Appendix 4-5

Appendix 4 – Summary of fish measured

The tables below outlines the level of detail that anglers provided length measurements on the retained and released components of their catches.

Table 12. Summary of snapper size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in Port Phillip Bay (1997-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Retained & Released

966

836

934

1010

2644

2078

Retained only

0

182

155

131

137

127

Total

966

1018

1089

1141

2781

2205


Table 13. Summary of snapper size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in Western Port (1997-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Retained & Released

0

119

119

75

164

87

Retained only

0

42

12

16

7

17

Retained only Total

0

161

131

91

171

104


Table 14. Summary of King George whiting size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in Port Phillip Bay (1997-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Retained & Released

726

945

711

370

467

673

Retained only

0

294

49

2

0

80

Retained only Total

726

1239

760

372

467

753


Table 15. Summary of King George whiting size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in Western Port (1997-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Retained & Released

0

1796

1557

979

767

573

Retained only

0

81

130

13

128

24

Retained only Total

0

1877

1687

992

895

597


Table 16. Summary of black bream size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in the Gippsland Lakes (1997-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Retained & Released

734

522

474

476

197

132

Retained only

0

0

8

36

9

0

Total

734

522

482

512

206

132


Table 17. Summary of brown and rainbow trout size composition catch data collected by anglers fishing in the Goulburn River (1998-2003).

Component of catch measured

1997/98

1998/99

Season 1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Brown trout retained & released

0

38

127

125

75

117

Brown trout retained only

0

14

23

0

0

2

Rainbow trout retained & released

0

18

165

58

28

70

Rainbow trout retained only

0

3

47

0

0

12

Total

0

73

362

183

103

201

Appendix 5 – Summary of measuredcatches by length

Table 18. Summary of the size composition of measured snapper catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in Port Phillip Bay (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98 966 84 16 0
1998/99 836 59 35 6
1999/00 934 72 14 14
2000/01 1010 34 45 21
2001/02 2644 76 16 9
2002/03 2078 63 23 14

Table 19. Summary of the size composition of measured snapper catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in Western Port (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98     
1998/99 199 0 48 52
1999/00 199 0 28 72
2000/01 75 8 13 79
2001/02 164 23 14 63
2002/03 87 66 23 11

Table 20. Summary of the size composition of measured King George whiting catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in Port Phillip Bay (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98 726 21 39 40
1998/99 945 24 42 34
1999/00 711 21 48 31
2000/01 370 9 38 53
2001/02 467 13 40 47
2002/03 673 12 38 50

Table 21. Summary of the size composition of measured King George whiting catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in Western Port (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98     
1998/99 1796 2 21 77
1999/00 1557 3 25 72
2000/01 979 2 14 83
2001/02 767 4 16 80
2002/03 573 2 12 85

Table 22. Summary of the size composition of measured black bream catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in the Gippsland Lakes (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <24cm FLPercent 24 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98 734 87 12 1
1998/99 522 78 20 2
1999/00 474 74 22 4
2000/01 476 54 36 10
2001/02 197 48 42 10
2002/03 132 92 6 2

Table 23. Summary of the size composition of measured brown trout catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in the Goulburn River (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98     
1998/99 38 37 47 18
1999/00 127 39 34 27
2000/01 125 39 28 33
2001/02 75 43 39 19
2002/03 117 44 27 29

Table 24. Summary of the size composition of measured rainbow trout catches (retained and released) recorded by anglers fishing in the Goulburn River (1997-2003).

SeasonNo. Fish measuredPercent <25cm FLPercent 25 to 30 cm FLPercent > 30 cm FL
1997/98     
1998/99 18 44 50 6
1999/00 165 33 53 14
2000/01 58 64 22 14
2001/02 28 36 50 14
2002/03 70 46 43 11