Population monitoring of Holothuria scabra (sandfish) on Warrior Reef, Torres Strait 2004

This current research project was based on a population surveys of sandfish on Warrior Reef in January 2004. Sandfish density actually decreased to similar levels as in 1998, when the fishery was closed. While most of the decrease occurred in the juvenile sandfish population, the adult sandfish population had also declined since the previous survey in 2002. This result was quite unexpected given the relatively strong breeding cohort evident in 2002.