Prior to describing the details of this research and setting out the results for consideration, I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Fishing Industry Research Committee, the Commonwealth Department of Science & Technology, the Minister for Minerals & Energy of Western Australia and...
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This report was prepared to summarise the yearly activities of Australian participation in the tuna handline/pole fishery in the coral Sea adjacent to Cairns over the period 1981 to 1983.
Total mercury, alkyl mercury and selenium concentrations in the muscle tissue of several species of pelagic sharks from northern Australian waters are reported. Mean mercury concentrations ranged between O .13 mg /kg for Carcharhinus brevipinna and 1. 94 mg/kg for C. amblyrhyn choides. Maximum...