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Population biology of the spanner crab in south Queensland

Project number: 1981-071
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Ian Brown
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1984 - 31 Dec 1984
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Population Dynamics
Fishing Gear
Fishing Effort
Biomass

Objectives

1. Determine how & why stock density varies, relationship between catch/unit effort & absolute density.
2. Describe life cycle. Estimating age & growth. Determine effect of mesh sizes & ply ratings on catch & net clearance.
3. Estimate meat recovery rate. Determine incidence of "iodine" taint in flesh

Final report

Final Report • 2.38 MB
1981-071-DLD.pdf
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-014
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Estimating the impacts of management changes on bycatch reduction and sustainability of high-risk bycatch species in the Queensland East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery

Keywords: Discards, elasmobranchs, post-trawl survival, Aptychotrema rostrata, Trygonoptera testacea, turtle excluder device, bycatch reduction device, TEDs, BRDs, ecological risk assessment, ERA Executive Summary: Researchers from the Queensland Government’s Department of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Rac Qld
Post Harvest
Mortality
Modelling
Fishing Gear
SPECIES
Shovelnose Rays
Rays
Environment
Environment
Industry
Environment
Industry
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-037
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Sustaining productivity of tropical red snappers using new monitoring and reference points

Australia’s tropical snapper fisheries harvest six main Lutjanid species. They are the Crimson, Saddletail, and Goldband snappers, Red Emperor, Golden snapper and Mangrove Jack. These fish live up to 40 years of age, weigh up to five to ten kilograms and are highly valued for commercial...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Sustainability
Modelling
Habitat
Fishing Effort
Fisheries Management
SPECIES
Golden Snapper
Mangrove Jack
Saddletail Snapper
Crimson Snapper
Red Emperor
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-020
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a user-friendly Management Strategy Evaluation framework for Queensland’s rocky reef fishery

Researchers from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries have developed a Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) tool to test the effects of potential management changes on the spawning biomass of Snapper and Pearl Perch in Queensland.
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Rac Qld
SPECIES
Snapper
Pearl Perches
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