Trends
The Eastern King prawn has been commercially exploited for a number of years. However at this point in time catch data suggests that the fishery may be holding up( The Department of Investment and Industry NSW).
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Figure 19: Image from The Department of Industry and Investment NSW 2010 |
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Figure 20:Catch rates of Eastern king Prawn harvested using ocean trawling, NSW. lines show Medium catch rate (solid line), 90th percentile of catch rate (upper broken line)(image from The Department of Industry and Investment NSW 2010)
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