Abalone Closures

​​​​​​​​​​Fishery Closures​​​​​​​​​​​​

 

​Sub-block catch caps are used to refine spatial management of the commercial abalone fishery. 

Fishing effort needs to be distributed across the fishery to reduce the possibility of localised overfishing.

At times, sub-blocks of the commercial abalone fishery are closed to control the total amount of abalone harvested in an area in the interest of resource sustainability. ​