Department of Fisheries
Fish for the Future

Fisheries Occasional Publications

Fisheries Occasional Publications (ISSN 1447-2058) covers a wide range of topics associated with relating to Western Australia's fisheries, pearling and aquaculture, and fish and fish habitats, in general excluding issues relating to management issues and policy.

OP 050 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Stock Assessment and Harvest Strategy Workshop 16 – 20 July 2007   Aug 2008
OP 049 Download PDF Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee - West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery - Recommended Management Changes For The 2008-09 Season   May 2008
OP 048 Download PDF Research and Development Plan 2007-2008   Apr 2008
OP 047 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Community Survey 2007   Jun 2008
OP 046 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Stakeholder Survey 2006   Jun 2008
OP 045 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Community Survey 2006   Jun 2008
OP 043 Download PDF Catching and caring for Samson Fish   Oct 2007
OP 042 Download PDF Gascoyne Wetline Fish Identification Field Guide   May 2007
OP 041 Download PDF Harvesting the benefits of grain in Aquaculture Feeds   Feb 2007
OP 039 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Ecological Effects Of Fishing Research Plan   Dec 2006
OP 038 Download PDF Proposed Amendments to the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 - Draft Report of the Ministerial Review Committee Draft Oct 2006
OP 036 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Submission On The Draft Allocation Report For The Western Rock Lobster Resource To IFAAC   Mar 2006
OP 035 Download PDF Rock Lobster Processor Licensing Arrangements - Discussion Paper   May 2006
OP 034 Download PDF Proceedings of the Western Australian Dhufish Workshop 2004   Mar 2006
OP 033 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Community Survey 2005   Jan 2006
OP 032 Download PDF Allocation of the Western Australian Abalone Resource Between User Groups   Oct 2005
OP 031 Download PDF Feeding Lupins to Fish: A review of the nutritional and biological value of lupins in aquaculture feeds   Aug 2001
OP 030 Download PDF The Second Hatchery Feeds and Technology Workshop - September 30 – October 1 2004   Nov 2004
OP 029 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Fishery Effects of Fishing on the Ecosystem Scientific Reference Group   Nov 2005
OP 028 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Fishery/Sea Lion Interaction Scientific Reference Group - Report from meeting of 24 August 2005   Oct 2005
OP 027 Download PDF Review of the Pearl Oyster Hatchery Policy Phase II – Policy Direction   Sep 2005
OP 026 Download PDF Recommendation Report from RLIAC to the Minister on Resource Sustainability Management Packages for Zones A, B and C of the West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery   Jul 2005
OP 025 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Fishery Ecological Risk Assessment 2005 Draft Report Draft Jul 2005
OP 024 Download PDF Proceedings of the Third Workshop for Seeding a Future for Grains in Aquaculture Feeds   Apr 2005
OP 023 Download PDF Proceedings of the Second Workshop for Seeding a Future for Grains in Aquaculture Feeds   May 2004
OP 022 Download PDF Proceedings of the First Workshop for Seeding a Future for Grains in Aquaculture Feeds   May 2003
OP 021 Download PDF Allocation of the Western Rock Lobster Resource Between User Groups. Department of Fisheries submission to the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee   Jun 2005
OP 020 Download PDF Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Advice to Stakeholders - Assessment of Southern Zone Resource Sustainability Options   May 2005
OP 019 Download PDF Management of Western Rock Lobster Fishery - Proposed Resource Sustainability Management Package for the Northern Zones (A and B)   May 2005
OP 018 Download PDF West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery - Investigation and Economic Analysis of the Minimum Unit Holding Requirement   May 2005
OP 017 Download PDF Western Rock Lobster Environmental Management Strategy July 2002 - June 2006   Mar 2005
OP 016 Download PDF Report for the Sea Lion Scientific Reference Group   Apr 2005
OP 015 Download PDF A Unit Register for Commercial Fisheries - An issues paper Prepared by the Unit Register Working Group   Mar 2005
OP 014 Download PDF Department Of Fisheries Stakeholder Survey 2004   Dec 2004
OP 013 Download PDF Identification and Evaluation of Sites for the Development of Large Scale, Land Based Marine Aquaculture in the Midwest to the Kimberley of Western Australia   Dec 2004
OP 012   Aquaculture Checklist. in press  
OP 011   Broadscale Survey of Coral Condition on the Reefs of the Easter Group of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, by Elizabeth Dinsdale James Cook University and Luke Smith Australian Institute of Marine Science. in press  
OP 010 Download PDF Marron Farming Workshop, Field Day and Trade Show 2004   Oct 2004
OP 009 Download PDF Draft Report of the Statutory Management Authority Advisory Committee   Nov 2003
OP 008 Download PDF Department of Fisheries Stakeholder Survey 2002   Aug 2003
OP 007 Download PDF Marron Farming Workshop and Field Day 2003   Apr 2003
OP 006   Anglers guide to assessing reproductive stage in fish in press  
OP 005 Download PDF Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop Proceedings. Towards Sustainability of Data-Limited Multi-Sector Fisheries, Bunbury, WA 23-24 September 2001.   Jun 2003
OP 004 Download PDF Research Project Assessment - Decision Framework   Jun 2003
OP 003 Download PDF Site suitability assessment for land-based temperate Marine Aquaculture from Shark Bay to South Australian Border   Aug 2002
OP 002 Download PDF Scientific Workshop on the Margaret River Marron   Jul 2002
OP 001 Download PDF Field Identification Guide to Sharks and Shark-like Rays   Jul 2002
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