Lucky_Phill
01-08-2013, 05:32 PM
July 2013 Keen Angler Update
Dear member,
On behalf of Fisheries Queensland, I would like to thank you for your participation in the Keen Angler Program.
A big thank you to all of the Keen Anglers out there who have donated their fish frames this year. So far in 2013 there have been 290catches donated to the program, which is great! Hopefully there will be some nice winter westerlies ahead for August and plenty more fish caught….and frames donated.
Remember, even if it is only one fish it counts! When you have your next bag of frames feel free to call to arrange pick up, even on weekends.
If you have any samples to pick up or require any sampling kits the number is (07) 3255 4205 or email me on:robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au (robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au).
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/a26a9902-213c-431c-a8e0-3ea0d148087e
Robert and a bag of Rocky Reef fish frames
How to donate your frames
When you catch ANY of our target species, even if it’s only one fish, make sure you keep the frame.
It’s easy……
Fillet your catch
2. Place the frame (with head, guts and gonads) into one of the sample bags
3. Fill in the waterproof label with pencil
4. Contact our Keen Angler Program Co-ordinator to arrange collection of your samples, OR drop your bagged and labelled samples into one of our helpful drop-off locations (see end of email for list)
Need more sampling kits?
Got some frames in your freezer?
Know someone else interested in donating fish frames?
Contact: Robert Prosser
(Keen Angler Program Coordinator)
Ph: (07) 3255 4205
Or
Email: robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au (robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au)
Target species
The Keen Angler Program collects fish frames for the following species year round:
Inshore & Estuarine Species
Yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis
Sand/Summer whiting Sillago ciliata
Goldenline whiting Sillago analis
Dusky flathead Platycephalus fuscus
Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix
MullowayArgyrosomus japonicus
Barramundi (tidal waters) Lates calcarifer
Rocky Reef
Snapper Pagrus auratus
Pearl perch Glaucosoma scapulare
Teraglin jew Atractoscion aequidens
Cobia/black kingfish Rachycentron canadum
Yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi
Common amberjack Seriola dumerili
Grass emperor (sweetlip)Lethrinus laticaudis
Mackerel
Spotted mackerel Scomberomorus munroi
Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson
Grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus
School mackerel Scomberomorus queenslandicus
Tailor on the Bite!
If you are tailor fishing this winter don’t forget to donate your fish frames! We are particularly keen for donations of tailor frames from Moreton Bay, Moreton and Stradbroke Islands and the Sunshine Coast.
For those of you heading to Fraser Island, look out for our scientific monitoring team who will be on the island measuring fish and collecting frames on the following dates:
11th to 17th of August
31st of August to 6th September
28th of September to 4th of October
We are also conducting surveys around the northern Gold Coast, so be sure to say hello and let us measure your fish if you see our team.
Monitoring Updates
Fisheries Queensland scientists collect vital length, sex and age information from your donated frames. To view the latest monitoring results visit the Fisheries Queensland website:
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/fisheries/monitoring-our-fisheries (http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/fisheries/monitoring-our-fisheries)
Monitoring pearl perch
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/fef37c62-7a21-491b-ae89-be34a3f2daf1
Pearl perch, Glaucosoma scapulare, is a popular target species for both recreational and commercial fishers, with peak catch periods in Autumn and late Spring.
Fisheries Queensland has been routinely collecting biological samples for this species, including their otoliths (ear bones), since 2006. The Keen Angler Program makes an important contribution to this work. The otoliths contain growth rings, in pearl perch these are visible once the otolith is sectioned and can be counted to help estimate the fish’s age.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/12a8ea03-8871-4510-8512-b4c59cd66796
Figure 1: A) A pair of otoliths removed from a pearl perch. The white line indicates where a thin section will be taken. B) A thin section removed from the centre of a pearl perch otolith. The red dots indicate annual growth rings.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/b3f7c34e-dd17-4fbe-b2be-e8f56d5944d0
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/1ad96707-8588-4d51-9cb1-2795a4dc2054
Figure 2: The length and age frequencies of pearl perch sampled from the commercial and recreational catch in 2012 (excluding fish caught on charter boats)
The length and age information collected during the sampling program indicate that pearl perch have variable growth rates. For example, in 2012, the longest pearl perch measured was 71 cm and was aged at 16 years old; however, the oldest fish aged was 20 years old but was only 65 cm.
