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APPENDIX 3                          
COMMERCIAL CATCHES OF AUSTRALIAN SALMON (TONNES WHOLE)                          
                           
YEAR Heb's Heb's W.A. W.A. W.A. S.A. VIC. TAS. N.S.W. TOTAL NEW TOTAL YEAR
  catch as % South West Total         AUST. ZEALAND AUST +  
    of W.A. Coast Coast               NEW ZEAL.  
    catch                      
1941/42 0 0.0%     27 92 846 58 1197 2220     1941/42
1942/43 0 0.0%     23 101 787 112 1033 2056     1942/43
1943/44 0 0.0%     23 243 533 198 1185 2182     1943/44
1944/45 0 0.0%     45 251 796 157 1303 2552     1944/45
1945/46 25 13.7%     182 136 653 153 724 1848     1945/46
1946/47 65 16.8%     386 526 565 43 882 2402     1946/47
1947/48 60 4.8%     1250 871 387 49 846 3403     1947/48
1948/49 24 1.0%     2523   414 78 617 3632     1948/49
1949/50 20 0.9%     2250 266 535 104 183 3338     1949/50
1950/51 66 4.3%     1544 386 498 39 386 2853     1950/51
1951/52 48 4.0%     1201 465 417 34 890 3007 32 3039 1951/52
1952/53 43 2.4%     1812 364 347 61 1102 3686 19 3705 1952/53
1953/54 113 4.1%     2732 455 637 174 1172 5170 22 5192 1953/54
1954/55 47 2.3%     2016 360 611 196 410 3593 31 3624 1954/55
1955/56 29 1.3%     2169 244 393 111 826 3743 27 3770 1955/56
1956/57 67 3.4%     1961 409 1646 23 1339 5378 45 5423 1956/57
1957/58 67 3.6%     1878 461 1034 60 1280 4713 58 4771 1957/58
1958/59 74 4.0%     1831 409 564 93 1109 4006 47 4053 1958/59
1959/60 59 4.7%     1246 286 887 148 1068 3635 51 3686 1959/60
1960/61 23 2.4%     955 336 477 546 644 2958 52 3010 1960/61
1961/62 81 3.2% 2368 152 2520 477 289 1328 629 5243 76 5319 1961/62
1962/63 18 1.3% 1326 109 1435 402 465 529 711 3542 81 3623 1962/63
1963/64 44 2.1% 1867 231 2098 565 749 386 1319 5117 86 5203 1963/64
1964/65 80 5.2% 1524 22 1546 524 555 227 914 3766 102 3868 1964/65
1965/66 95 3.2% 2124 834 2958 637 819 196 424 5034 254 5288 1965/66
1966/67 171 4.7% 2751 909 3660 1075 569 357 471 6132 457 6589 1966/67
1967/68 120 2.8% 2859 1364 4223 1081 592 276 325 6497 305 6802 1967/68
1968/69 41 1.8% 1627 666 2293 797 429 174 367 4060 234 4294 1968/69
1969/70 62 2.7% 1952 366 2318 1404 519 67 639 4947 295 5242 1969/70
1970/71 29 1.9% 1123 372 1495 1039 252 201 326 3313 574 3887 1970/71
1971/72 83 4.6% 1150 642 1792 1881 586 508 517 5284   5284 1971/72
1972/73 30 2.6% 901 263 1164 799 851 461 733 4008   4008 1972/73
1973/74 22 1.8% 755 501 1256 1897 1488 371 757 5769 810 6579 1973/74
1974/75 61 4.8% 942 341 1283 865 673 631 1382 4834 350 5184 1974/75
1975/76 30 2.8% 909 177 1086 685 379 473 850 3473 730 4203 1975/76
1976/77 74 4.9% 1399 119 1518 1112 275 783 613 4301 1500 5801 1976/77
1977/78 15 2.0% 728 27 755 1169 228 611 467 3230 2200 5430 1977/78
1978/79 114 9.6% 1054 137 1191 450 176 451 182 2450 3100 5550 1978/79
1979/80 78 6.2% 1132 128 1260 702 258 283 263 2766 3300 6066 1979/80
1980/81 93 6.8% 1209 165 1374 683 264 200 327 2848 3100 5948 1980/81
1981/82 89 5.8% 1312 235 1547 608 194 417 307 3073 3200 6273 1981/82
1982/83 114 4.5% 1598 920 2518 1028 254 211 475 4486 4772 9258 1982/83
1983/84 134 3.8% 2640 903 3543 426 228 137 393 4727 4216 8943 1983/84
1984/85 201 8.3% 1843 574 2417 621 260 443   3741 4294 8035 1984/85
1985/86 111 3.8% 2633 308 2941 649 271 885   4746 4900 9646 1985/86
1986/87 142 7.7% 1708 144 1852 605 360     2817 6800 9617 1986/87
1987/88 64 4.4% 1064 380 1444 668 233 946 324 3615 12500 16115 1987/88
1988/89 183 15.6% 1147 29 1176 442 192 1020 560 3390 6000 9390 1988/89
1989/90 40 2.5% 1392 201 1593 411 117 443 441 3005 8346 11351 1989/90
1990/91 47 2.7% 1278 484 1761 513 225 805 339 3643     1990/91
1991/92 55 4.6% 852 350 1202 601 393   629 2825     1991/92
1992/93 90 3.4% 2006 660 2666 601     629       1992/93
1993/94 234 12.3% 1431 250 1681 550             1993/94
1994/95 103 2.5% 2728 1316 4046 700             1994/95
1995/96 115 4.6% 2163 360 2523 550             1995/96
1996/97 63 2.4% 2267 359 2626 700             1996/97
1997/98 108                        
1998/99 47                        
                           
