Table 2 Economic value of species retained by commercial and recreational fishers.

From: Fish associations with shallow water subsea pipelines compared to surrounding reef and soft sediment habitats

 

Pipeline

Reef

Soft sediment

Mean biomass per 250 m2 (kg)

4.90 ± 0.92

1.40 ± 0.25

0.11 ± 0.07

Mean catch value per 250 m2 ($AUD)

30.20 ± 4.76

8.82 ± 1.88

0.53 ± 0.31

Number of transects

88

150

145

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