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...
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...
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...
A symposium on protozoan diseases of aquatic animals was planned as a feature of the 10th International Congress of Protozoology.
Speakers invited for the symposium were: Dr Mike Hine, NIWA, NZ, an expert on oyster and fish diseases, Prof. Tim Flegel, Mahidol University, Bangkok, an expert on prawn...
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...
The Western rock lobster fishery is a valuable resource in Australia, but it is important to manage it sustainably. One way to do this is to understand the population dynamics, including the age of the lobsters. Traditional methods of measuring age, such as body size, are noy very reliable, so...
This final report details all work conducted under a 5 month pilot study funded by a small grant from the National Seafood Centre in December 1994. During this time we (i) collected and/or prepared dry powders from species of eviscerated holothurians; and (ii) evaluated extracts of the powdered...