed after 1 November. Fishery production compliance rates for submission of return forms by that date were 100% for the fiscal years 2012/13 to 2016/17. Aquaculture production compliance rates for submission of return forms by 1 November were100% for the fiscal years 2012/13 to 2016/17.
Data presented in this publication have been provided in an aggregated form to protect commercial confidentiality of individual licence holders; summary data are not provided where less than five licence holders have supplied the data unless prior permission was obtained.
The State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaim all liability for any error, loss, or other consequence, which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Data can change from one issue of the bulletin to the next issue as a result of improved compliance, correction of data errors, or use of more representative price data.
To maintain consistency with other States and the Commonwealth, the names for fish used in this Bulletin are those in the List of Standardised Australian Fish Names developed as a National Standard based on the Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (http://www.marine.csiro.au/caab/namelist.htm). Therefore, some fish names are different from those used in previous Bulletins, and may be different from the names used on the catch and effort returns completed by fishers. Readers should refer to the list of names on pages 20 and 21 of the Bulletin to find any previously used species names.
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Victorian Fisheries Authority Commercial Fish Production Information Bulletin 2017. Victorian Fisheries Authority, Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia.
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Victorian fisheries production summary
| In order of weight for fiscal year 2016/17. | ||||||
| Species | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight1 | Value2 | Weight1 | Value2 | Weight1 | Value2 | |
| Molluscs and Echinoderms | ||||||
| Abalone | 739 | 20,200 | 728 | 19,911 | 716 | 20,499 |
| Octopus | 21 | 86 | 19 | nd3 | 45 | nd |
| Squids | 59 | 742 | 47 | nd | 33 | nd |
| Scallop | id4 | id | id | id | id | id |
| Other | 133 | na5 | 177 | na | 46 | na |
| Sub-total | 952 | na | 971 | na | 968 | na |
| Crustaceans | ||||||
| Rock Lobster, southern | 289 | 24,296 | 288 | 24,516 | 262 | 22,856 |
| Prawns | 157 | nd | 175 | nd | 74 | nd |
| Crab, giant | id | nd | 9 | nd | 10 | nd |
| Other | 146 | na | 79 | na | 105 | na |
| Sub-total | 592 | na | 551 | na | 451 | na |
| Teleosts and Chondrichthyans | ||||||
| Sardine, Australian (Pilchard) | 863 | 1,536 | 1,524 | 1,682 | 2,344 | 1,711 |
| Australian salmon | 211 | 141 | 450 | 251 | 265 | 162 |
| Whiting, King George | 115 | 2,522 | 213 | nd | 115 | nd |
| Eels, freshwater | 51 | 689 | 39 | 507 | 93 | nd |
| Garfish, southern (sea) | 34 | 252 | 28 | nd | 61 | nd |
| Snapper | 147 | 1,385 | 108 | nd | 54 | nd |
| Breams | 65 | 716 | 45 | nd | 48 | nd |
| Chondrichthyans6 | 41 | 223 | 38 | nd | 19 | nd |
| Other | 739 | na | 621 | na | 555 | na |
| Sub-total | 2,266 | na | 3,066 | na | 3,554 | na |
| Total | 3,810 | na | 4,588 | na | 4,832 | |
| Aquaculture7 | ||||||
| Salmonids | 1,140 | nd | 1,343 | nd | 1,282 | 14,674 |
| Mussel, Blue | 1,014 | nd | 764 | nd | 1,136 | 4,316 |
| Abalones | 436 | nd | 326 | nd | 462 | 17,716 |
| Warmwater Finfish (Inland) | 270 | nd | 236 | nd | 256 | id |
| Yabby (freshwater) | 3 | nd | 1 | nd | 3 | id |
| Eels, Freshwater | id | nd | id | nd | 6 | id |
| Other8 | id | nd | 0 | nd | 2 | id |
| Ornamental Fish9 | no | nd | no | nd | no | id |
| Total | 2,896 | 2,676 | 3,147 | 48,271 | ||
1 Weight (live, tonnes); 2,Value ($'000) from Jan 2011, Melbourne Fish Market price data collection ceased. Selected processors are still providing price data for some species including abalone, rock lobster, Australian salmon, pilchards and eels; 3nd, no data obtained; 4 id, insufficent data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data); 5na, not applicable; 6Shark carcass weight (beheaded and eviscerated with fins attached) for Victorian Proclaimed waters only; 7Aquaculture weight and value does not include hatchery production; 8mussels and crustaceans; 9no, number only of ornamental fish available (2,777,000 for 2014/15, 2,438,000 for 2015/16 and 2,283,000 for 2016/17).
Number of Fishery Access Licences (Sept 2017)
| Abalone, Western Zone | 14 | Bay & Inlet Fisheries | |
| Abalone, Central Zone | 34 | Corner Inlet | 18 |
| Abalone, Eastern Zone | 23 | Gippsland Lakes | 10 |
| Bait (General) | 12 | Gippsland Lakes (Bait) | 9 |
| Giant Crab | 14 | Gippsland Lakes (Mussel Dive) | 2 |
| Eel, Fishery A (Transferable) | 18 | Lake Tyers (Bait) | 1 |
| Ocean (General) | 171 | Mallacoota Lower Lake (Bait) | 1 |
| Purse Seine (Ocean) | 1 | Port Phillip–Western Port | 10 |
| Rock Lobster, Western Zone | 71 | Port Phillip Bay (Mussel Bait) | 1 |
| Rock Lobster, Eastern Zone | 36 | Scallop Dive (Port Phillip Bay) | 1 |
| Scallop (Ocean) | 90 | Snowy River Fishery (Bait) | 2 |
| Sea Urchin | 10 | Sydenham Inlet Fishery (Bait) | 2 |
| Trawl (Inshore) | 54 | ||
| Wrasse (Ocean) | 22 | Total Bay & Inlet | 57 |
| Total | 570 | Total All Fisheries | 627 |
| Permits | 15 | ||
| Number of Licensed Pots (30 July 2017) | |||
| Rock Lobster | |||
| Pots, Western Zone | 5,162 | ||
| Pots, Eastern Zone | 2,073 | Total All Pots | 7,235 |
Victoria Statewide (Teleosts)
Commercial catch and value for each major species caught during 2012/13–2016/17 (fiscal years)
Excludes landings from Commonwealth waters by the South East Fishery and Southern Shark Fishery.
Value is estimated from various sources.
