Type
Report - Fisheries Assessment Report (FAR)
Subject
News & Resources, Publications
The 2014 bonamia survey was the first in new time-series of surveys has incorporated a fully randomised, two-phase sampling design and a standard survey area comprised 14 of the 26 stock assessment survey strata from 2012. The recruit-sized oyster population declined 21.8%. Summer mortality comprised of 39.4 million new clocks (6.8%) before the survey and 67.1 million oysters (11.5%) post-survey. Pre-recruits declined by 50.1%, and small oysters 65.4%. A downward trend in the stock is expected.
Published
ISBN Online
978-1-77665-004-0
ISSN Online
1179-5352