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PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-042
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The direct estimation of age and growth of SBT

This project was developed in response to calls from the SBT Trilateral (now the CCSBT) Scientific Committee for the development and validation of techniques for the direct estimation of age and growth in the species. Since the early 1980’s, the stock assessment methods used by...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart
Environment
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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1992-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Electron microscope study of tissues which produce pearl shell organic matrix

Pearl oysters of the species Pinctada maxima (silver lip or gold lip pearl oyster), P. margaritifera (black lip pearl oyster), and Pteria penguin (bat wing pearl oyster), are all used in the Australian cultured pearl industry, but Pinctada maxima is by far the most important economically. Pinctada...
ORGANISATION:
James Cook University (JCU)

Development of biological tagging techniques for penaeid prawns

Project number: 1992-037
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $75,734.00
Principal Investigator: Nigel Preston
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 26 Sep 1992 - 28 Nov 1994
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To determine the potential of gene transfer as a method of tagging prawns
2. To determine whether trace element accumulation by prawns is specific to particular drainage basins
3. To determine the residence time of trace elements accumulated by prawns
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