Both the oldest and longest fish sampled were caught by the commercial sector.
The longest fish donated through the keen angler program was 61 cm (6 years old) and the oldest fish was 10 years old (60 cm).
In 2012, most of the pearl perch kept by fishers were between 3 and 7 years old, with very few fish older than 10. Interestingly, because of their slow and variable growth rate, a significant number of the 3, 4 and 5 year old pearl perch in the population are less than 35 cm, and thus protected from being harvested by the minimum legal size limit. This is important in assessing the sustainability of the fishery, as a recent study showed that pearl perch start to become reproductively mature at 2 – 3 years of age.
Frame drop off locations
We have freezers available at the following locations where you can hand in your fresh or frozen fish frames (with heads and guts) of our target species. Please ensure your frames are bagged with a completed KAP label when you drop them off.
Location Name Address Ask for Phone
Gladstone-Yeppoon CapReef Staff in Gladstone, Yeppoon & Rockhampton Bill Sawynok 4928 6133
Bundaberg Salty's Tackle World 22 Quay Street Bundaberg, QLD 4670
Matt Costar 4153 4747 Rainbow Beach The Chilli Bin 1 Karoonda Rd Rainbow Beach, QLD 4581
Juanita 5486 3788 Tin Can Bay
Cooloola Coast Seafoods 69 Gympie Rd Tin Can Bay, QLD 4580
Warren Sullivan 5486 4990 Tewantin Hooked on Angling and Outdoors 27 Hilton Terrace Tewantin, QLD 4565
Ed Vandercruk 5449 7541 Maroochydore Maroochy Fishing World 22 First Avenue Maroochydore, QLD 4558
Wayne Nilsson 5443 2714 Nth Stradbroke Is. Residence 104 Sovereign Road, Amity Point, QLD 4183
Lois Or Greg 3409 7305 0416029305
Currumbin Boatshed Bait & Tackle 2 Thrower Drive, Currumbin, QLD 4223
Leo Hoffs 5525 0338
cheers LP
Dear member,
On behalf of Fisheries Queensland, I would like to thank you for your participation in the Keen Angler Program.
A big thank you to all of the Keen Anglers out there who have donated their fish frames this year. So far in 2013 there have been 290catches donated to the program, which is great! Hopefully there will be some nice winter westerlies ahead for August and plenty more fish caught….and frames donated.
Remember, even if it is only one fish it counts! When you have your next bag of frames feel free to call to arrange pick up, even on weekends.
If you have any samples to pick up or require any sampling kits the number is (07) 3255 4205 or email me on:robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au (robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au).
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/a26a9902-213c-431c-a8e0-3ea0d148087e
Robert and a bag of Rocky Reef fish frames
How to donate your frames
When you catch ANY of our target species, even if it’s only one fish, make sure you keep the frame.
It’s easy……
Fillet your catch
2. Place the frame (with head, guts and gonads) into one of the sample bags
3. Fill in the waterproof label with pencil
4. Contact our Keen Angler Program Co-ordinator to arrange collection of your samples, OR drop your bagged and labelled samples into one of our helpful drop-off locations (see end of email for list)
Need more sampling kits?
Got some frames in your freezer?
Know someone else interested in donating fish frames?
Contact: Robert Prosser
(Keen Angler Program Coordinator)
Ph: (07) 3255 4205
Or
Email: robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au (robert.prosser@daff.qld.gov.au)
Target species
The Keen Angler Program collects fish frames for the following species year round:
Inshore & Estuarine Species
Yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis
Sand/Summer whiting Sillago ciliata
Goldenline whiting Sillago analis
Dusky flathead Platycephalus fuscus
Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix
MullowayArgyrosomus japonicus
Barramundi (tidal waters) Lates calcarifer
Rocky Reef
Snapper Pagrus auratus
Pearl perch Glaucosoma scapulare
Teraglin jew Atractoscion aequidens
Cobia/black kingfish Rachycentron canadum
Yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi
Common amberjack Seriola dumerili
Grass emperor (sweetlip)Lethrinus laticaudis
Mackerel
Spotted mackerel Scomberomorus munroi
Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson
Grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus
School mackerel Scomberomorus queenslandicus
Tailor on the Bite!