AVERAGE 76 4.6% 1605 417 1898 665 494 350 662 3916 1972 5976 AVERAGE
                           
NOTE:                          
Derived from Year books for each State, Australia, New Zealand, Stanley (1978),                          
Australian Bureau of Statistics publications 7601.5 Fisheries W.A.,                          
7603.0 Fisheries Australia, W.A. Fisheries Dept State of the Fisheries reports                          
and Australian Fisheries Statistics 1992 onwards (ABARE).                          
Some NZ figures from research papers. In NZ called Kahawai.                          
W.A. south and west coast data for 61/62- 63/64 approximate only.                          
There are numerous discrepancies between figures in different publications.                          
                           
APPENDIX 2                                    
COMMERCIAL CATCHES OF AUSTRALIAN HERRING AND PILCHARD (TONNES WHOLE)                                    
                                     
  HERRING.............................................................                 PILCHARD.............................................................                
YEAR Heb's   W.A. W.A. W.A. S.A. VIC. TOTAL   W.A. W.A. W.A. VIC.   NSW TOTAL NEW  
  catch   South West Total     AUST   South West Total       AUST ZEALAND  
  salmon   Coast Coast           Coast Coast              
  season                                  
1950/51 0.0             479               43   1950/51
1951/52 0.0       334     470             10 114   1951/52
1952/53 0.0       354     601             15 68   1952/53
1953/54 0.0       343     587             25 34   1953/54
1954/55 0.0       403 242 17 662       2 29   19 50   1954/55
1955/56 0.0       324 151 10 485       3 108   14 125   1955/56
1956/57 0.0       460 340 69 869       3 2   24 30   1956/57
1957/58 46.0 s     395 186 128 709       1 11   15 28   1957/58
1958/59 60.0 s     624 181 38 843       1 62   24 87   1958/59
1959/60 14.7 h     489 181 12 682       10 127   12 150   1959/60
1960/61 4.6 h     416 166 3 585       32 87   71 190   1960/61
1961/62 0.0 h     353 177 9 539       21 158   48 227   1961/62
1962/63 5.3 h     381 209 28 618       73 140   66 279   1962/63
1963/64 0.0 h     240 215 40 495       18 290   70 378   1963/64
1964/65 1.0 h     400 240 44 684   28   9 220   46 275   1964/65
1965/66 0.0 h     426 170 57 653   7   153 228   73 454   1965/66
1966/67 0.0 h     322 379 41 742   14   118 51   78 247   1966/67
1967/68 0.0 h     338 238 20 596   5   198 44   133 376   1967/68
1968/69 0.0 h     619 189 15 823   56   111 621   75 807   1968/69
1969/70 0.0 h     615 224 27 866   92   369 250   140     1969/70
1970/71 6.4 h     734 80 21 835   20   225 100 * 125     1970/71
1971/72 43.9 b     866 277 34 1177   19   170 180 * 323     1971/72
1972/73 56.5 b 423 764 1187 241 21 1449   1   504 380 * 112     1972/73
1973/74 50.3 b 748 204 952 209 30 1191   31   377 150 * 211     1973/74
1974/75 21.9 b 470 324 794 211 14 1019   106 345 667 201   132 1000   1974/75
1975/76 8.7 b 403 236 639 227 28 894   236 246 986 895   219 2100   1975/76
1976/77 20.0 b 227 276 503 284 39 826   389 113 632 320 * 236 1100   1976/77
1977/78 1.7 h 479 332 811 354 8 1173   810 152 1105 160 * 273 1300   1977/78
1978/79 0.0 h 620 293 913 249 2 1164   613 19 890 200 * 217 1100   1978/79
1979/80 0.3 h 748 28 776 316 38 1130   641 121 826 732   142 1700   1979/80
1980/81 0.5 h 578 167 745 337 7 1089   1211 278 1489 500   228 2000   1980/81
1981/82 0.0   789 7 796 312 10 1118   1215 433 1657 500   271 2300   1981/82
1982/83 0.5   666 269 935 399 4 1338   1293 780 2008 3500   348 6300 4200 1982/83
1983/84 0.0   860 221 1081 414 3 1498   2343 606 2801 2309   352 7800 4600 1983/84
1984/85 0.0   991 259 1250 274 10 1534   4324 411 4213 460 *   6800 4300 1984/85
1985/86 0.0   637 201 838 306       5065 478 5391 560 *   6600   1985/86
1986/87 0.0   860 120 980 440       6897 1169 6161 920 *   9000   1986/87
1987/88 5.2   906 358 1264 499       8435 429 7389 940 *   10700   1987/88
1988/89 3.2   984 267 1251 489       6771 503 7276           1988/89
1989/90 1.2   937 270 1207 340       8087 1097 8187 2600         1989/90
1990/91 0.0   1280 238 1518 308       7200 1401 9106 2370         1990/91
1991/92 0.0   930 590 1520 363       5600 1600 7327 2370         1991/92
1992/93 0.0   550 230 783 363       6800 1400 7500 2078         1992/93
1993/94 0.0   700 300 1001 300       7200 1500 7700           1993/94
1994/95 5.5   450 340 788 231 5     7100 3400 10500           1994/95
1995/96 0.0   800 270 1066 213       8100 3900 12000           1995/96
1996/97 0.0   1001 72 1083 219       6705 2314 9019           1996/97
1997/98     651 92 743 349                        
                                     
