Australian Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery

Management
Country: 
Australia
Program Start Date: 
2003
Management Authority: 
Queensland Government: Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Management Oversight: 
Queensland Government: Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Region: 
Oceania
Large Marine Ecosystem: 
Northeast Australia
Species Information
Common name Fish type Genus Species
Blacktip rockcod Finfish - Reef Epinephelus fasciatus
Blue-spotted coral trout Finfish - Reef Plectropomus laevis
Blue-spotted rockcod Finfish - Reef Cephalopholis cyanostigma
Coral trout Finfish - Reef Plectropomus leopardus
Peacock rockcod Finfish - Reef Cephalopholis argus
Red bass Finfish - Reef Lutjanus bohar
Red throat emperor Finfish - Reef Lethrinus miniatus
Red throat emperor Finfish - Reef Lethrinus miniatus
Stripey snapper Finfish - Reef Lutjanus carponotatus
Turrum Finfish - Reef Carangoides fulvoguttatus
Yellowtail emperor Finfish - Reef Lethrinus atkinsoni
Fishing Mortality Control: 
Total Allowable Catch
Program Attributes
Approach: 
Quota-Based
Program Type: 
Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Species: 
Multi-species
Number of species: 
10
Marine or Freshwater: 
Marine
Fishing Rights Holder: 
Individual
Tenure of Shares: 
Unknown
Secure: 
Yes
Transferable: 
Yes
Monitoring Requirements: 
Dockside Monitoring, Hail in/Hail out
Gear Type: 
Hook and Line, Pot or Trap, Trawl
Participation
Initial Allocation Method: 
Unknown