Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to search
ABARES

Top navigation abares

  • Department
  • Ministers
  • Media Centre
Main menu

Main navigation ABARES

  • ABARES Home
    ABARES Home
  • About
    About
  • Research topics
    Research topics
  • Products
    Products
  • Data
    Data
  • News
    News
  • Conferences and events
    Conferences and events
  • Careers
    Careers
Department of Agriculture

Breadcrumb

  1. DAFF Home
  2. ABARES
  3. Research topics
  4. Fisheries
  5. Fisheries research
  6. An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management

Secondary ABARES

  • Fisheries research
    • Allocating fish stocks between commercial and recreational fishers: examples from Australia and overseas
    • An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management: gillnet, hook and trap sector
    • Shark assessment report 2018

An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management

Authors: Timothy Emery, Rocio Noriega, Mahdi Parsa, Don Bromhead, Trent Timmiss and James Woodhams

Overview

For the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern, Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery and the Eastern Tuna and Billfish fishery, these reports assess the similarity between electronic monitoring (cameras) and fishers own reported logbook data. In general, the records were similar for retained catch, but less similar for discarded catch, and varied significantly between individual boats.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will use the results to consider improvements to their electronic monitoring program.

Key findings – Gillnet, Hook and Trap fishery

  • Similarity between logbook and electronic monitoring data was superior for key commercial species compared to byproduct/bycatch species. Similarity was also higher for retained compared to discarded catch.
  • Similarity was variable for reported interactions with threatened, endangered and protected species (TEPS)
  • Fleet-wide estimates of similarity concealed significant inter-annual and inter-vessel variation for some key commercial species.

Key findings – Eastern Tuna and Billfish fishery

  • Similarity between logbook and electronic monitoring data was superior for tuna and billfish species compared to shark and marlin species. Similarity was also higher for retained compared to discarded catch.
  • Similarity was higher for threatened, endangered and protected (TEP) groups (i.e, seabirds, marine turtles, marine mammals) than at a species taxonomic level.
  • Fleet-wide estimates of similarity concealed significant inter-annual and inter-vessel variation for some tuna and billfish species.

Download the reports

An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management: Gillnet Hook and Trap Sector (PDF 12.2 MB)

An evaluation of the reliability of electronic monitoring and logbook data for informing fisheries science and management: Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (PDF 12.2 MB)

Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks! Your feedback has been submitted.

We aren't able to respond to your individual comments or questions.
To contact us directly phone us or submit an online inquiry

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Please verify that you are not a robot.

Skip

Footer

  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • FOI
Last updated: 19 May 2023

© Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.