The salmon industry is one of Australia’s largest aquaculture industries and produced approximately 16,000 tonnes of farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, in 2001/02 at an estimated farm gate value of $170 million. The industry is a major regional and youth employer and is based in Tasmania...
The aims of this project were to:
Quantify density-dependent effects on wild abalone growth and meat quality
Develop a statistical tool for classification of shell age
Use length-based models to test the adequacy of shell age performance measures
Use length-based models to determine...
This report discusses a study conducted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania on marine and costal wellbeing and how it can be considered in regional marine and coastal development decision making. The need for this project arose from a desire by selected...
The CRC has developed the Future Harvest theme business plan to deliver the following outcomes:
Fisheries management delivering maximum benefit from the resource while maintaining stocks above sustainability indicators
Novel management strategies in place which increase economic yield from...