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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
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-060
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Healthcheck Phase 2

Sustainability is a broad and complex concept, and consideration of the diverse suite of factors involved in social, economic, ecological and governance arrangements is needed to create truly sustainable food production industries. Australian fisheries encompasses a much broader range of issues than...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2013-028
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Review and update harvest strategy settings for the Commonwealth small pelagic fishery

This study undertook ecosystem and population modelling to evaluate and provide advice on the reference points (e.g. biomass depletion levels) and settings (e.g. exploitation rates) for the four main target species in the harvest strategy of the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) – Jack...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Industry
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