During the 2017/18 fishing season, some catches made in Area 3+4 by trapboats were landed in Area 5+6 as hoopnet catches. This document reports the methodology used and the results obtained from an attempt to correct the catches reported for these super-areas to adjust for this malpractice.
Reference:
Butterworth, D., Glazer, J., Johnston, S., van Zyl, D. 2018-08. Adjustments made to recent catches and CPUE for West Coast Rock Lobster in Areas 3+4 and 5+6.
Butterworth, D., Glazer, J., Johnston, S., & van Zyl, D. (2018). Adjustments made to recent catches and CPUE for West Coast Rock Lobster in Areas 3+4 and 5+6 ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30235
Butterworth, Doug, Jean Glazer, Susan Johnston, and Daniel van Zyl Adjustments made to recent catches and CPUE for West Coast Rock Lobster in Areas 3+4 and 5+6. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30235
Butterworth D, Glazer J, Johnston S, van Zyl D. Adjustments made to recent catches and CPUE for West Coast Rock Lobster in Areas 3+4 and 5+6. 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30235
