Analyses of trends in West Coast Rock Lobster poaching and policing effort data

Report on the "Analyses of trends in West Coast Rock Lobster poaching and policing effort data".

The raw poaching and policing effort data obtained from DAFF CD: Compliance have been analysed simply to check trends in the lobster abandonments and confiscations and five types of policing effort over the most recent 5 years. The purpose of this analysis is to confirm that the assumptions for future poaching in the projection period of the assessment remain reasonable since the TAC recommendation for the 2017/18 season will be based on those projections.