Cultural Fishing Aboriginal cultural fishing is distinct from recreational and commercial fishing, although Aboriginal Tasmanians are active across all three. Access to Aboriginal cultural fishing is through permits issued by NRE Tas. Catch and...
Status PeriwinkleLunella undulata Catch rates (CPUE) and size structure is used as performance indicators in the Tasmanian periwinkle fishery. Increases in size limits in 2009 and 2014 had little (<18%) impact on catch rates....
Ecosystem and Habitat Interactions By-Catch There is no by-catch in this fishery as periwinkles are harvested by hand. Threatened, Endangered or Protected Species Interactions (TEPs) Interactions with threatened, endangered or protected species and the...
Fishery Management The Department of Natural Resources & Environment (NRE) is bound by the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 to ensure that fisheries are managed in a sustainable manner. However, with the lack...
Biology Periwinkles have highly varied patchy distributions within their distributional ranges forming large localised aggregations in shallow sandy and rocky coastal waters which allow them to be targeted by commercial fishing operations (Keough et...
Background The First Custodians Periwinkles were a popular traditional food source for Tasmanian Aboriginal people, particularly in Northern Tasmania since their arrival to the island over 35 000 years ago (Brimfield 2011; Cameron 2006; Breen...
Periwinkle winya (Periwinkle)In palawa kani, the language of Tasmanian Aborigines, with thanks to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. Lunella undulata (Periwinkle) Periwinkles aggregating on a rocky reef. The periwinkle, Lunella undulata, is a moderately sized...
