Gladstone Fish Health Investigation 2011 - 2012 - Western Basin ...

Commercial banana prawn catch for the Gladstone region 2000 - 2012140120Weight (tonnes)1008060402002000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012YearFigure 41. The annual catch of banana prawns from the Gladstone region (CFish grid S30) as reported incommercial fisher logbooks from calendar years 2000 – 2011. Data includes both otter trawl and beamtrawl catch for the region.Commercial fishing effort for banana prawns in the Gladstone region (days fished withbanana prawn catch recorded) has varied since 2000 and follows a similar trend to catchhowever between 2008 and 2011 similar effort was recorded while the commercial catchrose steadily (Figure 42). The number of fishers catching banana prawns during this periodpeaked in 2003 (30 fishers). Effort recorded via logbooks for 2012 was very low with onlyseven fishers recording banana prawn catch.Commercial effort (days fished) for banana prawns in Gladstone region2000 - 2012Days80070060050040030020010002000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012YearFigure 42. The number of days fishing where commercial fishers have reported banana prawn catch fromthe Gladstone region (CFish grid S30), as reported in commercial fisher logbooks (calendar years 2000 –2011). Data includes both otter trawl and beam trawl catch effort for the region.62