Type
Report - Fisheries Assessment Report (FAR)
Subject
News & Resources, Publications, Protection & Response, Environment & Natural Resources, Sustainable Fisheries
The February 2015 Foveaux Strait survey was the second in a new time-series of bonamia and oyster surveys incorporating a fully randomised, two-phase design, and the same survey area and strata. Recruit-sized oysters declined by 35% and pre-recruits by 40% since 2014, and numbers of small oysters remained low. The summer mortality from bonamia was 13.1%, down from 18.3% in 2014. Heightened bonamia mortality and continued low recruitment is expected to result in a downward trend in the population.
Published
ISBN Online
978-1-77665-107-8
ISSN Online
1179-5352