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...

Determining the age of sharks is difficult. A reliable independent method of validating age estimates is needed, apart from relying on tag return data. The success of radiometric analysis for bony fish overseas and in Australia suggested that it would be worth trying the method on sharks. Four...

This trip involved targeted meetings with key research and industry personnel to consolidate the existing relationship and secure ongoing research support for two Seafood CRC student projects as well as to advance the research agendas developed as part of those projects and establish ongoing...

This project provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment of the health, physiological and nutritional condition of brindle and red lobsters from four different fishing areas of Tasmania at the start of the 2015 fishing season. Lobsters size (carapace length), baseline concentrations of...

The research travel grant allowed a CRC PhD student to attend a training course on the introduction to the statistical software environment “R”, reading and handling data, graphic analysis and data output analysis, writing simple R-based functions, developing flow control structures, and...