1. To adapt methods currently developed overseas and in Port Phillip Bay to South Australian commercial fish species to indicate pollutant linked stress in fish
2. To enourage the use of these methods (if acceptable) by the relevant authorities as part of a monitoring program
Ships' ballast water was sampled on 28 occasions in four ports between November, 1976, and October, 1978.
A 100.,u plankton net was hand hauled vertically 5 times in each tank. Eight non indigenous species were obtained: 6 copepods,
1 mysid and 1 amphipod. A further 14 species of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Per- and poly-fluoroalkly substances (PFASs) are now emerging as pollutants with potentially catastrophic impact on aquaculture facilities. Two key research institutes, Port Stephens Fisheries Institute (PSFI) in NSW and Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research (ACAAR) in Western Australia...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)