Category: Banded Morwong

Economic Contribution of Tasmania’s Scalefish Fishery The fleet catching Banded Morwong operates within the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery.

Workforce The commercial harvesters catching Banded Morwong operate within the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery.

Workforce Economic Contributions

Banded Morwong References Assessments Gillnets Biology Diet Growth Movement and Spatial Reproduction Survival

Commercial Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE)

Commercial Effort

Commercial Catch and Effort State-wide catch in 2021/22 was estimated at 26.8 t. The total catch in the TAC area was 24.4 t (1.7 t from the north-east coast (Area 1), 10.8 t from...

Assessment Model Data Sources A sampling program commenced in 1995 to obtain biological information, in particular size and age composition, to inform assessments for Banded Morwong. Sampling was conducted annually in 1996, 1997 and...

Ecosystem and Habitat Interactions By-product in the Banded Morwong Fishery is low, which is due in part to the large mesh sizes used for Banded Morwong fishing (~140 mm mesh size). In the Ecological...

Biology Banded Morwong is a large, sedentary fish that inhabits temperate reefs around south-eastern Australia and New Zealand (Gomon et al 2008). In Australia, the species distribution extends from Sydney, through Victorian and Tasmanian...