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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-774
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: harvest strategy evaluations and co-management for the Moreton Bay trawl fishery

The Moreton Bay otter trawl fishery is a multispecies fishery, with the majority of the catch composed of various species of prawns, squid and Moreton Bay Bugs. The project was an initiative of the MBSIA and developed from concerns over a number of issues. These included concern over declining...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Environment
Industry

Biology and harvest of tropical fishes in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria gillnet fisheries

Project number: 1992-145
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $140,880.36
Principal Investigator: Rod Garrett
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 2 May 1993 - 27 May 1998
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To undertake over a two year period an investigation of age, sexuality, reproduction, stock structure, and seasonal abundance of key target species threadfin salmon (Polydactylus sheridani), grunter (Pomadasys kaakan) and jewfish (Johnnius diacanthus) from the Queensland inshore gillnet fishery in eastern Gulf of Carpentaria waters.
2. To determine and compare within this time frame the geographic differences in life cycle details for the species on the major fishing grounds along the Queensland Gulf coast.
3. To develop a protocol for the long term monitoring of catches and fishing effort for these species on the eastern Gulf coast fishing grounds.
4. To make this information available for consideration in the review of the current Gulf Fishery Management Plan.
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Determining the spatial distribution and abundance indices for Moreton Bay Bugs, Thenus parindicus and Thenus australiensis in Queensland to improve stock assessment and management

We report on the first comprehensive investigation into the spatial distribution of Moreton Bay Bugs within the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery. This research was a collaboration between the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and James Cook University, applying...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
SPECIES
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