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Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-061
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Identifying nursery areas used by inner bay and oceanic snapper stocks in the Shark Bay region, in relation to the effect of prawn trawling on inner bay snapper stocks

This study examined two aspects of the chemical composition of snapper otoliths from Shark Bay Western Australia as an aid to determining the spatial relationship among juveniles and to better understand the spatial relationships between juveniles and adults. Otoliths were collected from...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
SPECIES
Adoption
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-139
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Quantification of changes in recreational catch and effort on inner Shark Bay snapper species following implementation of responsive management measures

A 12-month creel survey of recreational boat-based fishing in Shark Bay, Western Australia was conducted between May 2001 and April 2002 to estimate the catch of pink snapper. During the survey 431 boat crews were interviewed at public boat ramps of which 414 had been fishing. The information...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2000-138
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Minimising the cost of future stock monitoring, and assessment of the potential for increased yields from the oceanic snapper, Pagrus auratus, stock off Shark Bay

The investment in this project has resulted in a substantially more extensive set of age composition data than would have otherwise been possible. This in turn has underpinned stock assessment modeling that has provided the basis for determining that the commercial fishery for snapper in Shark...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
SPECIES
People
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-146
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Evaluation of recreational fishery management controls of commercially important scalefish species

There are increasing demands for Australian fisheries management agencies to demonstrate that fisheries under their jurisdiction are being managed in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). The decision-making processes of the ESD management framework...
ORGANISATION:
Agriculture Victoria
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-139
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Coastal stocks of fish: from which estuaries are most adults derived?

The origins of many stocks of fish are unknown. As juveniles, many fish are found in estuarine regions. After a period in these habitats they may leave estuaries for coastal reefs and shelf waters where they may be commercially fished. Currently, we do not know the proportion of...
ORGANISATION:
University of Sydney (USYD)
SPECIES
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-138
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Mesh selectivity in the NSW demersal trap fishery

The New South Wales demersal trap fishery is a complex, multi-species fishery. The most valuable species in the fishery is snapper, worth approximately half the value of the fishery, with bream, rubberlip morwong, ocean leatherjacket, silver trevally, sweep and pigfish accounting for a further...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW)
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 1997-336
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Symposium on parasitic diseases of aquatic animals: 10th International Congress of Protozoology

A symposium on protozoan diseases of aquatic animals was planned as a feature of the 10th International Congress of Protozoology. Speakers invited for the symposium were: Dr Mike Hine, NIWA, NZ, an expert on oyster and fish diseases, Prof. Tim Flegel, Mahidol University, Bangkok, an expert on prawn...
ORGANISATION:
University of Queensland (UQ)
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