Results of the updated abalone spatial- and age-structured assessment model and projections for Zones A, B, C and D
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2016-08
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The 2015 assessment of abalone in Zones A-D is updated to take new data into account;. Projections are shown for different scenarios for the future commercial and poaching catches in Zone A and Zone B. Current poaching levels (average of 2015 and 2016, estimated as 566t for Zone A, 289t for Zone B, 118t for Zone C and 132t for Zone D) if continued, would not be sustainable.
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Brandão, A. and Butterworth, D.S. 2016. Results of the updated abalone spatial- and age-structured assessment model and projections for Zones A, B, C and D. DAFF Branch Fisheries document. FISHERIES/2016/AUG/SWG-AB/10: 23pp.