| Selected species | Production (live weight, tonnes) | Value ($'000) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |
| Teleosts | ||||||||||
| Anchovy, Australian | 68 | 116 | 94 | 44 | 8 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Australian herring | 12 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 4 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Australian salmon | 364 | 381 | 211 | 450 | 265 | 200 | 217 | 141 | 247 | 162 |
| Barracouta | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | nd | nd | 8 | nd | nd |
| Bream, black | 92 | 54 | 65 | 44 | 47 | nd | nd | 716 | nd | nd |
| Bream, yellowfin | id2 | id | id | 1 | id | nd | nd | id | nd | nd |
| Carp, European | 38 | 54 | 56 | 101 | 102 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Eel, longfin | 13 | 17 | id | id | 3 | 250 | 297 | id | 249 | 41 |
| Eel, southern shortfin | 73 | 77 | 51 | 39 | 91 | 896 | 1,051 | 689 | 503 | 1,179 |
| Flathead, dusky | 9 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 19 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Flathead, rock | 107 | 81 | 69 | 45 | 46 | nd | nd | 458 | nd | nd |
| Flathead, southern bluespotted | 28 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 21 | nd | nd | 107 | nd | nd |
| Flathead, southern sand | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | nd | nd | 30 | nd | nd |
| Flathead, tiger | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | nd | nd | 16 | nd | nd |
| Flatheads, other | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Flounder, greenback | 18 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | nd | nd | 41 | nd | nd |
| Garfish, river | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | id | nd | nd |
| Garfish, southern | 49 | 48 | 34 | 28 | 61 | nd | nd | 252 | nd | nd |
| Herring cale | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Leatherjackets | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | nd | nd | 43 | nd | nd |
| Luderick | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | nd | nd | 21 | nd | nd |
| Mackerel, jack | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | nd | nd | 55 | nd | nd |
| Morwong, banded | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 52 | nd | nd |
| Morwong, dusky | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | nd | nd | 3 | nd | nd |
| Mullet, red | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | nd | nd | 14 | nd | nd |
| Mullet, sand | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | id | nd | nd |
| Mullet, sea | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 14 | nd | nd | 37 | nd | nd |
| Mullet, yellow-eye | 53 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 33 | nd | nd | 79 | nd | nd |
| Mullets, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | nd | nd | 4 | nd | nd |
| Perch, estuary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Pike, unspecified | 32 | 39 | 60 | 32 | 12 | nd | nd | 271 | nd | nd |
| Sardine,Australian (Pilchard) | 1,134 | 1,076 | 863 | 1,524 | 2,344 | 669 | 560 | 1,536 | 960 | 1,711 |
| Snapper | 152 | 144 | 147 | 108 | 54 | nd | nd | 1,385 | nd | nd |
| Sprat, sandy | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | id | nd | nd |
| Tailor | 33 | 27 | 26 | 40 | 61 | nd | nd | 109 | nd | nd |
| Trevally, silver | 24 | 24 | 32 | 35 | 48 | nd | nd | 116 | nd | nd |
| Warehou, blue | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Whiting, blue weed | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | nd | nd | 17 | nd | nd |
| Whiting, King George | 104 | 85 | 115 | 213 | 115 | nd | nd | 2,522 | nd | nd |
| Whiting, school | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Wrasse, blue throat | 10 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 169 | 243 | 444 | 545 | 129 |
| Wrasse, purple | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 3 |
| Wrasses | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 318 | 193 | 31 | 61 | 47 |
| Other teleosts | 530 | 412 | 193 | 139 | 68 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Sub-total | 3,029 | 2,845 | 2,225 | 3,026 | 3,516 | |||||
1nd, no data obtained;2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'.
Victoria Statewide (Molluscs, Echinoderms, Crustaceans & Chondrichthyans)
Commercial catch and value for each major species caught during 2012/13–2016/17 (fiscal years)
Excludes landings from Commonwealth waters by the South East Fishery and Southern Shark Fishery.
Value is estimated from various sources.
| Species | Production (live weight, tonnes) | Value($'000) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |
| Molluscs and Echinoderms | ||||||||||
| Abalone, Blacklip | 825 | 731 | 736 | 725 | 716 | 26,208 | 21,378 | 20,117 | 19,829 | 20,412 |
| Abalone, Greenlip | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 216 | 96 | 83 | 82 | 87 |
| Calamari, Southern (squid) | 36 | 35 | 57 | 44 | 32 | nd | nd | 734 | nd | nd |
| Cuttlefishes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | id | nd | nd | 1 | nd | nd |
| Mussel, Blue | id | id | id | 0 | 0 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Octopuses | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 45 | nd | nd | 86 | nd | nd |
| Periwinkles | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Scallop | id | id | id | id | id | nd | nd | id | nd | nd |
| Black Sea Urchin | 21 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 45 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| White Sea Urchin | 36 | 23 | 15 | id | 24 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Squid, Gould's | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | nd | nd | 8 | nd | nd |
| Other | 90 | 101 | 86 | 111 | 100 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Sub-total | 1,040 | 927 | 952 | 909 | 967 | |||||
| Crustaceans | ||||||||||
| Bug (shovelnose lobster) | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | nd | nd | 41 | nd | nd |
| Crab, Giant | 10 | 7 | id | 9 | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Crab, Sand | 3 | 32 | 109 | 55 | 67 | nd | nd | 451 | nd | nd |
| Crab, Velvet | id | id | id | 2 | 1 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Crab (unspecified) | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | nd | nd | 13 | nd | nd |
| Prawn, Eastern King | 33 | 122 | 85 | 52 | 33 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Prawn, School | 13 | 37 | 72 | 113 | 40 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Rock Lobster, Southern | 307 | 312 | 289 | 288 | 262 | 17,000 | 21,710 | 24,296 | 24,517 | 20,792 |
| Yabby (freshwater) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | nd | nd | 77 | nd | nd |
| Other Crustaceans | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 18 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Sub-total | 390 | 542 | 592 | 552 | 442 | |||||
| Chondrichthyans3 | ||||||||||
| Elephantfish | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | nd | nd | 11 | nd | nd |
| Shark, Angel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Shark, Gummy | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | nd | nd | 195 | nd | nd |
| Shark, Saw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Shark, School | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | nd | nd | 3 | nd | nd |
| Shark, Broadnose | id | id | 0 | 0 | 0 | nd | nd | 2 | nd | nd |
| Rays4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | nd | nd | 12 | nd | nd |
| Other Chondrichthyans | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Sub-total | 44 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 30 | |||||
| Total | 4,504 | 4,356 | 3,810 | 4,526 | 4,955 | |||||
1nd, no data obtained; 2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'; 3Scallop live weights (shell weight) reported; 4shark carcass weight (beheaded and gutted with fins attached) for Victorian Proclaimed Waters only; 4weight of margins of pectoral fins (`flaps') only.
Port Phillip Bay
Commercial catch for each major species caught in Port Phillip Bay during 1978/79–2016/17
Excludes data for abalones, blue mussel, southern rock lobster, and commercial scallop
| Year | Production (tonnes) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchovy, Australian (whitebait) | Australian salmon | Australian Sardine (Pilchard) | Calamari, southern (squid) | Flathead, rock | Flathead, southern bluespotted | Flathead, southern sand | Flounder, greenback | Garfish, Southern (Sea) | Mullet, yelloweye | Shark, gummy | Snapper | Whiting, King George | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 142 | 54 | 221 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 87 | 46 | 16 | 189 | 39 | 514 | 1,364 |
| 1979/80 | 176 | 103 | 466 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 95 | 60 | 11 | 197 | 42 | 344 | 1,580 |
| 1980/81 | 131 | 66 | 496 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 106 | 45 | 19 | 207 | 51 | 212 | 1,410 |
| 1981/82 | 145 | 83 | 508 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 104 | 45 | 14 | 172 | 40 | 99 | 1,290 |
| 1982/83 | 198 | 111 | 522 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 73 | 41 | 9 | 143 | 43 | 87 | 1,317 |
| 1983/84 | 129 | 83 | 592 | 61 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 73 | 53 | 12 | 129 | 45 | 72 | 1,305 |
| 1984/85 | 69 | 74 | 457 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 76 | 67 | 10 | 113 | 33 | 81 | 1,102 |
| 1985/86 | 69 | 67 | 606 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 55 | 78 | 8 | 114 | 78 | 79 | 1,244 |
| 1986/87 | 141 | 48 | 1,067 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 54 | 86 | 7 | 108 | 64 | 137 | 1,792 |
| 1987/88 | 102 | 41 | 1,104 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 58 | 56 | 7 | 125 | 60 | 73 | 1,705 |
| 1988/89 | 33 | 19 | 1,443 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 174 | 81 | 109 | 2,023 |
| 1989/90 | 17 | 20 | 836 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 139 | 134 | 252 | 1,559 |
| 1990/91 | 46 | 72 | 1,363 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 33 | 6 | 146 | 67 | 193 | 2,062 |
| 1991/92 | 46 | 62 | 1,487 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 8 | 93 | 49 | 187 | 2,087 |
| 1992/93 | 89 | 109 | 2,058 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 35 | 7 | 63 | 59 | 150 | 2,684 |
| 1993/94 | 105 | 48 | 2,035 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 53 | 30 | 8 | 65 | 58 | 130 | 2,607 |
| 1994/95 | 86 | 22 | 1,451 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 47 | 48 | 89 | 1,882 |
| 1995/96 | 165 | 47 | 1,339 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 42 | 62 | 98 | 1,871 |
| 1996/97 | 491 | 36 | 596 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 34 | 90 | 85 | 1,468 |
| 1997/98 | 182 | 38 | 463 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 22 | 40 | 131 | 98 | 1,107 |
| 1998/99 | 118 | 22 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 59 | 101 | 169 | 640 |
| 1999/00 | 99 | 80 | id2 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 36 | 126 | 314 | 790 |
| 2000/01 | 162 | 37 | 108 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 54 | 85 | 75 | 675 |
| 2001/02 | 138 | 32 | 145 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 55 | 53 | 151 | 753 |
| 2002/03 | 106 | 33 | 100 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 64 | 49 | 89 | 597 |
| 2003/04 | 61 | 32 | 216 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 57 | 56 | 629 |
| 2004/05 | 48 | 27 | id | 58 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 95 | 70 | 75 | 479 |
| 2005/06 | 34 | 18 | id | 42 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 75 | 74 | 84 | 409 |
| 2006/07 | 32 | 24 | 99 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 95 | 65 | 49 | 488 |
| 2007/08 | 86 | 21 | 186 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 94 | 104 | 45 | 668 |
| 2008/09 | 55 | 29 | id | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 87 | 84 | 124 | 495 |
| 2009/10 | 44 | 32 | 230 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 83 | 86 | 82 | 681 |
| 2010/11 | 19 | 42 | id | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 111 | 108 | 119 | 529 |
| 2011/12 | id | 36 | 209 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 163 | 101 | 134 | 779 |
| 2012/13 | id | 24 | 263 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 134 | 65 | 120 | 712 |
| 2013/14 | id | 27 | 208 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 140 | 41 | 95 | 612 |
| 2014/15 | 9 | 45 | 350 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 144 | 66 | 110 | 822 |
| 2015/161 | id | 20 | 242 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 103 | 71 | 113 | 613 |
| 2016/17 | nd3 | 1 | id | 9 | 1 | 1 | id | 1 | 1 | id | 3 | 43 | 35 | 173 | 268 |
1 Reduction in licence numbers and introduction of catch limits from April 2016; 2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'; 3nd, no data obtained.
