Species report trend

Red Emperor Fishing Report

Red Emperor fishing activity is based upon real fishing reports collected over a decade, by Getfished. It represents an overview of all reports. With 194 reports across 38 reported locations, the dataset helps show longer-term fishing patterns rather than isolated catches.

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Red Emperor Seasonal pattern Report activity is strongest through winter, with spring also contributing a notable share of reports. Activity is lower through summer.

Red Emperor Bait and lure signal Reported bait patterns commonly include . Lure reports are led by .

Dataset context These patterns reflect observed report behaviour across time and locations. They highlight trends and tendencies, not guaranteed fishing outcomes.

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Report patterns

Red Emperor report signals

Derived from fishing report data

Seasonal report pattern

This shows when red emperor reports appear across Australian seasons. Shares are based only on reports with parseable dates.

Autumn and summer show the strongest reporting activity, with reduced reports during winter.

Note: seasonal patterns may be influenced by factors such as reporting bias, species behavior, and environmental conditions.

Summer 8.8%
Autumn 14.9%
Winter 51.0%
Spring 25.3%

Reported red emperor locations

These locations come from report records. Linked locations have matching Getfished location pages.

Hervey Bay

32

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Rainbow Beach

32

Sunshine Coast

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Noosa Heads

27

Sunshine Coast

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Tin Can Bay

11

Sunshine Coast

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Broome

10

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Great Barrier Reef

10

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Exmouth

8

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Muiron Islands

8

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Exmouth West Side

7

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Caloundra

6

Sunshine Coast

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1770

3

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Gnaraloo

3

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Tweed Coast

3

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Bernier Island

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Burnett Heads

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Exmouth Gulf

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Herolds Patch

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Hervey Bay/ Fraser Island

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Red Bluff

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Shipping Channel

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Warrego's

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Warregos

2

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Blow Holes

1

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

Davies Reef

1

Reported in fishing data but not yet mapped to a Getfished location page.

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