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Biology and stock assessment of the tropical sardine (Sardinella lemuru) off the mid-west coast of Western Australia

Project number: 1995-037
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $340,968.00
Principal Investigator: Dan Gaughan
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date: 12 Jul 1995 - 30 Jan 2001
Contact:
FRDC
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Aquaculture

Objectives

1. Ascertain the correct taxonomic status of this species.
2. Describe the biology of Sardinella lemuru especially their reproductive cycles (including spawning biology and fecundity)
age and growth
feeding ecology.
3. Determine the catch at age distribution for this fishery.
4. Monitor the dynamics, locations and catch rates of the fleet.
5. Conduct ichthyoplankton surveys to provide data for the daily egg production method from which estimates of the spawning biomass will be calculated.

Final report

ISBN: 0-7309-8431-1
Author: Daniel J. Gaughan & Ronald W.D. Mitchell
Final Report • 2017-09-29 • 46.38 MB
1995-037-DLD.pdf
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-027
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluating the recreational marron fishery against environmental change and human interactions

The distribution of marron in the southwest of Australia has seen many changes since European settlement. Reconstructions of their range from historical records suggested that marron inhabited the waters between the Harvey River and Denmark River. Due to translocation, their range has expanded as...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Survey
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Recreational Fishing
Nutrition
SPECIES
Marron
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Environmentally sustainable development of barramundi cage aquaculture

A preliminary sensory evaluation study was conducted to confirm the presence of a taint issue. Prior to this the issue was reliant on purchaser feedback and was not verified independently. To examine the issue of flavour taint a series of barramundi samples were collected from Lake Argyle (purged...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Training
Survey
Seafood Quality
Nutrition
Modelling
SPECIES
Barramundi
Environment
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