An economic evaluation of fishing methods used in the South Australian marine scale fishery
Final report
Development and fisheries biology of a trap fishery for Chinaman leatherjackets (Monacanthidae: Nelusetta ayraudi) in South Australian waters
Final report
Assessment of potential for commercial yabbie farmlng
Final report
The yabbie, Cherax destrucor has been identified as an Australian freshwater crayfish species having a very high potential for aquaculture. Research Into biological aspects of the yabbie (Carrol I 1981, Mills 1983) has demonstrated +ha+ commercial farming of yabbies Is technically feasible. However, there is little information available on the profitability of investing in, and developing, commercial yabbie farms. In 1986, a research project was initiated by the South Australian Department of Fisheries to assess the potential for commercial yabbie farming operations. The project was supported by a grant from the Fishing Industry Research Trust Fund Account. Some key results from the research are summarised In this article, prospective investors requiring further information can obtain a copy of the complete report (Sanford, Kuznecovs and Mills, 1987) from the Department.
Settlement and recruitment of greenlip abalone: their use in predicting stock abundance
Final report
The purpose of the grant was to develop a method of measuring density of settlement of the abalone Haliotis laeviqata in relation to spawning stock size and the subsequent catch in the fishery. It was hoped that settlement strength, if it was controlled by oceanographic conditions, would be a useful index of subsequent abalone abundance, and so would provide a method of predicting abalone catches.
Exploratory fishing for benthic species on the eastern Great Australian Bight continental shelf
The fate of adult Australian salmon (Arripis trutta esper) in South Australian waters
Final report
South Australian deep water line fishing developments
Final report
During November and December 1983 and February to May 1984, the Commonwealth funded South Australian Deep Water Line Fishing Survey investigated the viability of droplining and trotlining on the continental slope off southeast Australia.
At present many south Australian fishermen rely heavily on rock lobster and the establishment of a trot/dropline fishery would provide a valuable alternative for this fishery, and could prove to be a substantial benefit to local fishermen.
In April 1983, the Minister for Primary Industry approved the expenditure of $83,500 from the Fishing Industry Research Trust Account towards a project aimed at providing an alternative fishery to the already established rock lobster and shark fisheries.