Category: Giant Crab
Giant Crab Workforce
Workforce The commercial harvesters catching Giant Crab operate within the Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery. Assessment of workforce indicators is undertaken at fishery level. The data provided here is for the Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery...
Giant Crab Biology
Biology The giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) is one of the worlds largest crabs reaching up to 18 kg and is distributed across southern Australia (Gardner, 1997). A single population of giant crab is distributed...
Giant Crab Status
Status Giant CrabPseudocarcinus gigas A length-based model, which includes commercial catch and effort data, is used to estimate annual levels of Giant Crab biomass and egg production. This model was used to develop the...
Giant Crab Background
Background Early Commercial Fishery The commercial fishery for giant crab began in Tasmania in the mid 1990s after a live export market to Melbourne, Sydney and Asia was established (Gardner, 1998). Giant crabs had...
Giant Crab Assessment Model
Assessment Model A length-based stock assessment model for the Tasmanian giant crab fishery was introduced in Ziegler et al. (2009). In this assessment the same model has been used in conjunction with the new...
Giant Crab Ecosystem and Habitat Interactions
Ecosystem and Habitat Interactions By-Catch There is negligible by-catch in this fishery due to the harvest method and the majority of by-catch is released unharmed. Threatened, endangered or Protected Species Interactions (TEPs) Fishing operations...
