This final report on the project describes data on stomach contents of major fish predators of the euphausiid Nyctiphanes australis.
The study has concluded that: size and stock of krill and its production can be calculated with some degree of confidence; major predators of adult krill can be...
A wide variety of off-flavour problems associated with crustaceans have in the past been termed "iodoform-like". Work carried out in this Laboratory showed that the existing off-flavour problems were complex and that the term "iodoform" could only be applied to a proportion of off-flavoured...
Following the successes achieved from the 77/78 F.I.R.T.A. project "Design and development of a new purse seining method and equipment" a further grant of $27,580 was allocated from F.I.R.T.A. to introduce the technique into the pelagic fisheries. As the Mackerel fishery is still in need of...
This report deals with the operation of the twin sounder installation, referred to in earlier project reports, during 1979. For the period 1978/79 a grant of $2,750 was recommended for building and testing the prototype device. In order to meet construction deadlines on the vessel "Territory Chief"...
The objective of this report was to measure trawling gear with the Trawl Instrumentation System (TIS).
The method was similar to that described in Cruise Report no. 76. Each net and door combination was towed at various log speeds, and was maintained at each log speed for about 20 minutes while...
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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)