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Adoption
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2014-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Direct age determination with validation for commercially important Australian lobster and crab species (western, eastern, southern and ornate rock lobsters, and crystal, Tasmanian giant and mud crabs)

This research project was undertaken by a national collaboration of government and academic scientists representing key Australian crustacean fisheries. The collaborating institutions were the: Marine Ecology Research Centre – Southern Cross University, Department of Fisheries Western...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore Campus
TAGS
Tagging
SPECIES
Giant Crab
Industry
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-047
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Understanding environmental and fisheries factors causing fluctuations in mud crab and blue swimmer crab fisheries in northern Australia to inform harvest strategies

This project investigated relationships between environmental factors and harvests of crabs in the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), northern Australia. Desktop correlative analyses clearly indicated that recent fluctuations in the catches of Giant Mud Crabs in the GoC are most likely driven by...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Reproduction
SPECIES
Blue Swimmer Crab
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-012
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Influence of freshwater flows on growth and abundance of Barramundi and Mud Crab in the Northern Territory

The research presented in this report was led by Charles Darwin University and conducted in collaboration with the University of Melbourne and the Fisheries Division of the Northern Territory (NT) Department of Primary Industries and Resources (DPIR). A novel statistical modelling framework based on...
ORGANISATION:
Charles Darwin University (CDU)
TAGS
Rac Nt
SPECIES
Barramundi
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Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2009-038
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Aboriginal fisheries in New South Wales: determining catch, cultural significance of species and traditional fishing knowledge needs

This report presents the results of a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) funded study of Aboriginal fisheries in New South Wales. A key objective of the study was to address information gaps in relation to catch, cultural significance of species and traditional fishing knowledge (TFK)...
ORGANISATION:
Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore Campus
TAGS
Training
SPECIES
Sea Mullet
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2012-758
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Seafood CRC: increase sustainable use of crab fisheries resources by recovering revenue from crabs currently rejected at market

Financial losses on the live mud and spanner crab supply chain into Sydney Fish Market are significant. An analysis of data from the 2010/11 financial year demonstrated that: Mud crabs that were downgraded due to being slow represented 2.8% (around 11 tonne) of product supplied worth $71,238...
ORGANISATION:
Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd
TAGS
Waste
SPECIES
Spanner Crab
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