DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES ANNUAL REPORT TO THE ...

DISCLOSURES AND LEgAL COMPLIANCE � DETAILED kEy PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERCENTAGE
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90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
92 92 96
1995/96
1996/97
87 91 89 91 89
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
81 79 80 80
2004/05
YEAR
96 96 93 94
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
KPI Figure 2. the proportion (%) of commercial
Figure 2
fisheries where the catch or effort
reported is acceptable relevant to the
target management range being applied.
1.3 the percentage of fisheries or fished sectors
where current catch shares are known and
where catch share allocations are in process
or in place
The primary object of the Fish Resources
Management Act 1994 is ‘to conserve, develop
and share the fish resources of the State for the
benefit of present and future generations’. This
indicator has been developed to allow reporting
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on the ‘sharing’ of fish resources in Western
Australia. In the context of this indicator, ‘sharing’
means to allocate the fish resources of the State,
within sustainability limits, on an equitable basis to
various sectoral user groups.
Previously, WA’s fish resources were shared
mainly on an implicit basis, with no explicit
setting of catch shares within an overall total
allowable catch or corresponding total allowable
effort. The Department is now implementing an
Integrated Fisheries Management (IFM) approach
where the aggregate effects of all fishing sectors
are taken into account. This involves the use
of a framework in which decisions on optimum
resource use (i.e. allocation and re-allocation of
fish resources) are determined and implemented
within a total sustainable catch for each fishery or
fished stock.
IFM is being progressively phased in and it is
likely to take some 10 years to bring the majority
of the State’s shared fisheries under this new
framework.
The indicator is presented in two parts:
• The percentage of fisheries or fished stocks
for which current estimates of catch shares
are available.
• The percentage of those fisheries or fished
stocks for which catch sharing allocations are
in progress or in place.