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BCA - Development, application and evaluation of the use of remotely sensed data by Australian fisheries

Project number: 1994-045.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,445.45
Principal Investigator: Tony Kingston
Organisation: Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
Project start/end date: 8 Sep 2003 - 30 Jun 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To develop computational procedures for the validation, analysis and interpretation of ocean colour data, and to provide derived data sets as input to the analysis of selected fisheries
2. To determine in conjunction with key industry operators of the east Australian tuna fisheries the utility of SeaWIFS and satellite temperature data in improving the catch and efficiency for yellowfin and skipjack tuna, and to determine the economic benefit-cost of the use of satellite imagery in the operational fishery

Final report

Author: Tony Kingston
Final Report • 2003-09-08 • 467.93 KB
1994-045.80.pdf

Summary

This report describes an ex-post cost/benefit analysis undertaken on FRDC project 1994-046, 'Development, Application and Evaluation of the Use of Remote Sensing Data by Australian Fisheries', implemented by CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart.

The project was developed in the context of the expected imminent launching of a new American satellite designed to monitor changes in the concentration of phytoplankton chlorophyll (a measure of biological productivity) in oceanic waters. The availability of such data was expected to substantially advance understanding of the role of the environment on the distribution of many commercial fish species, allow the incorporation of environmental data in stock assessments, and assist fishers identify productive fishing grounds.

BCA -a collaborative investigation on the usage and stock assessment of bait fishes in southern and eastern Australian waters, with special reference to pilchards (Sardinops sagax neopilchardus)

Project number: 1994-029.80
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,445.45
Principal Investigator: Tony Kingston
Organisation: Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
Project start/end date: 8 Sep 2003 - 30 Jun 2004
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To carry out a literature search on pilchards and other small pelagic fish species
2. To describe the main bait fisheries including catches, areas and by-catch species
3. To determine the stock structure of the main bait species in east and SE Australia
4. To describe the biology of pilchards in Australia, including age, growth, reproductive cycles and fecundity
5. To evaluate the potential of using egg surveys to estimate spawning biomass of pilchards in SE Australia
6. To estimate the potential yields of pilchards in SE Australia
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-120.80
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquaculture diet development subprogram - BCA

In this study, all seven projects in the Fishmeal Replacement Sub-Program were evaluated using the techniques of benefit/cost analysis. Projects under this Sub-Program covered the period 1993 to 1996/97. There were two types of project within the Sub-Program. Five of the projects were species-based,...
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Fisheries Economics Research and Management Specialists (FERM)
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