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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Mortality, growth and movements of the western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus

The very high levels of exploitation in the western rock lobster fishery have resulted in the introduction of regional or zone-specific management arrangements in recent years. This is a permanent departure from an holistic approach to the fishery’s regulation. A detailed knowledge of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-075.80
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enhancement of yabbie production from Western Australian farm dams - BCA

This report describes the results of an ex-post benefit cost analysis of the FRDC ­funded project 'Enhancement of yabby production from Western Australian farm dams' (Project No. 1994-075). The project was carried out by the Western Australian Marine Research Laboratories. The main findings of the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-075
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Enhancement of yabbie production from Western Australian farm dams

Farmers receive higher prices per kilo for large yabbies. Yabby farmers have reported that the majority of yabbies trapped from farm dams are below market size (< 30 g) and therefore of no economic value. In addition, farmers also report that while dams produce large yabbies when...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA

The Kimberley Demersal Fishery: Extent and nature of the resource and the ability of a trap fishery to exploit it

Project number: 1994-026
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $39,560.43
Principal Investigator: Jim W. Penn
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 2 Nov 1994 - 2 Jan 1997
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To organise and collate all existing information relevant to the Kimberley fishery including logbooks and observer reports from foreign commercial and feasibility fishing, research cruises, and trawl surveys by NT Fisheries and CSIRO into a summary report
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-091
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Fishery independent study of the spawning stock of the western rock lobster

The fishery for western lobster (Panulirus cygnus) has supported an annual catch of about 10 500 tonnes per annum over the last twenty years and is worth between $200-300 million per annum. The fishery has been experiencing increasing exploitation rates over time and estimates in the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Environment
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