Speakers: Speaker 4, Speaker 17, Speaker 23

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Speaker 17

>> given again as we said it's entirely a question for the WA government. They manage that fishery. they have jurisdiction over any management decisions in relation to that fishery. So these are all questions for them. We we would um have an interest obviously if it was a comwalth managed fishery,

Speaker 4

but it's not. >> No, I understand that. Look, I'll keep asking the questions and it might be the same answer, but um you can just help me understand what uh what's going on. Has the department examined claims of a mismatch between reported spawning biomass and observed catch data? >> No, we haven't. Does the department have minimum national standards for fishery stock assessment methodology?

Speaker 17

>> Um, I would have to take that one on notice in terms of any any standards we might have in place and it might also be a question for FRDC. I can I can possibly take that one notice on notice and come back to you uh in terms of uh any guidance unless uh my colleague can come and assist. >> Thanks.

Speaker 23

Uh George the assistant secretary fisheries and aquaculture branch. No, we don't have national standards for stock

Speaker 4

assessments. >> So it's up to each jurisdiction, is it?

Speaker 23

>> Correct. And in the Commonwealth, that's undertaken by the Australian Fisheries

Speaker 4

Management Authority. >> Yeah. Okay. Does um so Queensland recently revised its mackerel settings