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Beche-De-Mer Stone
Fish (Actinopyga lecanora) Photographs
and Information
Sea Cucumbers or Beche-De-Mer are
cylindrical, elongated or worm-like shape. They are found in a
variety of colours ranging from pitch black to white and light
yellow, and are generally designed to blend in with their
habitat.
Shape: A large sea cucumber,
spindle-shaped when static and highly elongated when active. It has a
ventral mouth surrounded by 20 tentacles. Anus is surrounded by 5 anal
teeth. The upper surface is sparsely covered in small papillae.
Colour: Varies considerably, but
there is always a very light-coloured patch around the anus. The dorsal
surface is often brown with white mottling. Some specimens appear paler,
with grey patches on a cream background.
Habitat: Lives at depths from 0 to
20 metes on hard substrates. This species is entirely nocturnal. In
the daytime, it is often found under large stones, in gaps in reef slopes or in
sheltered areas affected by tidal currents.
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Stonefish
Processed Stonefish
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Scientific Name |
Actinopyga
lecanora |
Size |
Length: 40cm
Width: 9cm |
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Commercial Fishing for Sea-Cucumber |
Beche-de-Mer | Trepang
Trepang fisheries in northern Australia date back to at
least the 1700s, when Macassans from Celebes (Sulawesi Island group, Indonesia)
visited northern Australia to fish for these species. The term trepang refers to
the dried body wall of holothurian sea cucumbers, whereas the term bêche-de-mer
refers to the cooked body wall.
The principal target species in this fishery is sandfish (Holothuria scabra). It
prefers coastal areas with soft sediment substrate and is often found in beds of
seagrass, which plays an important role in triggering larval settlement. In late
2007, the fishery was re-assessed against the Australian Government’s Guidelines
for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of Fisheries. As a result, the
fishery received certification as an accredited Wildlife Trade Operation (WTO)
under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999. The assessment demonstrated that the fishery was managed in a manner that
does not lead to over-fishing, and that fishing operations have minimal impact
on the structure, productivity, function and biological diversity of the
ecosystem. The fishery is currently undergoing reassessment.
Area
The fishery operates in waters to 3 nautical miles (nm) seaward of baselines
(i.e. the NT coastline and surrounding islands). Most of the effort occurs along
the Arnhem Land coast, the major harvest areas being around Cobourg Peninsula
and Groote Eylandt.
Fishing Method
Sandfish is the most important species for tropical sea cucumber fisheries. It
is one of the few tropical sea cucumber species that prefer coastal areas to
coral reefs. Harvesting of sandfish usually takes place by walking at low tide
and diving in shallow coastal bays and foreshores. Snorkel, scuba and hookah may
be used when diving for trepang. Collection is generally limited to neap tides
and the dry season when visibility in water improves and cyclone activity is
minimal.
Catch
The total harvest of trepang was low during most of the 1990s before peaking at
333 tonnes in 2000. Since 2000, the harvest has varied, largely in response to
fishing effort. Total harvest reported for 2010 was 22.2 tonnes, which is a
decline from the 64.6 tonnes harvested in 2009. The 2010 catch is less than a
tenth of the annual average catch (235 tonnes) between 1998 and 2007.
No byproduct species were harvested in 2010 owing to the hand-collecting method
of harvesting.
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