This project was prompted by poor or variable availability of wild commercial scallop spat for fisheries enhancement and farming in southern Australia and by generally poor and variable success of commercial oyster hatcheries in earlier attempts to fill this shortfall. Scallops from Jervis Bay,...

Acoustic release systems were purchased by 3 fishing businesses but installation proceeded for only 2 of these businesses, on vessels fishing out of Sydney and Jervis Bay. Installation on the vessel Seeking, working out of Jervis Bay, was a permanent installation, with full integration...

Most Australian abalone fisheries are fully exploited and a comparison of the total catch of blacklip abalone, Haliotis ruber, in the three south-eastern states indicates a decline in population size from south to north. The catch distribution from New South Wales parallels that trend. This decline...