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A Real-Time Statistical Modelling System using Catch Data and Vessel Moitoring System (VMS) Data Applied to a Scallop Fishery

Peter Clifford and Tony Dixon

TerraVision Pty Ltd, BOORAGOON, AUSTRALIA

Theme: TH3

The OceanFARM statistical modelling system was used to provide high-resolution daily scallop density models for the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Data were sourced from catch and VMS data. This contribution describes the tools, data organisation and outcomes provided by the OceanFARM system in the above study. Further it describes how an understanding of fishery dynamics using this form of modelling could be applied to the management of fisheries.