Western Port
Commercial catch for each major species caught in Western Port during 1978/79–2016/17
| Year | Production (tonnes) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian salmon | Australian Sardine (Pilchard) | Barracouta | Calamari, Southern (squid) | Elephantfish | Flathead, rock | Flounder, greenback | Garfish, Southern (Sea) | Mullet, yelloweye | Shark, gummy | Snapper | Whiting, Blue Weed | Whiting, King George | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 49 | 215 |
| 1979/80 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 226 |
| 1980/81 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 204 |
| 1981/82 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 179 |
| 1982/83 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 142 |
| 1983/84 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 161 |
| 1984/85 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 158 |
| 1985/86 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 128 |
| 1986/87 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 142 |
| 1987/88 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 131 |
| 1988/89 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 142 |
| 1989/90 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 171 |
| 1990/91 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 174 |
| 1991/92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 140 |
| 1992/93 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 107 |
| 1993/94 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 132 |
| 1994/95 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 129 |
| 1995/96 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 134 |
| 1996/97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 108 |
| 1997/98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 113 |
| 1998/99 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 98 |
| 1999/00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 62 |
| 2000/01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 44 |
| 2001/02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 40 |
| 2003/04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 2004/05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 59 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | nd | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | id | 11 | 8 | 56 |
| 2006/07 | 4 | nd | id | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | id | 14 | 8 | 73 |
| 2007/08 | id | nd | id | 5 | id | 2 | id | 3 | 1 | 4 | id | id | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 2008/09 | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 3 |
| 2009/10 | nd | nd | nd | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 0 |
| 2010/11 | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | nd | nd | id | nd | 0 |
| 2011/12 | nd | nd | nd | id | id | id | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 1 |
| 2012/13 | nd | nd | nd | id | id | id | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 0 |
| 2013/14 | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 0 |
| 2014/15 | nd | nd | nd | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | id | nd | id | id | 0 |
| 2015/16 | nd | nd | nd | id | id | id | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | id | id | 0 |
| 2016/17 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0 |
1nd, no data obtained; 2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'.
Corner Inlet
Commercial catch for each major species caught in Corner Inlet during 1978/79–2016/17
| Year | Production (tonnes) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian salmon | Calamari, Southern (squid) | Flathead, rock | Flathead, southern sand | Flounder, greenback | Garfish, Southern (Sea) | Leatherjacket | Mullet, yelloweye | Shark, gummy | Pike, unspecified | Trevally, silver | Whiting, blue weed | Whiting, King George | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 176 |
| 1979/80 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 230 |
| 1980/81 | 118 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 24 | 307 |
| 1981/82 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 250 |
| 1982/83 | 98 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 266 |
| 1983/84 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 148 |
| 1984/85 | 59 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 201 |
| 1985/86 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 203 |
| 1986/87 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 102 | 7 | 227 |
| 1987/88 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 115 | 354 |
| 1988/89 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 91 | 50 | 294 |
| 1989/90 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 113 | 24 | 318 |
| 1990/91 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 74 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 58 | 29 | 315 |
| 1991/92 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 121 | 29 | 380 |
| 1992/93 | 4 | 13 | 62 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 81 | 31 | 329 |
| 1993/94 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 15 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 49 | 28 | 304 |
| 1994/95 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 43 | 268 |
| 1995/96 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 52 | 20 | 224 |
| 1996/97 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 118 | 23 | 294 |
| 1997/98 | 32 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 99 | 29 | 333 |
| 1998/99 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 93 | 25 | 325 |
| 1999/00 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 73 | 30 | 345 |
| 2000/01 | 8 | 37 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 73 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 36 | 34 | 313 |
| 2001/02 | 26 | 26 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 35 | 37 | 361 |
| 2002/03 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 51 | 26 | 262 |
| 2003/04 | 5 | 29 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 73 | 29 | 300 |
| 2004/05 | 11 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 16 | 70 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 58 | 32 | 337 |
| 2005/06 | 8 | 25 | 57 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 44 | 31 | 292 |
| 2006/07 | 13 | 19 | 42 | id1 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 80 | 29 | 297 |
| 2007/08 | 16 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 94 | 35 | 345 |
| 2008/09 | 15 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 2 | 50 | 53 | 355 |
| 2009/10 | 12 | 29 | 97 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 39 | 47 | 356 |
| 2010/11 | 16 | 32 | 77 | id | 13 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 54 | 51 | 337 |
| 2011/12 | 26 | 10 | 93 | id | 15 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 71 | 53 | 343 |
| 2012/13 | 15 | 14 | 80 | id | 13 | 38 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 52 | 309 |
| 2013/14 | 22 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 41 | 38 | 266 |
| 2014/15 | 11 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 44 | 42 | 263 |
| 2015/16 | 8 | 21 | 33 | id | 10 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 131 | 45 | 318 |
| 2016/17 | 9 | 22 | 45 | id | 14 | 60 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 78 | 50 | 346 |
1id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'.
