|
Species |
% survival |
Key factors for fish mortality |
---|---|---|
Yellowfin bream |
72-97 |
Deep hooking |
Mulloway |
73-81 |
Deep hooking and poor handling |
Sand whiting |
93 |
Deep hooking |
Snapper |
67-92 |
Deep hooking and poor handling |
Silver trevally |
63-98 |
Excessive time in poorly designed live wells |
Dusky flathead |
96 |
Poor handling, live well condns |
Luderick |
99 |
Poor handling |
Tailor |
92 |
Deep hooking |
Australian bass |
92-100 |
Deep hooking |
Golden perch |
73-100 |
Poor handling, live well condns, high water temps |
Murray cod |
85 |
Deep hooking, handling, live well condns |
To maximise a fish's survival when practicing catch and release, it is important to follow a few simple rules:
Other practices to help increase survival include:
Fish may experience barotrauma when they are caught from deep water. Barotrauma results from the expansion of gases in the swim bladder and other organs when fish do not have time to adjust to the rapid changes in water pressure as they are pulled towards the surface. The affects and severity increase with depth of capture and susceptibility varies between species. Physical effects include inflated abdomen, bulging eyes, stomach pushed outside the mouth and distended intestines.
Consider releasing the fish using a specially designed release weight.
If you have thorough knowledge and experience of the technique, you may consider venting the fish to remove the trapped gases.
More information on these techniques is available under best practice at www.recfishingresearch.org/released_fish_survival.asp.
Species |
% survival |
Key factors for fish mortality |
---|---|---|
Yellowfin Bream |
72-97 |
Deep hooking |
Mulloway |
73-81 |
Deep hooking and poor handling |
Sand Whiting |
93 |
Deep hooking |
Snapper |
67-92 |
Deep hooking and poor handling |
Silver Trevally |
63-98 |
Excessive time in poorly designed live wells |
Dusky Flathead |
96 |
Poor handling, live well condns |
Luderick |
99 |
Poor handling |
Tailor |
92 |
Deep hooking |
Australian Bass |
92-100 |
Deep hooking |
Golden Perch |
73-100 |
Poor handling, live well condns, high water temps |
Murray Cod |
85 |
Deep hooking, handling, live well condns |
Species |
% survival |
Key factors for fish mortality |
---|---|---|
Mud Crab |
100 |
No mortality – handling damage and appendage loss |
Eastern Rock Lobster |
100 |
No mortality – handling damage and appendage loss |
(For addition to the existing I&I webpage on responsible fishing and catch and release following completion of research by Broadhurst et al.)
Studies carried out on recreationally caught-and-released mud crabs and eastern rock lobster have demonstrated that these species are particularly hardy. Most impact caused by catching these crustaceans is limited to physical damage; most of which occurs during handling. While such damage did not cause any mortality in the research, it is important to acknowledge that wild crustaceans that lose appendages (especially claws/swimmers for mud crabs and antennae for lobsters) may be negatively impacted in terms of feeding, predator defence and reproduction.
To minimise any of these impacts, the following fishing and handling guidelines are suggested:
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