Patterns of ontogenetic variation in the composition of the otoliths of southern Bluefin tuna (SBT), Thunnus maccoyii, strongly suggested that the concentrations f some elements (and particularly strontium) varied episodically, and probably annually. This suggested that counting the numbers of peaks...

Since the First Australian National Prawn Seminar in 1973, Australian prawn fisheries have grown in size and value to become Australia's most valuable fisheries resource. In the same period the number of people involved in the fishing industry, research and management has also increased. Major new...

In 1982, CSIRO applied to the Fishing Industry Research Trust Account for funding of a joint biological investigation of northern Australian pelagic fish stocks. At that time these stocks supported a Taiwanese surface gill-net fishery based on sharks, tunas and Spanish mackerel. During the 1970's...