Table 3. Stock status, science and management knowledge (SMK), and cultural value (CV) scores for commercial and traditional fisheries and species in the Torres Strait.
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CV score |
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Fishery and species |
Stock status† |
SMK‡ |
Islander ownership |
Fishery average |
Species |
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Commercial Fishery |
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Prawn |
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None |
1.0 |
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Blue endeavour (Metapenaeus endeavouri) |
Not overfished |
1 |
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1 |
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Brown tiger (Penaeus esculentus) |
Not overfished |
1 |
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1 |
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Redspot king (Melicertus longistylus) |
Uncertain |
3 |
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1 |
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Tropical rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus) |
Not overfished |
1 |
54% of licenses |
8 |
8 |
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Finfish |
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98% of licenses |
1.8 |
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Mackerel |
Not overfished |
2 |
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2.0§ |
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Coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
Not overfished |
2 |
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1 |
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Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) |
Uncertain |
3 |
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1 |
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Mixed reef fish| |
Uncertain |
3 |
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1.9¶ |
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Hand collectables |
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99% of licenses |
5.8 |
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Bêche-de-mer |
Overfished |
1 |
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3# |
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Trochus |
Uncertain |
3 |
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7.0†† |
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Pearl shell |
Overfished |
3 |
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6.0‡‡ |
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Crab |
Uncertain |
3 |
100% of licenses |
5.5 |
5.5§§ |
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Traditional Fishery |
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Turtle |
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100% |
6.3 |
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Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) |
Uncertain |
2 |
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9 |
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Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) |
Uncertain |
2 |
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9 |
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Flatback turtle (Chelonia depressa) |
Uncertain |
3 |
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1 |
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Dugong (Dugong dugon) |
Uncertain |
2 |
100% |
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9 |
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Reef fishery |
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100% |
3.0 |
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Mixed finfish |
Uncertain |
3 |
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1.8|| |
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Invertebrates |
Uncertain |
4 |
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4.3¶¶ |
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† Derived from PZJA (2008) or Wilson et al. (2009).
‡ 1 = high, 2 = medium, 3 = low, 4 = none.
§ Three species combined by Smyth et al. (2006):
Spanish (
Scomberomorus commerson), school (
S. queenslandicus), and
shark mackerel (
Grammatorcynus bicarinatus).
| Snappers, emperors (
Lutjanus and
Lethrinus spp.), and rock cods
(
Epinephelus spp.).
¶ Average for 16 species of snappers, emperors, and rock cods from Smyth et al. (2006).
# 14 species combined by Smyth et al. (2006).
†† Average for two species from Smyth et al. (2006):
Trochus niloticus and
T. cerithium.
‡‡ Average for two species from Smyth et al. (2006): black-lipped (
Pinctada margaritifera) and golden-lipped pearl shell (
P. maxima).
§§ Average for two species from Smyth et al. (2006): mud (
Scylla serata) and
blue swimmer crabs (
Portunus pelagicus).
|| Average for 22 species from Smyth et al. (2006), excluding commercial finfish species.
¶¶ Average for 19 species of gastropods,
bivalves, squid, and octopus from Smyth et al. (2006).