Gippsland Lakes and Lake Tyers
Commercial catch for each major species caught in Gippsland Lakes and Lake Tyers during 1978/79–2016/17
| Year | Production (tonnes) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchovy, Australian (whitebait) | Australian salmon | Bream, black | Carp, European | Flathead, dusky | Garfish, river | Leatherjacket | Luderick | Mullet, sea | Mullet, yelloweye | Mussel, blue | Perch, estuary | Tailor | Trevally, silver | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 21 | 4 | 183 | 189 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 45 | 646 |
| 1979/80 | 0 | 4 | 194 | 233 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 38 | 694 |
| 1980/81 | 53 | 3 | 231 | 175 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 14 | 57 | 725 |
| 1981/82 | 5 | 3 | 255 | 367 | 26 | 51 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 32 | 951 |
| 1982/83 | 9 | 2 | 278 | 189 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 718 |
| 1983/84 | 27 | 18 | 446 | 105 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 844 |
| 1984/85 | 84 | 8 | 235 | 60 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 583 |
| 1985/86 | 14 | 16 | 274 | 176 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 48 | 774 |
| 1986/87 | 40 | 14 | 197 | 262 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 34 | 747 |
| 1987/88 | 0 | 12 | 277 | 373 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 13 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 37 | 918 |
| 1988/89 | 28 | 10 | 206 | 356 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 157 | 55 | 1 | 58 | 44 | 63 | 1,041 |
| 1989/90 | 18 | 16 | 213 | 401 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 114 | 78 | 7 | 53 | 63 | 130 | 1,186 |
| 1990/91 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 400 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 113 | 66 | 4 | 29 | 36 | 54 | 936 |
| 1991/92 | 0 | 25 | 118 | 367 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 90 | 169 | 1 | 35 | 39 | 59 | 963 |
| 1992/93 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 379 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 94 | 100 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 38 | 899 |
| 1993/94 | 1 | 13 | 170 | 352 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 95 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 786 |
| 1994/95 | 10 | 21 | 130 | 334 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 678 |
| 1995/96 | 12 | 11 | 130 | 376 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 721 |
| 1996/97 | 11 | 15 | 89 | 478 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 82 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 765 |
| 1997/98 | 8 | 17 | 147 | 575 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 894 |
| 1998/99 | 11 | 13 | 183 | 658 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 75 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 35 | 1,066 |
| 1999/00 | 0 | 19 | 184 | 435 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 60 | 826 |
| 2000/01 | 0 | 8 | 159 | 234 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 29 | 68 | 626 |
| 2001/02 | 4 | 13 | 154 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 20 | 47 | 446 |
| 2002/031 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 13 | 90 | 311 |
| 2003/04 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 16 | 41 | 346 |
| 2004/05 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 214 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 31 | 33 | 469 |
| 2005/06 | id | 13 | 37 | 93 | 48 | id | 1 | 21 | 5 | 22 | id | 1 | 14 | 14 | 67 | 336 |
| 2006/07 | id | 10 | 49 | 4 | 35 | id | 2 | 24 | 7 | 14 | id | 0 | 12 | 13 | 81 | 251 |
| 2007/08 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 49 | 30 | id | id | 43 | 9 | 24 | id | 2 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 341 |
| 2008/09 | id | 4 | 36 | id | 20 | id | id | 12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 32 | 169 |
| 2009/10 | id | 6 | 37 | id | 16 | id | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | id | 0 | 15 | 10 | 94 | 199 |
| 2010/11 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 15 | 23 | id | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | id | 0 | 39 | 12 | 58 | 245 |
| 2011/12 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 11 | 21 | 24 | id | 12 | 8 | 23 | id | 2 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 249 |
| 2012/13 | id | 1 | 83 | 6 | 9 | id | id | 7 | 6 | 15 | id | 1 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 196 |
| 2013/14 | id | 4 | 40 | 5 | 8 | id | id | 6 | 5 | 15 | id | 0 | 26 | 3 | 119 | 231 |
| 2014/15 | id | 1 | 55 | 8 | 9 | id | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | id | 1 | 15 | 5 | 89 | 210 |
| 2015/16 | id | 0 | 33 | id | 16 | id | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | id | 0 | 23 | 4 | 100 | 198 |
| 2016/17 | id | 5 | 42 | 17 | 19 | id | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | id | 5 | 56 | 13 | 39 | 232 |
1Lake Tyers fishery was closed in April 2003. 2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'.
Offshore
Commercial catch for each major species caught offshore during 1978/79–2016/17
Excludes landings from Commonwealth waters by the South East Fishery and Southern Shark Fishery.
| Year | Production (tonnes) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian salmon | Bug (Shovelnose lobster) | Barracouta | Crab, sand | Morwong, banded | Octopuses | Prawn, eastern king | Shark, gummy | Snapper | Trevally, silver | Whiting, King George | Wrasse, blue throat | Wrasse, purple | Wrasses | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 135 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 979 | 1,150 |
| 1979/80 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 859 | 914 |
| 1980/81 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 95 |
| 1981/82 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 81 |
| 1982/83 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 118 |
| 1983/84 | 191 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5,341 | 5,593 |
| 1984/85 | 153 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,047 | 2,249 |
| 1985/86 | 175 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 336 |
| 1986/87 | 270 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 224 | 553 |
| 1987/88 | 165 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 459 | 729 |
| 1988/89 | 146 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,019 | 1,238 |
| 1989/90 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1,409 | 1,474 |
| 1990/91 | 126 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1,531 | 1,706 |
| 1991/92 | 279 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1,756 | 2,104 |
| 1992/93 | 194 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2,143 | 2,397 |
| 1993/94 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2,069 | 2,189 |
| 1994/95 | 267 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 2,871 | 3,221 |
| 1995/96 | 255 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 1,632 | 1,978 |
| 1996/97 | 211 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 675 | 987 |
| 1997/98 | 640 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 55 | 563 | 1,355 |
| 1998/99 | 626 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 58 | 394 | 1,336 |
| 1999/00 | 685 | 11 | 34 | 92 | 12 | 29 | 74 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 210 | 1,276 |
| 2000/01 | 397 | 14 | 19 | 87 | 10 | 19 | 142 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 730 | 1,525 |
| 2001/02 | 478 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 108 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 866 | 1,689 |
| 2002/03 | 276 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 1,285 | 1,754 |
| 2003/04 | 326 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 946 | 1,476 |
| 2004/05 | 459 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 732 | 1,309 |
| 2005/06 | 604 | 13 | 13 | id | id | 3 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 887 | 1,592 |
| 2006/07 | 856 | 5 | 5 | id | id | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 938 | 1,882 |
| 2007/08 | 395 | 4 | 7 | 8 | id | 3 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 1,633 | 2,139 |
| 2008/09 | 358 | 13 | 4 | 4 | id | 5 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 1,565 | 2,027 |
| 2009/10 | 590 | 13 | 3 | 1 | id | 4 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1,366 | 2,081 |
| 2010/11 | 352 | 16 | 1 | id | id | 6 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2,710 | 3,173 |
| 2011/12 | 709 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1,924 | 2,747 |
| 2012/13 | 323 | 16 | 1 | 3 | id | 7 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1,402 | 1,824 |
| 2013/14 | 329 | 16 | 1 | 32 | id | 5 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1,397 | 1,868 |
| 2014/15 | 154 | 9 | 1 | 104 | id | 6 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 1 | id | 821 | 1,190 |
| 2015/16 | 421 | 8 | 1 | 49 | id | 4 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 1 | id | 1,566 | 2,132 |
| 2016/17 | 250 | 8 | 1 | 66 | id | 31 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2,346 | 2,775 |
| 1id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'. | ||||||||||||||||
Southern Rock Lobster (Western Zone)
Catch, effort and value by quota year (April–March) during 1982/83–2009/10 (July–June) during 2009/10–2016/17.
Western Zone - South Australian border to Longitude 143o40' E (just east of Apollo Bay).
Total Allowable Catch Catch (TACC) quota management was introduced 16 November 2001.