                                     
AVERAGE 7.6   719 259 742 275 27 869   2952 987 2726 654 * 126 1932 4367 AVERAGE
                                     
NOTE:                                    
Derived from Year books for each State, Australia, New Zealand, Stanley (1978), Australian Bureau of Statistics publications 7601.5 Fisheries W.A.,                                    
7603.0 Fisheries Australia, W.A. Fisheries Dept State of the Fisheries reports and Australian Fisheries Statistics 1992 onwards (ABARE).                                    
Some catch data from research papers eg W. Fletcher W.A. Fisheries Dept Res. Report No. 91, 1991.                                    
For Victorian pilchard catch figures with an * the data refers to Port Phillip Bay only. Some of the other Victorian figures were derived by                                    
subtraction from Australian totals. Where totals do not add up, the data is from various sources.                                    
                                     
For Heberles catches, s=with N. Sharp at House Beach, b=with Bentley at Trigelow, h=House Beach. Only includes catches during the salmon season.                                    
Prior to 1963 additional quantities would have been caught outside the salmon seasons.                                    
                                     
Pilchard (Sardinops neopilchardus) are commonly called mulies in W.A. Herring (Arripis georgianus) are called ruff in the eastern states.                                    
                                   
APPENDIX 4                 | APPENDIX 4              
TYPICAL SALMON AND HERRING PRICES PER TONNE IN ALBANY                 | TYPICAL SALMON AND HERRING PRICES PER TONNE IN ALBANY              
                  |                
(A) IN NOMINAL DOLLARS NOT ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION                 | (B) IN REAL (1992/93) DOLLARS ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION              
                  |                
YEAR SALMON SALMON SALMON HERRING SALMON PERTH     | YEAR SALMON SALMON SALMON HERRING SALMON   PERTH
  HEADED HEADS WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE C.P.I.     |   HEADED HEADS WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE   C.P.I.
  & GUTTED   CANNING   FOR BAIT INDEX     |   & GUTTED   CANNING   FOR BAIT   INDEX
1946 $61 $0       11.2     | 1946 $1,171 $0 $0 $0 $0   11.2
1947 $61 $0       11.6     | 1947 $1,131 $0 $0 $0 $0   11.6
1948 $61 $0       12.8     | 1948 $1,025 $0 $0 $0 $0   12.8
1949 $71         14.1     | 1949 $1,083 $0 $0 $0 $0   14.1
1950 $85         15.4     | 1950 $1,187 $0 $0 $0 $0   15.4
1951 $89         17.2     | 1951 $1,112 $0 $0 $0 $0   17.2
1952 $89         21.0     | 1952 $911 $0 $0 $0 $0   21.0
1953 $89 $53       23.2     | 1953 $825 $491 $0 $0 $0   23.2
1954 $89         23.9     | 1954 $801 $0 $0 $0 $0   23.9
