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An assessment of the orange roughy resources off the coast around Tasmania

Project number: 1987-065
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $137,388.00
Principal Investigator: Jeremy Lyle
Organisation: Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
Project start/end date: 28 Jun 1990 - 31 Dec 1990
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Determine abundance orange roughy on continental slope (800-1200m deep) around Tas (occurrence, size, distribution of spawning & non-spawning aggregations).
2. Establish potential sustainable yield.
3. Study life history, population parameters. Determine distribution & abundance other commercially important spp same depth off Tas
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-118
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Using scat DNA to inform sustainable fisheries management and Ecological Risk Assessments: a Shy Albatross case study

Seabirds are attracted to fishing vessels through the availability of fishery discards, increasing the risk of injury or mortality from interactions with fishing gear. However, it is difficult to estimate what proportion of the population may be at risk. We use DNA metabarcoding of scats to...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
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