| Season Totals | Quota Year | Pot-lifts ('000) | Weight (tonnes) | Number ('000) | Target pot-lifts ('000) | Target weight (tonnes) | Target catch rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) | TACC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982/83 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 571 | 447 | 443 | 550 | 436 | 0.79 | 1.01 | 3,437 | |
| 1983/84 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 590 | 441 | 430 | 565 | 426 | 0.75 | 1.02 | 3,554 | |
| 1984/85 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 523 | 390 | 379 | 507 | 382 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 3,797 | |
| 1985/86 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 540 | 339 | 341 | 516 | 328 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 4,408 | |
| 1986/87 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 562 | 329 | 331 | 522 | 315 | 0.60 | 0.99 | 5,095 | |
| 1987/88 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 569 | 348 | 348 | 539 | 334 | 0.62 | 1.00 | 6,450 | |
| 1988/89 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 517 | 281 | 286 | 504 | 276 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 4,787 | |
| 1989/90 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 596 | 321 | 348 | 564 | 306 | 0.54 | 0.92 | 6,364 | |
| 1990/91 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 589 | 297 | 313 | 548 | 277 | 0.50 | 0.95 | 6,005 | |
| 1991/92 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 690 | 390 | 422 | 646 | 366 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 7,595 | |
| 1992/93 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 726 | 401 | 427 | 650 | 362 | 0.56 | 0.94 | 8,400 | |
| 1993/94 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 770 | 454 | 469 | 700 | 430 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 12,827 | |
| 1994/95 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 759 | 437 | 444 | 720 | 421 | 0.58 | 0.98 | 12,991 | |
| 1995/96 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 771 | 429 | 448 | 744 | 420 | 0.56 | 0.96 | 12,883 | |
| 1996/97 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 761 | 394 | 407 | 721 | 380 | 0.53 | 0.97 | 12,180 | |
| 1997/98 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 821 | 452 | 472 | 760 | 426 | 0.56 | 0.96 | 14,531 | |
| 1998/99 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 836 | 492 | 534 | 748 | 428 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 14,964 | |
| 1999/00 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 861 | 515 | 581 | 767 | 446 | 0.58 | 0.89 | 16,125 | |
| 2000/01 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 918 | 554 | 632 | 817 | 478 | 0.59 | 0.88 | 19,525 | |
| 2001/02 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 769 | 446 | 514 | 726 | 401 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 19,195 | 320 |
| 2002/03 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 677 | 438 | 505 | 656 | 404 | 0.62 | 0.87 | 17,015 | 450 |
| 2003/04 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 615 | 435 | 502 | 599 | 428 | 0.71 | 0.87 | 12,159 | 450 |
| 2004/05 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 638 | 419 | 465 | 608 | 403 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 12,374 | 450 |
| 2005/06 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 738 | 405 | 451 | 710 | 395 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 13,927 | 450 |
| 2006/07 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 687 | 325 | 375 | 662 | 317 | 0.48 | 0.87 | 12,820 | 450 |
| 2007/08 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 685 | 319 | 373 | 647 | 307 | 0.47 | 0.86 | 12,526 | 380 |
| 2008/09 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 587 | 241 | 275 | 555 | 234 | 0.42 | 0.88 | 11,822 | 320 |
| 2009/10 | 1 July- 30 June | 611 | 230 | 265 | 582 | 223 | 0.38 | 0.87 | 12,154 | 240 |
| 2010/11 | 1 July- 30 June | 546 | 235 | 284 | 524 | 231 | 0.44 | 0.83 | 11,871 | 240 |
| 2011/12 | 1 July- 30 June | 489 | 236 | 286 | 474 | 232 | 0.49 | 0.83 | 13,966 | 240 |
| 2012/13 | 1 July- 30 June | 476 | 259 | 298 | 464 | 256 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 14,295 | 260 |
| 2013/14 | 1 July- 30 June | 468 | 261 | 295 | 457 | 258 | 0.56 | 0.88 | 18,114 | 260 |
| 2014/15 | 1 July- 30 June | 427 | 230 | 250 | 416 | 228 | 0.55 | 0.92 | 19,234 | 230 |
| 2015/16 | 1 July- 30 June | 371 | 230 | 241 | 358 | 227 | 0.64 | 0.95 | 19,434 | 230 |
| 2016/1 | 1 July- 30 June | 328 | 209 | 206 | 328 | 209 | 0.64 | 1.04 | 16,517 | 230 |
Southern Rock Lobster (Western Zone)
Catch, effort and value by month during quota year (July–June) 2016/17.
| Year | Month | Pot-lifts ('000) | Weight (tonnes) | Number ('000) | Target pot-lifts ('000) | Target weight (tonnes) | Target catch rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | July | 19 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 0.35 | 1.14 | 644 |
| 2016 | August | 55 | 27 | 22 | 55 | 27 | 0.49 | 1.17 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | September | 20 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 0.45 | 1.17 | 872 |
| 2016 | November | 28 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 0.61 | 0.84 | 1,416 |
| 2016 | December | 51 | 41 | 43 | 51 | 41 | 0.79 | 0.94 | 3,205 |
| 2017 | January | 52 | 43 | 43 | 52 | 43 | 0.83 | 1.00 | 3,507 |
| 2017 | February | 28 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 0.69 | 0.99 | 1,355 |
| 2017 | March | 30 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 1,403 |
| 2017 | April | 23 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 0.7 | 1.02 | 1,074 |
| 2017 | May | 12 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0.46 | 1.11 | 441 |
| 2017 | June | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.33 | 1.24 | 116 |
Target pot-lifts is determined by allocating all effort to the species with catch greater than 70% of total catch prior to April 1998, but from April 1998 target species is specified in the logbooks.
Giant Crab (Western Zone)
Catch, effort and value by quota year (April–March) during 1982/83–2016/17
Western Zone - the South Australian border to Longitude 143° 40' E (just east of Apollo Bay).
Total Allowable Catch Catch (TACC) quota management was introduced 16 November 2001.
| Season Totals | Quota Year | Weight (tonnes) | Number ('000) | Target pot-lifts ('000) | Target weight (tonnes) | Target catch-rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) | TACC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982/83 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | |
| 1983/84 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 3 | |
| 1984/85 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 15 | |
| 1985/86 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 8 | |
| 1986/87 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 47 | |
| 1987/88 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 31 | |
| 1988/89 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 18 | |
| 1989/90 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 19 | |
| 1990/91 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 64 | |
| 1991/92 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 46 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 202 | |
| 1992/93 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 146 | 0 | 30 | 123 | 4.14 | 0.00 | 680 | |
| 1993/94 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 171 | 0 | 35 | 159 | 4.55 | 0.00 | 1,254 | |
| 1994/95 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 67 | 0 | 17 | 53 | 3.15 | 0.00 | 912 | |
| 1995/96 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 30 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 394 | |
| 1996/97 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 58 | 0 | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 0.00 | 1,505 | |
| 1997/98 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 58 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 1.41 | 0.00 | 1,613 | |
| 1998/99 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 51 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 1,591 | |
| 1999/00 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 35 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 1.44 | 3.37 | 1,277 | |
| 2000/01 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1.59 | 3.31 | 784 | |
| 2001/02 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1.38 | 3.19 | 311 | 18 |
| 2002/03 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0.98 | 3.21 | 288 | 25 |
| 2003/04 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 12 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1.93 | 2.83 | 270 | 25 |
| 2004/05 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 27 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1.73 | 2.88 | 705 | 25 |
| 2005/06 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 21 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 1.52 | 2.62 | 705 | 25 |
| 2006/07 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 22 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 2.07 | 3.05 | 725 | 25 |
| 2007/08 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 23 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1.36 | 2.88 | 586 | 25 |
| 2008/09 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 20 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1.53 | 3.28 | 705 | 25 |
| 2009/10 | 1 July-30 June | 18 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1.59 | 3.34 | 719 | 25 |
| 2010/11 | 1 July-30 June | 12 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1.23 | 3.13 | 357 | 18 |
| 2011/12 | 1 July-30 June | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.7 | 3.56 | nd1 | 18 |
| 2012/13 | 1 July-30 June | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2.11 | 3.41 | nd | 12 |
| 2013/14 | 1 July-30 June | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1.9 | 3.01 | 159 | 9 |
| 2014/15 | 1 July-30 June | id | id | id | id | id | id | id | 10.5 |
| 2015/16 | 1 July-30 June | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1.19 | 3.25 | 280 | 10.5 |
| 2016/17 | 1 July-30 June | id | id | id | id | id | id | id | 10.5 |
1nd, no data obtained.
Giant Crab (Western Zone)
Catch, effort and value by month during quota year (July–June) 2016/17
| Year | Month | Number ('000) | Target pot-lifts ('000) | Target weight (tonnes) | Target catch rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | July | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2016 | August | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2016 | September | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2016 | November | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2016 | December | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | January | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | February | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | March | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | April | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | May | id | id | id | id | id | id |
| 2017 | June | id | id | id | id | id | id |
Target species is specified in the logbooks.
1id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial
Southern Rock Lobster (Eastern Zone)
Catch, effort and value by quota year (April–March) during 1982/83–2009/10, (July–June) during 2009/10–2016/17.
Eastern Zone - Longitude 143o40' E (just east of Apollo Bay) to the New South Wales border.
