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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
A 2023 stock assessment and harvest strategy document defined the Backlip abalone's central zone fishery as "depleted".
Ecological effects
Hand-picking fishing methods allow careful selection of catches. The fishery has little direct impact on habitats or other fish species. There are no endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species interactions in the fishery.
Management
An effective and robust legislative system is administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA). While compliance programmes are in place for this fishery, there is an absence of evidence regarding their effectiveness.
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