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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

Stock identity of northern fish species

Project number: 1983-048
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1986 - 31 Dec 1986
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Define unit stocks for fisheries management of northern populations of Spanish mackerel, barramundi and blacktip shark.
2. Use electrophoretic analysis of protein variation to characterise each sp, examine for stock heterogeneity, define geographical boundaries

Final report

Final Report • 1984-12-31 • 4.56 MB
1983-048-DLD.pdf

Summary

The research program supported by this grant was directed at determining the number and distribution of subpopulations or genetic stocks which contribute to Australian fisheries for barramundi, northern sharks, and narrow-barred Spanish mackerel. Starch gel electrophoresis was used to reveal patterns of genetic variation in each species.

The analysis of approximately 4,500 barramundi collected at locations from the Ord River in Western Australia to the Rockhampton area of Queensland revealed the existence of at least 14 genetically discrete stocks. The significant amount of genetic subdivision characterizing Australian barramundi indicates that fisheries regulations and management policies must be focused on individual barramundi stocks in order to be maximally effective. The number and location of reserves, possible stocking of hatchery reared fish, and selective breeding of captive barramundi should all be based upon maintaining and exploiting the naturally occurring genetic heterogeneity of barramundi populations indicated by this study.

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