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Investigation of school and gummy shark nursery areas in south-eastern Australia

Project number: 1993-061
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $288,203.00
Principal Investigator: John Stevens
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Project start/end date: 29 Sep 1993 - 16 Sep 1997
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To identify pupping and nursery grounds for school and gummy sharks in southern Australia
2. Determine the distribution size structure duration time and movements of newborn and juvenile sharks in nursery areas
3. Attempt to develop recruitment indices for school and gummy sharks
4. Determine pre-recruit mortality from tagging experiments
5. Determine relative catch rates of juveniles by commercial and recreational fishers
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