Bottom Fishing Impact Assessment (BFIA) for planned fishing activities by Australia in the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) Area – 2020 update

• Main Authors: Welsford, D, Ziegler, P, Maschette, D, Sumner, M
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: bottom fishing assessment; Indian; Williams Ridge; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/33044/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/33044/1/138417%20-%20Bottom%20Fishing%20Impact%20Assessment%20%28BFIA%29%20for%20planned%20fishing%20activities.pdf; http://apsoi.org/meetings/sc5

This paper updates the SIOFA Scientific Committee on Australia’s bottom fishing impact assessment for the SIOFA area. We have revised the historic Australian fishing footprint to include a small amount of fishing effort which was not included in the original footprint presented to SIOFA (Williams et...