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Seasonal closure and minimum legal size for barramundi in the Gulf ...

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Contents<br />

Contents 1<br />

Purpose of <strong>the</strong> paper 2<br />

Summary 3<br />

Background 4<br />

Life cycle of <strong>barramundi</strong> 4<br />

Management measures 4<br />

Discussion 6<br />

Summary of analysis 6<br />

M<strong>in</strong>imum <strong>legal</strong> length 6<br />

Length of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gulf</strong> seasonal <strong>closure</strong> 7<br />

Tim<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gulf</strong> seasonal <strong>closure</strong> 7<br />

Modell<strong>in</strong>g of impacts 11<br />

Methods 11<br />

Results 14<br />

Yields per recruit 14<br />

Spawn<strong>in</strong>g per recruit 15<br />

Discussion on analysis 17<br />

References 18<br />

Appendix 19<br />

Model sett<strong>in</strong>gs 19<br />

Technical report prepared <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gulf</strong> f<strong>in</strong>fish review. Not government policy. 1

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