Download FAR 2018/35 – School shark fishery characterisation and CPUE

Descriptive analyses of commercial catch and effort data, and standardised CPUE indices, are updated to the 2012–13 fishing year. Length samples from commercial catches, and biomass indices and length samples from research trawl surveys, are described. There were no substantive recent changes in the fishery. CPUE indices suggested biomass in the east and west coast regions were doing well, with flat or increasing trends in CPUE. However, CPUE for the southern region was gradually declining.