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PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-318
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Northern Territory strategic plan for fisheries research and development 2002 to 2006

Since publication of the original Plan in early 1999 there have been significant changes in NT Government directions and priorities that required the Plan be updated. These included: Greater emphasis on recreational fishing; Increased prominence being given to aquaculture development, both...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Trade
Supply Chain
Marketing
Health And Safety
Food Safety
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-210
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of commercial production systems for mud crab (Scylla serrata) aquaculture in Australia: hatchery & nursery

Commercially viable techniques for rearing Scylla serrata larvae through to megalops stage have been developed at both the centres involved in the project, the Darwin Aquaculture Centre (DAC) and the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre (BIARC). The methods developed in an earlier ACIAR project...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Market Opportunities
Aquaculture
SPECIES
Mud Crabs
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-142.20
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Towards a national strategy for mud crab research - mud crab workshop

A workshop was held in Darwin, the Northern Territory (NT) in May 1999, to develop a National Strategy for Research on Mud Crab ( Scylla sp.) in Australia. Fisheries managers and researchers from Western Australia, the NT and Queensland attended, along with Industry representatives from the NT. The...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Workshop
Innovation
Fisheries Management
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-142
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Methods for monitoring abundance and habitat for northern Australian mud crab Scylla serrata

A significant achievement of this project has been the completion of mapping of coastal wetland habitats using remote sensing techniques, which provided a complete broad-scale coverage of mud crab habitats in the NT and Qld. A major outcome/output of this work has been the incorporation of the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Software
Habitat
SPECIES
Mud Crabs
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-159
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Stock structure of northern and western Australian Spanish mackerel

Decisions about the allocation of management responsibilities for fisheries for narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, as well as on-going stock assessments, require an understanding of the spatial relationships of the species. We used a suite of methods, isotope ratios in...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Genomics
Fisheries Management
Animal Health
SPECIES
Spanish Mackerel
Industry
People
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-079
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pearl oyster aquaculture: health survey of NT, WA and Qld pearl oyster beds and farms

A comprehensive health survey of pearl oysters Pinctada maxima was undertaken across northern Australian marine waters in a collaborative project between fisheries organisations and pearl producers in Northern Territory (NT), Queensland (Qld) and Western Australia (WA). The majority of animals...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (NT)
TAGS
Toxin
Physiology
Distribution
Disease
Data
Environment
Environment
Industry
Industry
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