Total Allowable Catch Catch (TACC) quota management was introduced 16 November 2001.
| Season Totals | Quota Year | Pot-lifts ('000) | Weight (tonnes) | Number ('000) | Catch rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) | TACC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982/83 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 199 | 140 | 129 | 0.71 | 1.08 | 1,083 | |
| 1983/84 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 231 | 149 | 138 | 0.63 | 1.08 | 1,230 | |
| 1984/85 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 223 | 136 | 116 | 0.61 | 1.17 | 1,337 | |
| 1985/86 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 191 | 111 | 94 | 0.57 | 1.18 | 1,470 | |
| 1986/87 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 159 | 96 | 82 | 0.56 | 1.17 | 1,510 | |
| 1987/88 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 147 | 89 | 80 | 0.58 | 1.10 | 1,668 | |
| 1988/89 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 159 | 79 | 79 | 0.52 | 1.00 | 1,347 | |
| 1989/90 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 191 | 93 | 95 | 0.47 | 0.98 | 1,824 | |
| 1990/91 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 179 | 75 | 75 | 0.42 | 0.99 | 1,604 | |
| 1991/92 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 166 | 65 | 66 | 0.40 | 0.98 | 1,356 | |
| 1992/93 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 190 | 65 | 62 | 0.35 | 1.04 | 1,379 | |
| 1993/94 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 257 | 83 | 72 | 0.33 | 1.16 | 2,437 | |
| 1994/95 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 248 | 70 | 57 | 0.29 | 1.22 | 2,160 | |
| 1995/96 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 227 | 62 | 51 | 0.28 | 1.20 | 1,955 | |
| 1996/97 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 212 | 56 | 45 | 0.27 | 1.24 | 1,774 | |
| 1997/98 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 221 | 67 | 54 | 0.31 | 1.24 | 2,259 | |
| 1998/99 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 212 | 63 | 53 | 0.29 | 1.19 | 1,972 | |
| 1999/00 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 233 | 75 | 71 | 0.31 | 1.06 | 2,406 | |
| 2000/01 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 229 | 73 | 68 | 0.31 | 1.07 | 2,586 | |
| 2001/02 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 173 | 59 | 55 | 0.30 | 1.08 | 2,595 | 42 |
| 2002/03 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 139 | 50 | 45 | 0.30 | 1.09 | 1,974 | 60 |
| 2003/04 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 127 | 54 | 50 | 0.41 | 1.07 | 1,574 | 60 |
| 2004/05 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 130 | 54 | 49 | 0.41 | 1.10 | 1,662 | 60 |
| 2005/06 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 136 | 55 | 47 | 0.41 | 1.17 | 1,921 | 60 |
| 2006/07 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 118 | 51 | 46 | 0.43 | 1.11 | 2,061 | 60 |
| 2007/08 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 136 | 50 | 42 | 0.37 | 1.17 | 1,962 | 66 |
| 2008/09 | 1 Apr-31 Mar | 105 | 41 | 33 | 0.39 | 1.24 | 2,075 | 66 |
| 2009/10 | 1 July- 30 June | 127 | 44 | 36 | 0.34 | 1.22 | 2,300 | 66 |
| 2010/11 | 1 July- 30 June | 143 | 65 | 63 | 0.45 | 1.03 | 3,523 | 66 |
| 2011/12 | 1 July- 30 June | 128 | 65 | 60 | 0.51 | 1.08 | 3,908 | 66 |
| 2012/13 | 1 July- 30 June | 85 | 48 | 42 | 0.56 | 1.13 | 2,705 | 48 |
| 2013/14 | 1 July- 30 June | 95 | 51 | 44 | 0.54 | 1.16 | 3,596 | 51 |
| 2014/15 | 1 July- 30 June | 106 | 59 | 49 | 0.56 | 1.22 | 5,062 | 59 |
| 2015/16 | 1 July- 30 June | 109 | 58 | 45 | 0.54 | 1.31 | 5,148 | 59 |
| 2016/17 | 1 July- 30 June | 118 | 53 | 37 | 0.46 | 1.36 | 4,275 | 59 |
Southern Rock Lobster (Eastern Zone)
Catch, effort and value by month during quota year (July–June) 2016/17
| Year | Month | Pot-lifts ('000) | Weight (tonnes) | Number ('000) | Catch rate (kg/pot-lift) | Mean weight (kg) | Value ($'000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | July | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0.48 | 1.55 | 530 |
| 2016 | August | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0.42 | 1.54 | 755 |
| 2016 | September | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.31 | 1.53 | 174 |
| 2016 | November | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0.40 | 1.04 | 281 |
| 2016 | December | 20 | 12 | 9 | 0.57 | 1.27 | 916 |
| 2017 | January | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0.51 | 1.31 | 669 |
| 2017 | February | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0.51 | 1.35 | 348 |
| 2017 | March | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0.46 | 1.41 | 211 |
| 2017 | April | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.41 | 1.37 | 157 |
| 2017 | May | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.34 | 1.29 | 112 |
| 2017 | June | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.29 | 1.38 | 123 |
Target pot-lifts is determined by allocating all effort to the species with catch greater than 70% of total catch prior to April 1998, but from April 1998 target species is specified in the logbooks.
Abalone
Catch and effort by quota year (April–March) and zone during 1995/96–2016/17
Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) quota management was introduced for the commercial fishery on 1 April 1988.
Western Zone-all Victorian waters west of longitude 148oE (Hopkins River mouth). Central Zone-all Victorian waters
between longitude 142o31' E and 148oE. Eastern Zone-all Victorian waters east of longitude 148oE (Lakes Entrance).
| Western Zone | Central Zone | Eastern Zone | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota year | Diver hours | Abalone tonnes | Average kg/hour | Diver hours | Abalone tonnes | Average kg/hour | Diver hours | Abalone tonnes | Average kg/hour | Diver hours | Abalone tonnes | Average kg/hour |
| 1995/96 | 4,374 | 280 | 64 | 10,064 | 700 | 70 | 5,639 | 460 | 82 | 20,077 | 1,440 | 72 |
| 1996/97 | 3,786 | 278 | 73 | 8,744 | 698 | 80 | 5,521 | 460 | 83 | 18,051 | 1,437 | 80 |
| 1997/98 | 3,477 | 265 | 76 | 8,438 | 697 | 83 | 5,437 | 460 | 85 | 17,352 | 1,422 | 82 |
| 1998/99 | 3,542 | 280 | 79 | 7,763 | 699 | 90 | 5,391 | 460 | 85 | 16,696 | 1,440 | 86 |
| 1999/00 | 3,573 | 280 | 78 | 7,757 | 696 | 90 | 5,423 | 460 | 85 | 16,753 | 1,436 | 86 |
| 2000/01 | 3,205 | 280 | 87 | 7,299 | 697 | 95 | 5,023 | 459 | 91 | 15,527 | 1,436 | 92 |
| 2001/02 | 3,304 | 280 | 85 | 7,244 | 698 | 96 | 4,972 | 460 | 92 | 15,520 | 1,437 | 93 |
| 2002/03 | 3,340 | 264 | 79 | 6,979 | 664 | 95 | 5,267 | 456 | 87 | 15,586 | 1,384 | 89 |
| 2003/04 | 3,388 | 266 | 78 | 6,888 | 657 | 95 | 5,144 | 481 | 93 | 15,420 | 1,403 | 91 |
| 2004/05 | 3,180 | 254 | 80 | 6,832 | 617 | 90 | 4,658 | 482 | 103 | 14,670 | 1,353 | 92 |
| 2005/06 | 2,891 | 221 | 76 | 6,945 | 618 | 89 | 4,486 | 485 | 108 | 14,321 | 1,324 | 92 |
| 2006/07 | 2,142 | 168 | 78 | 7,854 | 615 | 78 | 4,317 | 484 | 112 | 14,312 | 1,267 | 89 |
| 2007/08 | 1,311 | 114 | 87 | 7,684 | 591 | 77 | 4,314 | 490 | 114 | 13,309 | 1,195 | 90 |
| 2008/09 | 904 | 49 | 54 | 5,642 | 465 | 82 | 4,318 | 490 | 113 | 10,865 | 1,004 | 92 |
| 2009/10 | 995 | 54 | 55 | 5,256 | 429 | 82 | 4,241 | 460 | 109 | 10,492 | 944 | 90 |
| 2010/11 | 1,002 | 54 | 54 | 4,057 | 300 | 74 | 3,848 | 428 | 111 | 8,906 | 782 | 88 |
| 2011/12 | 1,186 | 56 | 47 | 4,274 | 331 | 77 | 3,708 | 433 | 117 | 9,168 | 819 | 89 |
| 2012/13 | 996 | 49 | 49 | 4,193 | 311 | 74 | 3,690 | 436 | 118 | 8,879 | 796 | 90 |
| 2013/14 | 733 | 49 | 67 | 3,864 | 282 | 73 | 3,803 | 432 | 114 | 8,400 | 763 | 91 |
| 2014/15 | 821 | 56 | 68 | 3,972 | 310 | 78 | 3,886 | 418 | 108 | 8,680 | 784 | 90 |
| 2015/16 | 1,010 | 62 | 61 | 4,096 | 308 | 75 | 3,779 | 376 | 100 | 8,885 | 747 | 84 |
| 2016/17 | 863 | 62 | 72 | 3,757 | 283 | 75 | 3,849 | 363 | 94 | 8,469 | 709 | 84 |
Please Note: Abalone tonnes for each zone may differ to TACC as it may include permit allowable catch.
