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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2003-067
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a DNA database for compliance and management of Western Australian sharks

The capability to identify individual shark species from processed body parts is necessary for the WA Department of Fisheries to ensure the compliance of all WA fisheries with both existing protected species regulations and proposed new management measures for commercially important shark species....
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Threatened Endangered Protected Species
Genomics
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-140
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rapporteur/editor for the Indo-Pacific Commission Symposium on the Exploitation and Management of Marine Fishery Resources in South-east Asia, Darwin, Australia, 16-19 February 1987

FIRTA funds were approved for the consultant services of Dr Donald Hancock; To attend and act as rapporteur of proceedings of the Symposium To receive, edit and forward participants' written contributions to the meeting in conjunction with the FAO Rome and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Fisheries Management
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-215
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Improved performance of marron using genetic and pond management strategies

Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) are the highest valued freshwater crayfish farmed in Australia. This project addressed the need to increase the profitability of commercial marron farms by improving growth rates and pond management strategies. The project evaluated progeny produced from wild populations...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Mortality
Harvest Strategy
Aquaculture
Agriculture
SPECIES
Marron
People
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-023
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

An industry based mark recapture program to provide stock assessment inputs for the Western Rock Lobster Fishery following introduction of quota management

The West Coast Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF) moved from input to output controls in 2010. This change directly affected the relativity of a number of fisherybased data sources, making assessment of the fishery more problematic. A novel examination of the stock dynamics was required to help ensure...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Rac Wa
Modelling
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
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