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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-042
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Development of the tools for long term management of the giant crab resource: data collection methodology, stock assessment and harvest strategy evaluation

The project has developed tools for low cost assessment of the giant crab resource across southern Australia. Stock assessment and management response is now increasingly based on biomass estimates from this project. Risk of poor management decisions is thus reduced, which...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1999-164
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Application of molecular genetics to the Australian abalone fisheries: forensic protocols for species identification and blacklip stock structure

Of the nineteen abalone (Haliotidae) species recognised in Australian waters (Geiger 1999), ten are endemic and two dominate the commercial, recreational and illegal harvests in southern States: the blacklip abalone Haliotis rubra Leach and the greenlip abalone H. laevigata Donovan. A third species,...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Adoption
Environment
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1994-037
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Assessment of inshore habitats around Tasmania for life history stages of commercial finfish species

In Tasmania, there is a paucity of information on the life-history, population parameters and habitat requirements of fish associated with inshore soft-sediment habitats, particularly seagrasses. Clearly, such information is needed before stock assessment models can be developed, recruitment...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-105
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Development of a Stock Status Report Card for Rays and Sharks

In response to increasing concerns for the status of shark and ray populations world-wide, and increasing pressure to ensure Australia’s shark and ray species are effectively managed and conserved, this project synthesised the scattered information, assessed individual species’ status...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
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