History of TACCs for each zone.
| TACC (tonnes) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Zone | Central Zone | Eastern Zone | ||||||
| April 2002 to March 2003 | 266 | 665 | 465 | |||||
| April 2003 to March 2004 | 275 | 673 | 488 | |||||
| April 2004 to March 2005 | 254 | 617 | 488 | |||||
| April 2005 to March 2006 | 221 | 620 | 489 | |||||
| April 2006 to March 2007 | 221 | 620 | 489 | |||||
| April 2006 to March 2007 1 | 168 | 620 | 489 | |||||
| April 2007 to May 2007 | 114 | 620 | 490 | |||||
| May 2007 to March 2008 1 | 114 | 570 | 490 | |||||
| May 2008 to March 2009 | 25 | 466 | 490 | |||||
| April 2009 to March 2010 | 26 | 432 | 460 | |||||
| April 2010 to March 2011 | 29 | 432 | 460 | |||||
| April 2011 to March 2012 | 43 | 332 | 432 | |||||
| April 2012 to March 2013 | 32 | 311 | 436 | |||||
| April 2013 to March 2014 | 49 | 282 | 433 | |||||
| April 2014 to March 2015 | 56 | 311 | 418 | |||||
| April 2015 to March 2016 | 62 | 311 | 376 | |||||
| April 2016 to March 2017 | 63 | 284 | 363 | |||||
| April 2017 to March 2018 | 65 | 277 | 353 | |||||
Please Note: TACC for each zone does not include permit allowable catch.
1Further quota order amends TACC due to abalone disease.
Marketing, Scientific and Previously Used Names for Fishery Production
| Marketing name | Scientific name | CAAB Taxon code | Previously used species name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teleosts | Scalefish | ||
| Anchovy, Australian (whitebait) | Engraulis australis | 37 086001 | Anchovy, southern |
| Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | 37 094001 | Atlantic salmon |
| Australian bass | Macquaria novemaculeata | 37 311034 | Australian bass |
| Australian herring | Arripis georgianus | 37 344001 | Ruff |
| Australian salmon | Arripis trutta & A. truttaceus | 37 344900 | Australian salmon |
| Australian Sardine (Pilchard) | Sardinops sagax | 37 085002 | Pilchards |
| Barracouta | Thyrsites atun | 37 439001 | Barracouta |
| Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | 37 310006 | Barramundi |
| Bream, black | Acanthopagrus butcheri | 37 353003 | Bream, black |
| Bream, yellowfin | Acanthopagrus australis | 37 353004 | Bream, yellowfin |
| Breams | Acanthopagrus butcheri & A. australis | 37 353902 | |
| Carp, European | Cyprinus carpio | 37 165003 | Carp, European |
| Catfish, freshwater | Tandanus tandanus | 37 192006 | Catfish, native |
| Eel, longfin | Anguilla reinhardtii | 37 056002 | Eel, long-finned (wild) |
| Eel, southern shortfin | Anguilla australis | 37 056001 | Eel, short-finned (wild) |
| Eels, freshwater | Anguilla reinhardtii & A. australis | 37 056000 | Eels |
| Flathead, dusky | Platycephalus fuscus | 37 296004 | Flathead, dusky |
| Flathead, rock | Platycephalus laevigatus | 37 296006 | Flathead, rock |
| Flathead, southern bluespotted | Platycephalus speculator | 37 296037 | Flathead, yank |
| Flathead, southern sand | Platycephalus bassensis | 37 296003 | Flathead, sand |
| Flathead, tiger | Platycephalus richardsoni | 37 296903 | Flathead, tiger |
| Flatheads, other | Family Platycephalidae | 37 296000 | Flathead, other |
| Flounder, greenback | Rhombosolea tapirina | 37 461003 | Flounder, greenback |
| Garfish, river | Hyporhamphus regularis | 37 234012 | Garfish, river |
| Garfish, Southern (Sea) | Hyporhamphus melanochir | 37 234001 | Garfish, southern |
| Herring Cale | Olis cyanomelas | 37 385001 | Herring cale |
| Leatherjacket | FamilyMonacanthidae | 37 465903 | Leatherjackets |
| Luderick | Girella tricuspidata | 37 361007 | Luderick |
| Mackerel, jack | Trachurus declivis | 37 337002 | Mackerel, jack |
| Morwong, banded | Cheilodactylus spectabilis | 37 377006 | Morwong, banded |
| Morwong, dusky | Dactylophora nigricans | 37 377005 | Morwong, dusky |
| Mullet, red | Upeneichthys vlamingii | 37 355029 | Mullet, red |
| Mullet, sand | Myxus elongatus | 37 381003 | Mullet, sand |
| Mullet, sea | Mugil cephalus | 37 381002 | Mullet, sea |
| Mullet, yelloweye | Aldrichetta forsteri | 37 381001 | Mullet, yellow-eye |
| Mullets, other | FamilyMugilidae | 37 381000 | Mullet, other |
| Murray cod | Maccullochella peelii peelii | 37 311076 | Murray cod |
| Perch, estuary | Macquaria colonorum | 37 311033 | Perch, estuary |
| Perch, golden | Macquaria ambigua | 37 311075 | Perch, golden |
| Perch, silver | Bidyanus bidyanus | 37 321008 | Perch, silver |
| Salmonids | Family Salmonidae | 37 094000 | Salmonids |
| Snapper | Pagrus auratus | 37 353001 | Snapper |
| Snook | Sphyraena novaehollandiae | 37 382002 | Pike, short-finned |
| Sprat, sandy | Hyperlophus vittatus | 37 085005 | Sprat, sandy |
| Tailor | Pomatomus saltatrix | 37 334002 | Tailor |
| Trevalla, blue-eye | Hyperoglyphe antarctica | 37 445001 | Trevalla, blue-eye |
| Trevally, silver | Pseudocaranx dentex | 37 337062 | Trevally, silver |
| Trout, brown | Salmo trutta | 37 094004 | Trout, brown |
| Trout, rainbow | Oncorhynchus mykiss | 37 094003 | Trout, rainbow |
| Warehou, blue | Seriolella brama | 37 445005 | Warehou, blue |
| Whiting, blue weed | Haletta semifasciata | 37 385009 | Stranger |
| Whiting, King George | Sillaginodes punctata | 37 330001 | Whiting, King George |
| Whiting, school | Sillago flindersi | 37 330014 | Whiting, school |
| Wrasse, blue throat | Notolabrus tetricus | 37 384003 | Wrasse, blue throat |
| Wrasse, purple | Notolabrus fucicola | 37 384021 | Wrasse, saddle |
| Wrasses | FamilyLabridae | 37 384000 | Wrasse, unspecified |
| Teleosts | Class Pisces | 37 000000 | Other |
Marketing, Scientific and Previously Used Names for Fishery Production
| Marketing name | Scientific name | CAAB Taxon code | Previously used species name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molluscs | Shellfish | ||
| Abalone, blacklip | Haliotis rubra rubra | 24 038006 | Abalone, blacklip |
| Abalone, greenlip | Haliotis laevigata | 24 038004 | Abalone, greenlip |
| Abalones | Haliotis rubra & H. laevigata | 24 038000 | Abalone |
| Mussel, blue | Mytilus galloprovincialis | 23 220001 | Mussel & Mussel, blue (wild) |
| Periwinkle | ClassGastropoda | 24 094901 | Periwinkles |
| Scallop | Pecten fumatus | 23 270007 | Scallop, commercial |
| Other molluscs (bivalves) | Families Ostreidae & | 23 257000 & | Other shellfish (bivalves) |
| Pectinidae | 23 270000 | ||
| Other molluscs | Phylum Mollusca | 23 000000 | Other |
| Cephalopods | |||
| Calamari, Southern (squid) | Sepioteuthis australis | 23 617005 | Calamary, southern |
| Cuttlefish | Sepiaspp | 23 607901 | Cuttlefishes |
| Octopus | Octopus spp | 23 659901 | Octopuses |
| Squid, Gould's | Nototodarus gouldi | 23 636004 | Squid, arrow |
