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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-073
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a fisheries R&D response to MPA and spatial management for fisheries

The governance arrangements for fisheries management are based on the use of spatial structures and management measures, such as jurisdictional boundaries, management plans and zoning of fishing type and intensity. These spatially-based arrangements are manifest at various scales and so there is a...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-104
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of the Victorian rock lobster fishery

The southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsit) is fished commercially in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. The Victorian annual catch is currently 458 tonnes with a landed value of $14.5 million representing 10.6% of total rock lobster landings in south east Australia (ABARE 1997). Over eighty...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1993-100
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of methods to assess abalone abundance

The issue of how best to survey abalone populations to obtain estimates of abundance has been the subject of debate among fisheries biologists for many years. In an attempt to resolve this issue we compared and evaluated abalone abundance estimated by the following methods: Transect survey,...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-148
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The age composition of ling catches

Ling (Genypterus blacodes) catches are an increasing component of the South East Fishery. There is increasing pressure to raise the trawl sector TAC for ling and there has been a substantial increase in catch by the non-trawl sector, particularly line, which is currently unregulated. Despite the...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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