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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-154
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Transfer of lipofuscin technology to the Central Ageing Facility

Lipofuscin is a metabolic by-product that accumulates in tissue of the nervous system, particularly the brain, and its occurrence has been shown to be widespread in crustaceans. Because it accumulates in the nervous tissue over time, the concentration of lipofuscin can be related to...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1996-116
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Spawning and larval recruitment processes of commercially important species in coastal waters off Victoria

Information on spawning and larval recruitment processes of commercially important species in coastal waters in south-eastern Australian waters is provided based on four daytime surveys carried out on board the RV Franklin during the summer of 1997 (January-February and December) and the winter of...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-165
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Movement and re-aggregation of blacklip abalone in response to intensive fishing

Typically abalone are found clustered into aggregations of many individuals along gutters and ledges that dissect the surfaces of the reefs they inhabit. Commercial abalone divers take advantage of this clustering behaviour and specifically target aggregations to minimise the time spent searching...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-103
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Shark 'drop out rate' from hauling gill-nets in the southern shark fishery

Shark 'drop-out' is a term used by fishermen to describe the phenomenon where sharks fall out of shark gillnets during hauling operations. The term is distinguished from shark 'escapement' which is the phenomenon where sharks _struggle to free themselves from gillnets with a high probability of...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-032
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Age Composition of orange roughly in the eastern and southern management zones

Orange roughy is an important species in the South East Fishery (SEF). The main areas in the SEF where orange roughy fishing has occurred are a major spawning aggregation off the east coast of Tasmania (the Eastern Management Zone) during winter and on non-spawning summer aggregations of the...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-018
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Southern rock lobster recruitment study

The southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) is found in Australia’s southern waters from south-west Western Australia to southern New South Wales, including the waters around Tasmania. In 1996/97, 4,835 tonnes of southern rock lobster were landed in Australia with the highest catch from...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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