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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-035
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Bioeconomic analysis of the Qld beam trawl fishery

The study estimates the benefits and costs of the beam trawl fishery to the Queensland economy in each of four study areas. Benefits are values of catches and costs include catching costs and costs imposed on the recreational and otter trawl fisheries, through by-catch, congestion and habitat...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Fishing Gear
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2018-098
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Vaccination for emergency and long-term control of nodavirus in Australian marine aquaculture

Rocky Point Aquaculture in southeast Queensland experienced a disease outbreak in cage-reared giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) in late summer and autumn 2018 resulting is severe losses caused by a Betanodavirus. Following a request from the farm owner, Serena Zipf in July 2018, Dr Andrew...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Rac Qld
SPECIES
Cobia
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-013
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Modelling environmental changes and effects on wild-caught species in Queensland

This project studied environmental factors which may be influencing the recruitment, catchability or productivity of Snapper, Pearl Perch, and Spanner Crab stocks in Queensland. Two environmental variables: GSLA and Chl-a were found to have strong associations with either abundance or catchability...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Stock Assessment
SPECIES
Snapper

A study of ciguatera poisoning in Queensland

Project number: 1981-024
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: University of Queensland (UQ)
Project start/end date: 27 Jun 1989 - 30 Jun 1989
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TAGS
Pharmaceutics
Food Safety
Biotoxin

Objectives

1. Study means to determine, simply, which fish are ciguatoxic.
2. Determine if ciguatoxin from Qld waters is identical to classical ciguatoxin
whether any geographical or temporal trends
3. precise pharmacological action of ciguatoxin to improve treatment of victims
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-096
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Diseases of prawns in aquaculture: to develop procedures to detect pathogens of prawns shipped interstate

This project found and described a baculovirus similar to Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) that was called Plebejus Baculovirus (PBV) as it was in eastern king prawns (Penaeus plebejus). It later found it in Australian cultured Penaeus monodon. The project investigated other conditions, particularly...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Disease
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-132
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Distribution, abundance and population dynamics of beachworms (Onuphidae) in Queensland/NSW and the impact of commercial and recreational fishing

To date, very little research has been done on Australian beachworms (Family: Onuphidae), yet recreational fishing is a very popular activity in Australia and a variety of invertebrates, including beachworms, is used for bait. Exploitation of these animals for use as bait may remove considerable...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
TAGS
Recreational Fishing
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