Value is estimated from Melbourne Fish Market auction prices.
| Year | Value ($'000) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian salmon | Barracouta | Calamari, Southern (squid) | Elephantfish | Flathead, rock | Flounder, greenback | Garfish, Southern (Sea) | Mullet, yelloweye | Pilchard, Australian Sardine | Shark, gummy | Snapper | Whiting, Blue Weed | Whiting, King George | Other | Total | |
| 1978/79 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 56 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 83 | 74 | 366 |
| 1979/80 | 31 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 86 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 76 | 71 | 418 |
| 1980/81 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 77 | 63 | 364 |
| 1981/82 | 23 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 77 | 75 | 369 |
| 1982/83 | 22 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 56 | 77 | 312 |
| 1983/84 | 18 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 63 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 75 | 103 | 395 |
| 1984/85 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 69 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 103 | 381 |
| 1985/86 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 60 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 77 | 62 | 361 |
| 1986/87 | 20 | 2 | 66 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 82 | 25 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 93 | 50 | 443 |
| 1987/88 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 70 | 21 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 117 | 62 | 445 |
| 1988/89 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 108 | 18 | 1 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 132 | 51 | 486 |
| 1989/90 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 107 | 35 | 0 | 80 | 8 | 9 | 144 | 55 | 564 |
| 1990/91 | 15 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 82 | 27 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 187 | 61 | 575 |
| 1991/92 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 91 | 19 | 0 | 83 | 5 | 10 | 80 | 32 | 436 |
| 1992/93 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 64 | 20 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 31 | 355 |
| 1993/94 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 38 | 27 | 111 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 87 | 44 | 464 |
| 1994/95 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 45 | 21 | 114 | 16 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 38 | 442 |
| 1995/96 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 52 | 18 | 232 | 13 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 6 | 96 | 61 | 639 |
| 1996/97 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 22 | 64 | 6 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 48 | 455 |
| 1997/98 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 64 | 4 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 63 | 429 |
| 1998/99 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 57 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 5 | 133 | 47 | 402 |
| 1999/00 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 109 | 30 | 269 |
| 2000/01 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 26 | 221 |
| 2001/02 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 32 | 279 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 15 | 224 |
| 2003/04 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 138 |
| 2004/05 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 116 | 18 | 319 |
| 2005/06 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 2 | id1 | 134 | 16 | 365 |
| 2006/07 | 6 | id | 124 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 10 | id | 189 | 17 | 597 |
| 2007/08 | id | id | 52 | id | 14 | id | 30 | 2 | 0 | 42 | id | id | 70 | 13 | 236 |
| 2008/09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | id | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | id | id | 0 | id | 18 | 34 |
| 2009/10 | 0 | 0 | id | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | id | id | 0 | id | 1 | 7 |
| 2010/11 | nd2 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 1id, insufficient data to report because there are less than five licence holders (policy requirement to protect commercial confidentiality of data), and the data have been included as 'other'; 2nd, no data obtained. | |||||||||||||||