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Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2001-255
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Rock Lobster Post Harvest Subprogram: quantifying and controlling hyper- and hyposaline-induced post-harvest leg autotomy in the western rock lobster

The previously undescribed phenomenon of hypersaline-induced autotomy in western rock lobsters has been fully characterised. The extent of occurrence of hypersaline films throughout the post-harvest chain has been examined and found to be significant. Environmental factors contributing to the...
ORGANISATION:
Geraldton Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd
TAGS
Resource Access And Allocation
Post Harvest
Invasive Species
Fisheries Management
Disease
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Environment
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
Stakeholder
Disease
Analytics
Ageing
SPECIES
Giant Crab
Western Rock Lobster
Eastern Rock Lobster
Southern Rock Lobster
Mud Crabs
Environment
Environment
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 1998-354
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Electronic cooking end point determination and the effectiveness of alternative cooking methods for Crustacea

A prawn cooking meter and self-centring thermocouple clip has been successfully developed for monitoring the cooking of prawns. This cooking meter provides a much needed control tool for ensuring reliable and consistent quality required of modern quality assurance programs. The design of the prawn...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Primary Industries (QLD)
TAGS
Animal Health
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
Industry
Industry
Environment
Environment
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-101
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Investigation of the direct and indirect role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on Western Rock Lobster settlement processes: with consideration of the potential role of contaminants

The influence of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) on coastal ecosystems of the West Coast Bioregion of Western Australia, and particularly its impact on the Western Rock Lobster (WRL) and the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF), is poorly understood. This is despite that the...
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
TAGS
Wild Catch
Threatened Endangered Protected Species
Stock Assessment
Stakeholder
Resource Access And Allocation
SPECIES
Western Rock Lobster
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