Trawling in the Great Barrier Reef information sheet: supporting ecological sustainability in the Great Barrier Reef East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

Abstract

Trawling for prawns, scallops, Moreton Bay bugs and squid is a major commercial fishery in the Great Barrier Reef. Some 57 per cent of the total Queensland trawl fishery occurs within the Great Barrier Reef. Trawling is restricted to the General Use Zone and primarily occurs in about 5 per cent