| Squids | Nototodarus gouldi & | ||
| Sepia spp | "As above" | ||
| Echinoderms | Echinoderms | ||
| Black Sea Urchin | Heliocidaris tuberculata | 25 211001 | Sea urchin, longspine |
| White Sea Urchin | Heliocidaris erythrogramma | 25 247001 | Sea urchin, purple |
| Crustaceans | Crustaceans | ||
| Bug (Shovelnose lobster) | Ibacus peronii | 28 821901 | Balmain bug |
| Crab, giant | Pseudocarcinus gigas | 28 915002 | Crab, giant |
| Crab, sand | Ovalipes australiensis | 28 911003 | Crab, sand |
| Crab, velvet | Nectocarcinus tuberculosus | 28 911004 | Crab, velvet |
| Crab, (unspecified) | Family Corystidae | 28 900000 | Crabs |
| Prawn, eastern king | Melicertus plebejus | 28 711052 | Prawn, eastern king |
| Prawn, eastern school | Metapenaeus macleayi | 28 711029 | Prawns, school |
| Prawns | Penaeus plebejus & Metapenaeus macleayi | 28 711000 | |
| Rock lobster, Southern | Jasus edwardsii | 28 820001 | Rock lobster, southern |
| Yabby | Cherax destructor destructor | 28 795002 | Yabbies |
| Other crustaceans | Subphylum Crustacea | 27 000000 | Other |
| Chondrichthyans | Sharks | ||
| Elephantfish | Callorhinchus milii | 37 043001 | Elephant fish |
| Shark, angel | Squatina australis | 37 024001 | Shark, angel |
| Shark, broadnose | Notorynchus cepedianus | 37 005002 | Shark, seven-gilled |
| Shark, gummy | Mustelus antarcticus | 37 017001 | Shark, gummy |
| Shark, saw | Pristiophorus cirratus & P.nudipinnis | 37 023002 & 37 023001 | Shark, saw |
| Shark, school | Galeorhinus galeus | 37 017008 | Shark, school |
| Rays | Class Batoidea | 37 990001 | Skate |
| Other chondrichthyans | Family Chondrichthyes | 37 990027 | Other |
Marketing names are based on the Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB). For information on names, distribution and images of fish and fillets refer to www.marine.csiro.au/caab.
Aquaculture Production
Introduction
This information bulletin is designed to meet the needs of the aquaculture industry, researchers, Fisheries Victoria, the Victorian Government, the Commonwealth Government, and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation. This publication provides data on the quantity; weight of growout production; and area of water licensed for cultivation within the Victorian aquaculture industry.
Under the Fisheries Act 1995, lodgement of aquaculture production return forms is a condition of the aquaculture licence. Individual returns are collected under Section 146 of the Act and are treated as strictly confidential. The data are released in aggregated form only.
Number of Aquaculture Licences
The Victorian aquaculture industry consists of eight industry sectors with 109 licence holders.
| Industry sector | Number of licences1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |
| Freshwater Eels | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Salmonids | 20 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
| Warmwater Finfish (Inland) | 19 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Yabby | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Abalone | 15 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Blue Mussel and Other Molluscs (Bivalves) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| Ornamental Fish | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Other | 18 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 |
| Total | 128 | 130 | 1122 | 127 | 122 |
1Includes hatchery production and growout production; 2multiple licences are held by some licence holders.
Growout Production (excluding Molluscs)
| Industry sector | Fiscal year | Growout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ('000) | Weight (tonnes) | Value ($,000) | ||
| Freshwater | 2012/13 | na1 | 27 | nd2 |
| eels | 2013/14 | na | 13 | nd |
| 2014/15 | na | id3 | nd | |
| 2015/16 | na | id | nd | |
| 2016/17 | na | 6 | id | |
| Salmonids | 2012/13 | na | 1,063 | nd |
| 2013/14 | na | 1,186 | nd | |
| 2014/15 | na | 1,140 | nd | |
| 2015/16 | na | 1,343 | nd | |
| 2016/17 | na | 1,282 | 14,674 | |
| Warmwater | 2012/13 | na | 160 | nd |
| finfish | 2013/14 | na | 157 | nd |
| (inland) | 2014/15 | na | 270 | nd |
| 2015/16 | na | 236 | nd | |
| 2016/17 | na | 256 | id | |
| Yabby | 2012/13 | na | 3 | nd |
| 2013/14 | na | 3 | nd | |
| 2014/15 | na | 3 | nd | |
| 2015/16 | na | 1 | nd | |
| 2016/17 | na | 3 | id | |
| Ornamental | 2012/13 | 3,261 | na | nd |
| fish | 2013/14 | 3,370 | na | nd |
| 2014/15 | 2,777 | na | nd | |
| 2015/16 | 2,438 | na | nd | |
| 2016/17 | 2,283 | na | id | |
| Other4 | 2012/13 | na | 0 | nd |
| 2013/14 | na | id | nd | |
| 2014/15 | na | id | nd | |
| 2015/16 | na | 0 | nd | |
| 2016/17 | na | 2 | id | |
1na, not applicable; 2nd, no data; 3id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included in Statewide Aquaculture Total; 4mussels and crustaceans.
Growout Production (Molluscs)
Abalone
| Fiscal year | Sold for ongrowing | Growout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight (tonnes) | Weight (tonnes) | Value ('000) | |
| 2012/13 | nd | 365 | nd |
| 2013/14 | id2 | 431 | nd |
| 2014/15 | nd | 436 | nd |
| 2015/16 | nd | 326 | nd |
| 2016/17 | id | 462 | 17,716 |
1nd, no data obtained;2id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five
Blue Mussel
| Fiscal year | Spat | Growout | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchery-produced spat (Metre of rope) | Weight (tonnes) | Value ($'000) | |
| 2012/13 | id1 | 866 | nd2 |
| 2013/14 | id | 644 | nd |
| 2014/15 | id | 1,014 | nd |
| 2015/16 | id | 764 | nd |
| 2016/17 | id | 1,136 | 4,316 |
1id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data). Statewide Aquaculture Total 2nd, no data
Statewide Aquaculture Total
| Fiscal year | Growout | |
|---|---|---|
| Weight (tonnes) | Value ($'000) | |
| 2012/13 | 2,485 | nd1 |
| 2013/14 | 2,433 | nd |
| 2014/15 | 2,896 | nd |
| 2015/16 | 2,676 | nd |
| 2016/17 | 3,147 | 48,271 |
1nd, no data.
Area of Water Licensed for Cultivation - Blue Mussel and Other Molluscs (Bivalves)
| Aquaculture Fisheries Reserve | ||||||
| Industry sector | Fiscal year | Flinders | Grassy Point | Clifton Springs | Other1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total area (ha) | Total area (ha) | Total area (ha) | Total area (ha) | Total area (ha) | ||
| Blue Mussel and | 2012/13 | 169.46 | 42 | 81 | 196.6 | 489.09 |
| Other Molluscs | 2013/14 | 165 | 42 | 81 | 163 | 451 |
| (Bivalves) | 2014/15 | 166 | 45 | 75 | 183 | 469 |
| 2015/16 | 166 | 45 | 75 | 183 | 469 | |
| 2016/17 | 166 | 45 | 75 | 183 | 469 | |
1Includes production from the Pinnace Channel, Beaumaris, Dromana, Bates Point and Mount Martha aquaculture fisheries reserves.