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Development of improved and environmentally sensitive scallop harvesting gear

Project number: 1991-049
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $184,143.47
Principal Investigator: Richard McLoughlin
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 2 Oct 1991 - 28 Jun 1995
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Design, develop & test equipment to harvest naturally occurring scallops with minimum disturbance to sea bed & uncaught scallops.
2. To assess improvements in effeciency selectivity, handling and methods of deployment of improved scallop harvesting gear.
3. To facilitate the phased introduction of new scallop gear over a two year period

Abundance, distribution movements and population dynamics of orange roughy in south-east Australian waters

Project number: 1987-129
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $505,300.00
Principal Investigator: Nick G. Elliott
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1990 - 31 Dec 1991
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Estimate abundance orange roughy in SE Aust waters, particularly Sandy Cape, Cape Grim & St Patrick's Head grounds.
2. Learn more of orange roughy's life history.
3. Present results for maximum utilisation by management & advisory agencies & industry, to reduce capture cost & including value
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