1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/09/2002   
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The gross value of production from Tasmania's fisheries increased by 8.0% from 2000-01 to 2001-02. Most of the increase came from the Aquaculture sector, where the gross value of production increased by $24.1m.

FISHERIES PRODUCTION, Tasmania

2000-01p
2001-02p
Change

$m
$m
%

Wild fisheries
Rock lobster (quota managed)(a)
55.6
64.7
16.4
Abalone (quota managed)(a)(b)
129.0
120.0
-6.7
Giant crab (quota managed)(a)
2.6
3.5
30.9
Other fish
9.8
9.0
-8.3
Total wild fisheries
197.0
197.5
0.3

Aquaculture
Salmonids
95.3
121.9
28.0
Pacific oysters
14.4
11.9
-17.3
Mussels
0.1
0.3
226.0
Other Species
1.5
2.0
33.3
Total aquaculture
112.1
136.2
21.5

Total fisheries
309.1
333.7
8.0


p preliminary - figures subject to revision
(a) Total weight of quota managed species calculated from data provided via fishers quota dockets.
(b) Average $/kg for abalone calculated from Department's quarterly abalone beach price calculations. The final figure here is a weighted average of these calculations. Average $/kg for all other species are calculated from processor monthly returns. The figures presented here represent a weighted average of the data. Note that there may not be a direct correlation between the total weight (declared by the fisher) and the average $/kg (declared by the processor). The variation is due to many factors.

Source: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.



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