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Scientific name
Haliotis rubra
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Southern Australia (Central Zone)
Production method
Farmed
Hand-picked
IUCN status
Vulnerable
Stock status
The 2019 stock assessment and application of harvest strategy defined the blacklip abalone central zone fishery as depleted.
Ecological effects
Hand-picking fishing methods allow careful selection of catch, and the fishery has little direct impact on the habitat or other fish species. There are no endangered, threatened, protected (ETP) species interactions in the fisheries.
Management
An effective and robust legislative system administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA). While compliance programs are in place for this fishery, in the absence of evidence regarding their effectiveness.
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