Category: Scallop – Commercial

Scallop References Assessments Biology General Biology Movement Recruitment and Settlement Dredging and Habitat Fishery Management Surveys Technical Reports

Commercial Catch

Recreational Fishing Recreational fishing for scallops has a long history in Tasmanian waters and, like the commercial fishery, has been characterised by open seasons followed by extended closures for stock rebuilding. The current recreational...

Fishery Management The Tasmanian commercial scallop fishery extends to 200 nm, except Bass Strait, where jurisdiction covers 3-20 nautical miles offshore (NRE, 2005) (see Table 1 for a summary of the fishery). The fishery...

Biology Diet Commercial scallops (Pecten fumatus) are filter feeders that sift plankton and detritus from the water column. Reproduction Scallops are simultaneous hermaphrodites and highly fecund, with up to 1 million eggs producded by...

Status The Tasmanian Scallop Fishery (TSF) is managed with a harvest strategy where surveys are undertaken to estimate abundance and decision rules are used to open areas to fishing with total allowable catches (TACs)...

Scallop lupa (Scallop)In palawa kani, the language of Tasmanian Aborigines, with thanks to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. Pectan fumatus (Commercial Scallop) The harvest of Commercial Scallop in Tasmanian waters is regulated through a minimum...

Ecosystem and Habitat Interactions By-Product Fishers are only authorised to retain scallop species, so by-product only consists of queen (Equichlamys bifrons) and doughboy (Mimachlamys asperrima) scallops, of which very little is retained. Scallop fishers...