If you are tailor fishing this winter don’t forget to donate your fish frames! We are particularly keen for donations of tailor frames from Moreton Bay, Moreton and Stradbroke Islands and the Sunshine Coast.
For those of you heading to Fraser Island, look out for our scientific monitoring team who will be on the island measuring fish and collecting frames on the following dates:
11th to 17th of August
31st of August to 6th September
28th of September to 4th of October
We are also conducting surveys around the northern Gold Coast, so be sure to say hello and let us measure your fish if you see our team.
Monitoring Updates
Fisheries Queensland scientists collect vital length, sex and age information from your donated frames. To view the latest monitoring results visit the Fisheries Queensland website:
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/fisheries/monitoring-our-fisheries (http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/fisheries/monitoring-our-fisheries)
Monitoring pearl perch
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/fef37c62-7a21-491b-ae89-be34a3f2daf1
Pearl perch, Glaucosoma scapulare, is a popular target species for both recreational and commercial fishers, with peak catch periods in Autumn and late Spring.
Fisheries Queensland has been routinely collecting biological samples for this species, including their otoliths (ear bones), since 2006. The Keen Angler Program makes an important contribution to this work. The otoliths contain growth rings, in pearl perch these are visible once the otolith is sectioned and can be counted to help estimate the fish’s age.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/12a8ea03-8871-4510-8512-b4c59cd66796
Figure 1: A) A pair of otoliths removed from a pearl perch. The white line indicates where a thin section will be taken. B) A thin section removed from the centre of a pearl perch otolith. The red dots indicate annual growth rings.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/b3f7c34e-dd17-4fbe-b2be-e8f56d5944d0
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/1ad96707-8588-4d51-9cb1-2795a4dc2054
Figure 2: The length and age frequencies of pearl perch sampled from the commercial and recreational catch in 2012 (excluding fish caught on charter boats)
The length and age information collected during the sampling program indicate that pearl perch have variable growth rates. For example, in 2012, the longest pearl perch measured was 71 cm and was aged at 16 years old; however, the oldest fish aged was 20 years old but was only 65 cm.
Both the oldest and longest fish sampled were caught by the commercial sector.
The longest fish donated through the keen angler program was 61 cm (6 years old) and the oldest fish was 10 years old (60 cm).
In 2012, most of the pearl perch kept by fishers were between 3 and 7 years old, with very few fish older than 10. Interestingly, because of their slow and variable growth rate, a significant number of the 3, 4 and 5 year old pearl perch in the population are less than 35 cm, and thus protected from being harvested by the minimum legal size limit. This is important in assessing the sustainability of the fishery, as a recent study showed that pearl perch start to become reproductively mature at 2 – 3 years of age.
Frame drop off locations
We have freezers available at the following locations where you can hand in your fresh or frozen fish frames (with heads and guts) of our target species. Please ensure your frames are bagged with a completed KAP label when you drop them off.
Location Name Address Ask for Phone
Gladstone-Yeppoon CapReef Staff in Gladstone, Yeppoon & Rockhampton Bill Sawynok 4928 6133
Bundaberg Salty's Tackle World 22 Quay Street Bundaberg, QLD 4670
Matt Costar 4153 4747 Rainbow Beach The Chilli Bin 1 Karoonda Rd Rainbow Beach, QLD 4581
Juanita 5486 3788 Tin Can Bay
Cooloola Coast Seafoods 69 Gympie Rd Tin Can Bay, QLD 4580
Warren Sullivan 5486 4990 Tewantin Hooked on Angling and Outdoors 27 Hilton Terrace Tewantin, QLD 4565
Ed Vandercruk 5449 7541 Maroochydore Maroochy Fishing World 22 First Avenue Maroochydore, QLD 4558
Wayne Nilsson 5443 2714 Nth Stradbroke Is. Residence 104 Sovereign Road, Amity Point, QLD 4183
Lois Or Greg 3409 7305 0416029305
Currumbin Boatshed Bait & Tackle 2 Thrower Drive, Currumbin, QLD 4223
Leo Hoffs 5525 0338
cheers LP