Licensed recreational abalone fishers will be able to take the molluscs as far north as Geraldton this year for the first time since a mass mortality event in 2011.
Abalone fishers are allowed between Moore and Greenough rivers for the first time in over a decade for just four hours in total over summer.Western Australia's abalone fishery will extend north for the first time in more than a decade as the mollusc's population recovers to sustainable levels after a devastating marine heatwave in 2011.
Part of the west coast zone spanning from the Moore River mouth in Guilderton to Geraldton's Greenough River mouth has been closed since a marine heatwave in 2011 decimated the local abalone stock.But a recent biomass survey by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development showed the population was recovering and fishers would be allowed between the Moore and Greenough rivers for the first time in over a decade.
"Unfortunately, given the vast expanse of the fishery and the numbers of animals to relocate, it hasn't been continued on a commercial scale," he said.He said compliance officers would be monitoring the region and surveys would be used to estimate the total recreational catch.
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