1955 $89     $71   24.4     | 1955 $784 $0 $0 $626 $0   24.4
1956 $89     $81   25.0     | 1956 $765 $0 $0 $697 $0   25.0
1957 $89         26.2     | 1957 $730 $0 $0 $0 $0   26.2
1958 $98     $81   26.3     | 1958 $801 $0 $0 $662 $0   26.3
1959 $98 $73   $57   26.6     | 1959 $792 $590 $0 $461 $0   26.6
1960 $98 $79       27.1     | 1960 $777 $627 $0 $0 $0   27.1
1961 $107 $102   $61   28.1     | 1961 $819 $780 $0 $467 $0   28.1
1962 $107 $102       28.2     | 1962 $816 $778 $0 $0 $0   28.2
1963 $107 $102       28.4     | 1963 $810 $772 $0 $0 $0   28.4
1964 $107 $102       28.7     | 1964 $802 $764 $0 $0 $0   28.7
1965 $107 $102   $61   29.6     | 1965 $777 $741 $0 $443 $0   29.6
1966 $112 $137       30.7     | 1966 $784 $959 $0 $0 $0   30.7
1967 $112     $60   32.0     | 1967 $753 $0 $0 $403 $0   32.0
1968 $112     $64   32.9     | 1968 $732 $0 $0 $418 $0   32.9
1969 $112     $76   33.7     | 1969 $715 $0 $0 $485 $0   33.7
1970 $112     $77   35.0     | 1970 $688 $0 $0 $473 $0   35.0
1971 $113     $88   36.5     | 1971 $666 $0 $0 $518 $0   36.5
1972 $124 $180 $120 $100   38.6     | 1972 $691 $1,003 $668 $557 $0   38.6
1973 $157 $179 $120 $110   40.7     | 1973 $829 $946 $634 $581 $0   40.7
1974 $190 $200 $170 $100   45.0     | 1974 $908 $956 $812 $478 $0   45.0
1975 $230   $180 $110   53.1     | 1975 $931 $0 $729 $445 $0   53.1
1976 $275 $220 $200 $130   60.6     | 1976 $976 $781 $710 $461 $0   60.6
1977 $350 $350 $250 $180   70.2     | 1977 $1,072 $1,072 $766 $551 $0   70.2
1978 $440 $440 $340 $300   77.8     | 1978 $1,216 $1,216 $940 $829 $0   77.8
1979 $470 $470 $425 $275   84.0     | 1979 $1,203 $1,203 $1,088 $704 $0   84.0
1980 $525 $475 $470 $320   91.9     | 1980 $1,228 $1,111 $1,100 $749 $0   91.9
1981 $600 $600 $525 $340   100.0     | 1981 $1,290 $1,290 $1,129 $731 $0   100.0
1982     $450 $400   111.2     | 1982 $0 $0 $870 $773 $0   111.2
1983     $475 $470   122.5     | 1983 $0 $0 $834 $825 $0   122.5
1984 $475 $475 $350 $470   131.0     | 1984 $780 $780 $574 $771 $0   131.0
1985     $300 $500   136.1     | 1985     $474 $790 $0   136.1
1986     $350 $530   147.1     | 1986     $512 $775 $0   147.1
1987     $500 $800   161.8     | 1987     $664 $1,063 $0   161.8
1988     $560 $850 $700 173.3     | 1988     $695 $1,055 $868   173.3
1989     $555 $850 $750 186.1     | 1989     $641 $982 $866   186.1
1990     $350 $880 $350 201.7     | 1990     $373 $938 $373   201.7
1991     $365 $380   212.0     | 1991     $370 $385 $0   212.0
1992     $400 $400   213.6     | 1992     $402 $402 $0   213.6
1993     $450 $450 $450 214.2     | 1993     $450 $450 $450   214.2
1994     $450 $450 $450 218.9     | 1994 $0 $0 $448 $448 $448   218.9
1995     $450 $480   226.5     | 1995             226.5
1996     $450 $400   235.4     | 1996             235.4
1997     $450 $400   240.0     | 1997             240.0
1998                                  


Last Updated on 26/02/2001
By Greg Heberle