This aim of this final report was to develop technology for automatic grading and packing of prawns. We have demonstrated the technical feasibility, and indicated the economic feasibility, of automatically producing single-layer 'consumer' tray packs of prawns so that, in every tray, each prawn has...
In 1992 output control management, in the form of individual transferable quotas (ITQs), was introduced into the South East Fishery (formerly the South East Trawl Fishery). Sixteen species of fish were initially subject to quota management.
A critical factor in the success of quota management...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ABARES
This project commenced in July 1987, with the cooperation of various sections of the fishing industry, including oyster growers and processors, salmonid farmers, and producers of value added products.
For each of the products investigated, the basic research method has been to determine the...
The East Coast Tunas and Billfishes Research Program was funded by the Fishing Industry Research Trust Account (FIRTA F86/127) from July 1986 to June 1988.
The objectives of the program were to identify the stock(s) exploited by the east coast tuna and billfish fisheries, examine the structure of...
A large demand for crab meat on both Australian and S.E. Asian markets has provided incentive for the development of a mud crab Scylla serrata farming industry in tropical Australia. Cannibalism of newly-moulted, softshelled crabs however constitutes a major constraint to profitable pond...
In 1985, CSIRO applied for funding from the Fishing Industry Research Trust Account to undertake a research program to investigate the commercial scallop (Pecten fumatus) in Bass Strait with the aim of providing resource assessments to guide and assist in the management of the scallop fishery.
It...
The snapper, Chrysophrys auratus, is an economically valuable common property resource that occurs in large numbers in New South Wales waters. Allegations of a resource decline in this major target species of both commercial and recreational fishermen have led to conflict over fishing access and...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
In this Miscellaneous Bulletin a research project funded by the Fishing Industry Research Committee is reported. The aim of this project was to derive price spreads for the major fish species marketed in Sydney. Weekly auction-retail price spreads for fifteen categories of fish and two categories of...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Student projects by:
K. Colgan: The analysis of length-frequency data of juvenile and adolescent banana prawns, Penaeus merguensis: a comparison of computer and graphical methods.
G. Cornell: Species composition and abundance of juvenile fish from Trinity Bay and Mornington Island prawn nursery...