Octopus Workforce
The commercial harvesters catching Octopus operate within the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery.
The commercial harvesters catching Octopus operate within the Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery.
Octopus References Assessments Biology Age Diet Genetics Growth Egg Production Reproduction Fishery Management
Marine Stewardship Council Risk-Based Score A qualitative risk analysis was conducted for each species, following protocols by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) based on an approach established by the CSIRO (Hobday et al. 2011)....
Other Octopus Species Commercial Catch Pale Octopus Octopus pallidus Māori Octopus Macroctopus maorum Gloomy Octopus Octopus tetricus Total catches of Māori and Gloomy Octopus (mostly Māori Octopus) in Tasmania have fluctuated around 10 –...
Primary Fishery – Pale Octopus (Octopus pallidus) The primary fishery for octopus in Tasmanian waters is the unbaited trap fishery targeting Pale Octopus in northern Tasmania, primarily Bass Strait, operating under fishing licence (octopus)....
Commercial Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) Pale Octopus standardised catch per unit effort (CPUE) relative to 2004/05 levels in weight per pot (total commercial) and in number per pot (50-pot sampling). Note that 50-pot...