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PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-066
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Pacific oysters in New South Wales

Virtually all of the research in the orginal 'Pacific oysters in New South Wales' grant (FIRTA 86/66; DAN11Z) application (1986-1989) was carried out. The major objectives of the grant were as follows: Determination of the optimum conditions for spawning, larval survival and spat settlement of the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Mortality
Distribution
Biomass
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Yellowtail kingfish stock identification

The Kingfish Stock Identification Project was instigated in 1985 to provide information on the stock structure of yellowtail kingfish relevant to management. At that time, the N.S.W. catch had more than doubled since 1982 to approximately 360 tonnes per annum and concern was expressed at the...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Tagging
Stock Assessment
Migration
Distribution
Data
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-064
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

A preliminary assessment of the rock lobster fishery in New South Wales

The objectives of this study were to determine whether catch rates of rock lobsters in the commercial fishery off New South Wales were declining, the size and species composition of catches from the commercial fishery and to ascertain the smallest length at which 50% of female eastern rock lobsters,...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Mortality
Fishing Effort
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-063
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of the crab fisheries in New South Wales [also referred to as the Spanner Crab Project].

For this very new fishery, those aspects of the species' biology most relevant to its management and continued exploitation are its distributions, abundances and rates of growth. Unfortunately at the start of this project/ we knew none of this information for the NSW stock. As a first step I...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
Reproduction
Population Dynamics
Mortality
Fishing Effort
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-053
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Red spot disease of sea mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Red spot disease (RSD), a cutaneous ulcerative disease of estuarine fish, was first reported from the Burnetfc River in Queensland in 1972. By 1985, when the present application was submitted, seasonally recurrent RSD outbreaks were adversely affecting commercial fisheries in many east coast...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
TAGS
Estuarine
Disease
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