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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-016
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

The impact of changes in fishing patterns on red-legged banana prawns (Penaeus indicus) in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

The fishery for red-legged banana prawns in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (JBG) developed in the early 1980s. Since then, fishing effort has varied from 700 to 2600 boat-days per year and catches range from 200 to 1000 tonnes per year. Initially the JBG fishery developed as an alternative to fishing in...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart

Population dynamics workshop on banana prawns and scallops

Project number: 1975-008
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Cleveland
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1976 - 31 Dec 1976
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Objectives

1. Instruct fisheries officers in the use of population dynamics data for calculating yield and cost curves for banana prawns and scallops.
2. Illustrate the application of the principles of population dynamics to the management of the fisheries

Breeding structure and stock identification in blacklip and greenlip abalone (Haliotis species)

Project number: 1985-008
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Neil Murray
Organisation: La Trobe University Melbourne Campus
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1989 - 31 Dec 1989
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Objectives

1. Determine dispersal capabilities & breeding structure of blacklip & greenlip abalone: SA, Tas, Vic & NSW waters.
2. Determine if interbreeding between black & green, & extent. Spatial & temporal distribution of genetic variations. Information to mgrs on stock/recreational relationships hence sustainable yield
Environment

Assessment of Queensland inshore net fisheries

Project number: 1981-046
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Organisation: Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
Project start/end date: 28 Dec 1985 - 31 Dec 1985
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Objectives

1. Integrated sampling program to yield information on the ecology, biology & distribution of fish stocks,
2. the effectiveness of area & seasonal closures,
3. the selectivity of gill nets & the influence of net materials on catch

Final report

Author: D.J. Russell
Final Report • 1985-12-31 • 4.10 MB
1981-046-DLD.pdf

Summary

Most of the world’s marine fish harvest still comes from coastal waters despite the rapid development of distant water fishing fleets (McHugh, 1967). Fish yields from estuaries and lagoons are generally high, due to factors including shallowness, inflow of nutrients from rivers, and the influence of large quantities of plant materials (particularly mangroves) received from their shorelines (Makten and Polovina, 1982). Techniques developed to harvest those fish include trawling, line fishing, trapping, seine netting and gill netting.
 
In Queensland, commercial fishing by means of seine nets or gill nets involves a minimum of 400 fishermen or 215 of the total number of master fishermen (Qld Fish Management Authority, pers. Comm.). A substantial recreational fishery also exists for estuarine and coastal fishes. For some years, both commercial and recreational fishermen have complained of decreasing estuarine and coastal fish catches, particularly of the more commercially attractive species e.g. barramundi (Lates calcaraifer).
 
In response, the Queensland Government, with the aid of a Fishing Industry Research Trust Account (F.I.R.T.A.) grant, initiated a three year premanagement study of barramundi in 1978. This aimed primarily to collect the information necessary to make management decisions for the barramundi fishery.
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1995-022
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Population dynamics and management of spanner crabs in southern Queensland

Spanner crabs (Ranina ranina) represent a valuable resource to southern Queensland and northern NSW. The fishery became established in the late 1970s, and as a result of an almost exponential increase in fishing effort between 1992 and 1995 an output-controlled limited entry management arrangement...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2016-028
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Where do Calamari spawn in Northern Tasmania and how will this information aid the management of the Calamari fishery in Northern Tasmania?

This project has responded directly to management and industry concerns over a rapid increase in catch and effort on the Tasmanian north coast Southern Calamari fishery. The survey methodology applied in this project provided the evidence-base for implementing the first north coast Southern Calamari...
ORGANISATION:
University of Tasmania
TAGS
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1986-039
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Western bass strait trawl fishery assessment

The Western Bass Strait Trawl Fishery Assessment Program was the first extensive study of the demersal trawl fishery in western Bass Strait. The study provided biological and fishery information on 11 commercially important species. All data presented here have been used extensively in the...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
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