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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-200
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aquafin CRC - SBT Aquaculture Subprogram: activity metabolism in live-held southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), Phase 2

Bluefin tuna have a variety of anatomical and physiological adaptations that enhance performance and make them distinctive among fish. This unique physiology means that many common aquacultural beliefs are not applicable to this fish. However, due to the logistical difficulties of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-211
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: investigation of tail fan damage in live-held adult rock lobsters

An earlier project on liveholding of adult southern rock lobster, RLEAS 98/305, demonstrated that adult SRL could survive, feed, moult and grow when held in sea cages or raceways and fed an artificial diet developed in RLEAS 98/303. The major obstacle identified to such an industry was that...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-150
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development and assessment of methods to reduce the predation of pot-caught southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) by maori octopus (Octopus maorum)

The SARLF is the State’s most valuable wild fishery with estimated export earnings of >$100 million in 2002. The fishery is a closed entry fishery with 250 licence-holders and is divided into the Northern and Southern Zones. Lobsters are caught in baited pots that are generally set...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide

Investigation of the characteristics and properties of mixed function oxidases (mfo) in commercially significant fish from SA waters and assessment of their induction as a potential early warning and hence biomarker of organic pollutant linked stress

Project number: 1994-043
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $9,145.00
Principal Investigator: Kathryn Bellette
Organisation: University of Adelaide
Project start/end date: 18 Oct 1994 - 30 Oct 1998
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To adapt methods currently developed overseas and in Port Phillip Bay to South Australian commercial fish species to indicate pollutant linked stress in fish
2. To enourage the use of these methods (if acceptable) by the relevant authorities as part of a monitoring program
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