Welcome to The Reef Authority
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/11017/167
| Title: | Trawling in the Great Barrier Reef information sheet: supporting ecological sustainability in the Great Barrier Reef East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery |
| Authors: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Keywords: | Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)-Climate |
| metadata.dc.subject.asfa: | Trawling Commercial fisheries Climatic changes |
| APAIS Subject: | Preservation Environmental management |
| metadata.dc.subject.category: | Commercial fisheries Climate change |
| Year of publication: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| Series/Report no.: | Information sheet |
| 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 |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11017/167 |
| Type of document: | Report Brochure |
| Appears in Collections: | Effects |
Files in This Item:
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trawling-in-the-Great-Barrier-Reef-Information-sheet-Supporting-ecological-sustainability-in-the-Great-Barrier-Reef-East-Coast-Otter-Trawl-Fishery.pdf | 364.88 kB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
Items in ELibrary are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.