Estimates of current levels of poaching of immature versus mature lobsters for West Coast Rock Lobster and how this relates to the overall take

The total proportion of immature lobsters in the illegal take removed by the poaching sector is 12.4% by weight and 20.2% by number. The total proportion of immature lobsters of the total take removed from the resource as a whole (poached and legal) is 3.6% by weight and 7.2% by number.