?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Quantitative+assessment+of+the+Queensland+saucer+scallop+(Amusium+balloti)+fishery&rft.creator=Yang%2C+W.H.&rft.creator=Wortmann%2C+J.&rft.creator=Robins%2C+J.B.&rft.creator=Courtney%2C+A.J.&rft.creator=O'Neill%2C+M.F.&rft.creator=Campbell%2C+M.J.&rft.subject=Fishery+resources&rft.subject=Fishery+conservation&rft.subject=Fishery+research&rft.description=In+recent+years+(2015+and+2016)+there+has+been+growing+concern+from+members+of+the+fishing+industry+and+the+Queensland+Government+over+declining+catches+of+legal-sized+saucer+scallop.++This+led+to+a+request+in+mid-2016+by+Fisheries+Queensland%2C+the+fisheries+management+service+within+the+Department+of+Agriculture+and+Fisheries%2C+for+an+investigative+analysis+of+the+status+of+saucer+scallops.%0D%0AThe+scope+of+the+investigation+was+limited+to+a+short+time+frame+of+three+months+to+urgently+analyse+the+most+recent+data+and+undertake+a+stock+assessment.++This+report+provides+findings+that+support+the+concerns+about+low+abundance+of+legal-sized+scallops.%0D%0AAverage+catch+rates+from+January+2015+to+April+2016+were+the+lowest+in+the+39-year+record.++These+recent+average+catch+rates+are+slightly+lower+than+those+in+1996+when+the+scallop+population+size+fell+to+low+levels+and+emergency+closed+areas+were+implemented+by+the+Government.++From+these+data+the+model+estimates+of+spawning+stock+in+2015+are+potentially+as+low+as+5-6%25+of+1977+levels%2C+when+the+fishery+was+in+its+early+development.&rft.publisher=Department+of+Agriculture+and+Fisheries%2C+Queensland&rft.date=2016-11&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fera.daf.qld.gov.au%2Fid%2Feprint%2F5478%2F7%2FQuantitative%2520assessment%2520of%2520the%2520Queensland%2520saucer%2520scallop%2520fishery.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Yang%2C+W.H.%2C+Wortmann%2C+J.%2C+Robins%2C+J.B.%2C+Courtney%2C+A.J.%2C+O'Neill%2C+M.F.+and+Campbell%2C+M.J.++(2016)+Quantitative+assessment+of+the+Queensland+saucer+scallop+(Amusium+balloti)+fishery.+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fera.daf.qld.gov.au%2Fid%2Feprint%2F5478%2F%3E++Technical+Report.+Department+of+Agriculture+and+Fisheries%2C+Queensland.++++++&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fera.daf.qld.gov.au%2Fid%2Feprint%2F5478%2F&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fera.daf.qld.gov.au%2Fid%2Feprint%2F5478%2F